Which Way, L.A.?
Why Don’t Angelenos Care About Gangs?
Statistically speaking, gang-related killings are down this year in LA. But as LA Times columnist Steve Lopez points out, “it doesn’t feel like that.” One recent high-profile victim was Jamiel Shaw—known as “Jazz”—a 17-year old high-school football star with no gang connections and a promising future.
By Warren Olney • • 1 min readStatistically speaking, gang-related killings are down this year in LA. But as
LA Times columnist Steve Lopez points out,
“it doesn’t feel like that.” One recent high-profile victim was Jamiel Shaw—known as “Jazz”—a 17-year old high-school football star with no gang connections and a promising future. He was black, and the police think he was killed by Latino gang members. The apparently
random shooting occurred in the
West Adams district, which straddles the Santa Monica Freeway. He was shot in a neighborhood that’s mixed both racially and economically.
