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  • Rap song blamed for gang shootout

    07/19/2006 3:39:12 PM PDT · by Snickering Hound · 46 replies · 997+ views
    A rap song sparked a nightclub shooting between rival gangs that had declared a truce to celebrate a birthday, leaving two men dead and four injured, police said. The song — Put Yo Hood Up by Lil' Jon & The East Side Boyz — urges listeners to flash hand signs for their neighborhood and confront rivals. It was played before Sunday's shooting, said Deputy Chief Alfredo Saldaña
  • Cell photos of death a macabre new twist

    06/30/2006 4:56:39 PM PDT · by robowombat · 14 replies · 2,223+ views
    Inland Valley Press Enterprise ^ | June 15, 2006 | JOE VARGO, IMRAN VITTACHI and MARY BENDER
    Cell photos of death a macabre new twist Mob mentality not unusual, experts say June 15, 2006 By JOE VARGO, IMRAN VITTACHI and MARY BENDER The young people who witnesses say snapped photos with cell phones Saturday of a Moreno Valley teenager dying from a gunshot acted reprehensibly, but experts say their actions were nothing more than a basic human response with a new technological twist. People have collected memorabilia and mementos from morbid death scenes for centuries. Roman guards gambled for Jesus' robe at Calvary, and spectators dipped their handkerchiefs into John Dillinger's blood after the gangster was shot...