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Crime in Los Angeles

Index Crime in Los Angeles

Crime in Los Angeles has varied throughout time, reaching a peak between the 1970s and 1990s. [1]

77 relations: African Americans, Alcoholic drink, Antagonist, Baby Boy (film), Baghdad, Belly 2: Millionaire Boyz Club, Bloods, Boyz n the Hood, Brentwood, Los Angeles, Bugsy Siegel, California Army National Guard, California Highway Patrol, Central Coast (California), Cohen crime family, Colors (film), Compton, California, Crime in California, Crips, Dirty (film), Drug Enforcement Administration, End of Watch, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Federal government of the United States, Frank L. Shaw, Friday (1995 film), G-funk, Gangsta rap, Gentrification, Grand Theft Auto V, Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, Gridiron Gang, Harsh Times, Hip hop music, Hispanic, Hollywood Boulevard, Illegal immigration to the United States, Iraq, Jack Dragna, Joseph Ardizzone, Las Vegas, Law & Order: LA, List of California street gangs, Long Beach, California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, Los Angeles crime family, Los Angeles Police Department, MacArthur Park, Menace II Society, Mexico–United States border, ..., Mickey Cohen, No-go area, North Hollywood shootout, North Hollywood, Los Angeles, Poetic Justice (film), Prohibition in the United States, Redevelopment, Rodney King, South Central (film), South Los Angeles, Southland (TV series), Street Kings, Sunset Strip, Tales from the Hood, The Closer, The New York Times, Thicker than Water (1999 film), Training Day, United States Army, United States Department of Justice, United States Marine Corps, Urban decay, Waist Deep, War on drugs, Watts, California, Watts, Los Angeles, West Coast hip hop. Expand index (27 more) »

African Americans

African Americans (also referred to as Black Americans or Afro-Americans) are an ethnic group of Americans with total or partial ancestry from any of the black racial groups of Africa.

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Alcoholic drink

An alcoholic drink (or alcoholic beverage) is a drink that contains ethanol, a type of alcohol produced by fermentation of grains, fruits, or other sources of sugar.

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Antagonist

An antagonist is a character, group of characters, institution or concept that stands in or represents opposition against which the protagonist(s) must contend.

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Baby Boy (film)

Baby Boy is a 2001 American coming-of-age hood film written, produced, and directed by John Singleton.

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Baghdad

Baghdad (بغداد) is the capital of Iraq.

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Belly 2: Millionaire Boyz Club

Belly 2: Millionaire Boyz Club is a 2006 direct-to-video film starring The Game and Shari Headley, directed by Cess Silvera.

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Bloods

The Bloods, also known as (OBF) Original Blood Family, are a primarily African-American street gang founded in Los Angeles, California.

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Boyz n the Hood

Boyz n the Hood is a 1991 American teen hood drama film written and directed by John Singleton in his directorial debut, and starring Cuba Gooding Jr., Ice Cube, Morris Chestnut, Laurence Fishburne, Nia Long, Regina King and Angela Bassett.

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Brentwood, Los Angeles

Brentwood is a neighborhood in the Westside of Los Angeles, California.

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Bugsy Siegel

Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel (February 28, 1906 – June 20, 1947) was an American mobster.

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California Army National Guard

The California Army National Guard (CA ARNG) is the land force component of the California National Guard, one of the reserve components of the United States Army and is part of the National Guard of the United States.

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California Highway Patrol

The California Highway Patrol (CHP) is the highway patrol agency for the state of California and has jurisdiction anywhere in the state.

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Central Coast (California)

The Central Coast is an area of California, United States, roughly spanning the coastal region between Point Mugu and Monterey Bay.

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Cohen crime family

The Cohen crime syndicate, or the Siegel crime syndicate, was an Italian-American Mafia / Jewish Mafia crime family created by New York Jewish American mobster Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel in the early 1930s.

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Colors (film)

Colors is a 1988 American police procedural action crime film starring Sean Penn and Robert Duvall, and directed by Dennis Hopper.

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Compton, California

Compton is a city in southern Los Angeles County, California, United States, situated south of downtown Los Angeles.

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Crime in California

This article refers to crime in the American state of California.

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Crips

The Crips, also known as Original Crip Homies (OCH), are a gang based in the coastal regions of Southern California.

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Dirty (film)

Dirty is a 2005 American crime drama film directed by Chris Fisher.

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Drug Enforcement Administration

The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) is a United States federal law enforcement agency under the United States Department of Justice, tasked with combating drug smuggling and use within the United States.

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End of Watch

End of Watch is a 2012 American crime drama film written and directed by David Ayer.

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Federal Bureau of Investigation

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), formerly the Bureau of Investigation (BOI), is the domestic intelligence and security service of the United States, and its principal federal law enforcement agency.

