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Bloods and Crips

In 1992, Aqeela Sherrills helped negotiate a truce between the two main gangs in Los Angeles, the Bloods and the Crips.

In the early 1990s, gang warfare in South Central Los Angeles was claiming hundreds of lives a year. Then, in 1992, peace activist Aqeela Sherrills helped negotiate a truce between the two main black gangs, the Bloods and the Crips. He tells Witness how it transformed his local neighbourhood of Watts.

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14 minutes

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Sun 28 Aug 2022 16:40GMT

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  • Wed 19 Aug 2015 08:30GMT
  • Sat 27 Aug 2022 18:00GMT
  • Sun 28 Aug 2022 04:45GMT
  • Sun 28 Aug 2022 16:40GMT

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