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Archive Home > 2009 > September > 20 > Gang feud, begun over a girl, unsettles south Los Angeles

Gang feud, begun over a girl, unsettles south Los Angeles

These days, it’s something unusual for the area, where violent crime had declined sharply

By Scott Gold / The Bulletin
September 20, 2009

LOS ANGELES — It began, as mortal disputes sometimes do in south Los Angeles, over a girl.

On one side were the Main Street Crips, one of the more muscular gangs in the neighborhood. Main Streeters commanded respect, if only because they had a bit of money to throw around, even their own small....

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