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Federal government of the United States

The federal government of the United States (U.S. federal government) is the national government of the United States, a constitutional republic in North America, composed of 50 states, one district, Washington, D.C. (the nation's capital), and several territories.

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Frank L. Shaw

Frank L. Shaw (February 1, 1877 – January 24, 1958) was the first mayor of a major American city to be recalled from office, in 1938.

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Friday (1995 film)

Friday is a 1995 American stoner buddy comedy film directed by F. Gary Gray in his directorial debut.

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G-funk

G-funk, or gangsta-funk, is a subgenre of hip hop music that emerged from West Coast Gangsta rap in the early 1990s, heavily influenced by 1970s funk sound of artists such as Parliament-Funkadelic.

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Gangsta rap

Gangsta rap or Gangster rap is a style of hip hop characterized by themes and lyrics that generally emphasize the "gangsta" lifestyle.

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Gentrification

Gentrification is a process of renovation of deteriorated urban neighborhoods by means of the influx of more affluent residents.

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Grand Theft Auto V

Grand Theft Auto V is an action-adventure video game developed by Rockstar North and published by Rockstar Games.

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Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas

Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas is an action-adventure video game developed by Rockstar North and published by Rockstar Games.

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Gridiron Gang

Gridiron Gang is a 2006 American sports drama film directed by Phil Joanou, and starring Dwayne Johnson, Xzibit, L. Scott Caldwell and Kevin Dunn.

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Harsh Times

Harsh Times is a 2005 American crime film set in South Central Los Angeles.

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Hip hop music

Hip hop music, also called hip-hopMerriam-Webster Dictionary entry on hip-hop, retrieved from: A subculture especially of inner-city black youths who are typically devotees of rap music; the stylized rhythmic music that commonly accompanies rap; also rap together with this music.

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Hispanic

The term Hispanic (hispano or hispánico) broadly refers to the people, nations, and cultures that have a historical link to Spain.

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Hollywood Boulevard

Hollywood Boulevard is a major east–west street in Los Angeles, California.

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Illegal immigration to the United States

Illegal immigration to the United States is the entry into the United States of foreign nationals in violation of United States immigration laws and also the remaining in the country of foreign nationals after their visa, or other authority to be in the country, has expired.

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Iraq

Iraq (or; العراق; عێراق), officially known as the Republic of Iraq (جُمُهورية العِراق; کۆماری عێراق), is a country in Western Asia, bordered by Turkey to the north, Iran to the east, Kuwait to the southeast, Saudi Arabia to the south, Jordan to the southwest and Syria to the west.

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Jack Dragna

Jack Ignatius Dragna (April 18, 1891 – February 23, 1956) was an American Mafia member and Black Hander who was active in both Italy and the United States in the 20th century.

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Joseph Ardizzone

Joseph "Iron Man" Ardizzone (November 19, 1884 – vanished October 15, 1931) was an early Los Angeles mobster, who became the first Boss of the Los Angeles crime family.

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Las Vegas

Las Vegas (Spanish for "The Meadows"), officially the City of Las Vegas and often known simply as Vegas, is the 28th-most populated city in the United States, the most populated city in the state of Nevada, and the county seat of Clark County.

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Law & Order: LA

Law & Order: LA, originally titled Law & Order: Los Angeles, is an American police procedural and legal drama television series set in Los Angeles, where it was produced.

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List of California street gangs

This is a list of notable criminally-active street gangs operating or formerly operating in California.

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Long Beach, California

Long Beach is a city on the Pacific Coast of the United States, within the Greater Los Angeles area of Southern California.

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Los Angeles

Los Angeles (Spanish for "The Angels";; officially: the City of Los Angeles; colloquially: by its initials L.A.) is the second-most populous city in the United States, after New York City.

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Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department

With 17,694 employees, the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, officially the County of Los Angeles Sheriff's Department, is the nation's largest Sheriff's Department.

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Los Angeles crime family

The Los Angeles crime family is an Italian American criminal organization based in California, as part of the American Mafia (or Cosa Nostra).

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Los Angeles Police Department

The Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD), officially the City of Los Angeles Police Department, is the police department of Los Angeles.

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MacArthur Park

MacArthur Park (originally Westlake Park) is a park dating back to the late nineteenth century in the Westlake neighborhood of Los Angeles, California.

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Menace II Society

Menace II Society (pronounced Menace to Society) is a 1993 American teen hood drama film directed by Allen and Albert Hughes in their directorial debut, and starring Tyrin Turner, Jada Pinkett, Larenz Tate and Samuel L. Jackson.

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Mexico–United States border

The Mexico–United States border is an international border separating Mexico and the United States, extending from the Pacific Ocean to the west and Gulf of Mexico to the east.

