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  2. Crime in Los Angeles - Wikipedia

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    Crime in Los Angeles has varied throughout time, reaching peaks between the 1970s and 1990s. Since the early 2020s, crime has increased in Los Angeles. In 2012, the Los Angeles Police Department reported that crime had declined in the city for the 10th consecutive year. [1] In 2013, Los Angeles reported 296 homicides in the city proper, which ...

  3. Los Angeles crime family - Wikipedia

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    The Los Angeles crime family, also known as the L.A. Mafia or the Southern California crime family, [7] and dubbed "the Mickey Mouse Mafia" by former Los Angeles Police Chief Daryl Gates, [8] is an Italian-American organized crime syndicate based in Los Angeles as part of the larger Italian-American Mafia. Since its inception in the early 20th ...

  4. Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass safe after suspect breaks into ...

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    April 21, 2024 at 11:14 PM. LOS ANGELES (AP) — Police in Los Angeles arrested a suspect following a break-in at the home of Mayor Karen Bass on Sunday morning, officials said. Bass and her ...

  5. What the latest police numbers show about crime in L.A., San ...

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    As Los Angeles prepares to expand its police force with a boost in spending and plans to hire hundreds more officers, new data show that crime in the city has dropped moderately in 2023.. Through ...

  6. List of criminal gangs in Los Angeles - Wikipedia

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    Armenian Power graffiti in Little Armenia, Los Angeles MS-13 graffiti. This is a list of notable criminal gangs in Los Angeles, California.. The County and the City of Los Angeles has been nicknamed the "Gang Capital of America," with an estimated 450 active gangs with a combined membership of more than 45,000.

  7. 'An epidemic of hate': Anti-Asian hate crimes in California ...

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    Los Angeles County saw the largest number of hate crimes within the state, with 630 crimes reported in 2021. The city of Los Angeles was found to have the most hate crimes among large U.S. cities ...

  8. Violent crime in Los Angeles decreased in 2023. But officials ...

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    Violent crime overall in Los Angeles decreased more than 3% in 2023, officials said Wednesday, despite a perception that the nation's second-largest city is unsafe. Blaring headlines and shocking ...

  9. Los Angeles Jewish Community Center shooting - Wikipedia

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    Los Angeles Jewish Community Center shooting. On August 10, 1999, at around 10:50 a.m. PT, American white supremacist Buford O. Furrow Jr. walked into the lobby of the North Valley Jewish Community Center in Granada Hills and opened fire with an Uzi sub machine gun, firing 70 bullets into the complex.