After recent fights involving students and adult gang-members in Hayward, Calif., the local school board and high school principals met to discuss their continued fight against gang violence in their schools. Mt. Eden, Hayward and Tennyson high schools all have a policy that ban wearing gang colors, however the three principals disagree on how to […]
NEW YORK-Afrika Owes, a 17-year-old Harlem girl, who attended the elite Deerfield Academy in Connecticut was arrested in New York on gang and gun charges. After visiting Harvard and Yale, Owes is now at Riker’s Island along with 13 other young people arrested in an NYPD gang crackdown on the 137h St. Crew in Harlem. […]
COMPTON-Compton, California, a neighborhood once notorious for drugs, gangs and violence has seen a significant drop in crime. Yahoo News investigates why. With a huge drop in homicides in a historically crime-ridden part of Los Angeles County, longtime residents say they finally feel safe sitting on their front porches and visiting neighborhood parks. Compton, Calif., […]
Audio Included in Post. Runs 50 Minutes. Audio ©2011 WTLC/Radio One. Indianapolis/Marion County Public Safety Director Dr. Frank Straub returned to Afternoons with Amos; one year after starting his job. Straub discussed with Amos and listeners a wide variety of topics from youth gangs and violence; new ways of police working with youth, crime and […]
Ten Point Coalition Comes To AWA; Discussing Gang Help Line For Parents; Other Crime Reduction Plans
Audio Included in Post. Runs 45 Minutes. ©2010 WTLC/Radio One. Members of the Ten Point Coalition, a group of ministers that works with youth, gang members and the community to reduce crime reported on Afternoons with Amos the creation of a gang truce for Classic weekend and during the summer, a Gang Help Line to […]