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Mickey Cohen

Meyer Harris "Mickey" Cohen (September 4, 1913 – July 29, 1976) was an American gangster based in Los Angeles and boss of the Cohen crime family.

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No-go area

A "no-go area" (or "no-go zone") is an area in a town barricaded off to civil authorities by a force such as a paramilitary, or an area barred to certain individuals or groups.

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North Hollywood shootout

The North Hollywood shootout was a confrontation between two heavily armed and armored bank robbers, Larry Phillips Jr.

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North Hollywood, Los Angeles

North Hollywood is a neighborhood in the east San Fernando Valley region of the city of Los Angeles.

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Poetic Justice (film)

Poetic Justice is a 1993 American romantic drama film written and directed by John Singleton and starring Janet Jackson and Tupac Shakur with Regina King and Joe Torry.

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Prohibition in the United States

Prohibition in the United States was a nationwide constitutional ban on the production, importation, transportation, and sale of alcoholic beverages from 1920 to 1933.

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Redevelopment

Redevelopment is any new construction on a site that has pre-existing uses.

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Rodney King

Rodney Glen King (April 2, 1965 – June 17, 2012) was an African-American taxi driver who became known internationally as the victim of Los Angeles Police Department brutality, after a videotape was released of several police officers beating him during his arrest on March 3, 1991.

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South Central (film)

South Central is a 1992 American crime drama film, written and directed by Stephen Milburn Anderson.

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South Los Angeles

South Los Angeles is a region in southern Los Angeles County, California lying to south of downtown Los Angeles, California.

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Southland (TV series)

Southland (stylized as SOUTHLAND) is an American television crime drama series created by writer Ann Biderman and produced by Warner Bros. Television.

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Street Kings

Street Kings is a 2008 American crime thriller film directed by David Ayer, and starring Keanu Reeves, Forest Whitaker, Hugh Laurie, Chris Evans, Common and The Game.

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Sunset Strip

Sunset Strip is the mile-and-a-half (2.4 km) stretch of Sunset Boulevard that passes through West Hollywood, California, United States.

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Tales from the Hood

Tales from the Hood is a 1995 horror anthology film directed by Rusty Cundieff and executive-produced by Spike Lee.

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The Closer

The Closer is an American television police procedural, starring Kyra Sedgwick as Brenda Leigh Johnson, a Los Angeles Police Department Deputy Chief.

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The New York Times

The New York Times (sometimes abbreviated as The NYT or The Times) is an American newspaper based in New York City with worldwide influence and readership.

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Thicker than Water (1999 film)

Thicker Than Water is a 1999 film starring a host of rappers and urban entertainers such as Fat Joe, Mack 10, Ice Cube, MC Eiht, Big Pun, and others.

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Training Day

Training Day is a 2001 American crime thriller film directed by Antoine Fuqua, and written by David Ayer.

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United States Army

The United States Army (USA) is the land warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces.

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United States Department of Justice

The United States Department of Justice (DOJ), also known as the Justice Department, is a federal executive department of the U.S. government, responsible for the enforcement of the law and administration of justice in the United States, equivalent to the justice or interior ministries of other countries. The department was formed in 1870 during the Ulysses S. Grant administration. The Department of Justice administers several federal law enforcement agencies including the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). The department is responsible for investigating instances of financial fraud, representing the United States government in legal matters (such as in cases before the Supreme Court), and running the federal prison system. The department is also responsible for reviewing the conduct of local law enforcement as directed by the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994. The department is headed by the United States Attorney General, who is nominated by the President and confirmed by the Senate and is a member of the Cabinet. The current Attorney General is Jeff Sessions.

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United States Marine Corps

The United States Marine Corps (USMC), also referred to as the United States Marines, is a branch of the United States Armed Forces responsible for conducting amphibious operations with the United States Navy.

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Urban decay

Urban decay (also known as urban rot and urban blight) is the process by which a previously functioning city, or part of a city, falls into disrepair and decrepitude.

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Waist Deep

Waist Deep is a 2006 drama-action film directed by Vondie Curtis-Hall, starring Tyrese Gibson and Meagan Good.

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War on drugs

War on Drugs is an American term usually applied to the U.S. federal government's campaign of prohibition of drugs, military aid, and military intervention, with the stated aim being to reduce the illegal drug trade.

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Watts, California

Watts, California, was a city of the sixth class that existed in Los Angeles County, California, between 1907 and 1926, when it was consolidated with the City of Los Angeles and became one of the neighborhoods in the southern part of that city.

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Watts, Los Angeles

Watts is a neighborhood in southern Los Angeles, California.

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West Coast hip hop

West Coast hip hop is a hip hop music regional genre that encompasses any artists or music that originate in the West Coast region of the United States.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crime_in_Los_Angeles

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