Which Way, L.A.?
An Update on Black and Latino Gang Relations in LA
Recently, a black family was driven from its Compton home by Latino gang members. Could it be signal a pattern of changing demographics? Veterans of gang culture say no.
By Warren Olney • • 16m ListenThe City of Compton was long a black enclave, but now it's 65 percent Latino. Recently, a black family was driven from its new home by Latino gang members. That could be part of an ugly pattern happening where populations are changing. But veterans of violent gang culture say it's a shadow of what it was five or 10 years ago. On our rebroadcast of today's To the Point, opening moves on immigration reform by the President and the Senate. Will today's bipartisanship lead to tomorrow's compromise?
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