Subject: Gang Violence

• A CASE OF DRIVE-BY INSURING

  YOUR KID IN A GANG? SIGN HERE.

  August 19, 1992

• Killing Time at Shadow Mountain High

  When bad things happen to good neighbors

  March 14, 1996

• Got'em

  GITEM, the state's $12 million antigang task force, storms Casa Grande and shoots a smalltime scofflaw in the back

  August 8, 1996

• On His Feet, On The Street

  Less than two years after a sniper's bullet nearly tore off his leg, Detective Jeff Dauer is back on the Gang Squad, cruising Phoenix's toughest turf

  October 3, 1996

• Live by the Gun . . .

  Tupac Shakur's murder leaves behind a formidable legacy--and disturbing questions

  October 3, 1996

• Turf Wars

  November 7, 1996

• Crime Spree on the Reservation

  Teen-gangster Crips on the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community got high on crystal meth and cheap beer and terrorized the reservation with drive-by shootings, murder, beatings, fire-bombings and robberies for two years--until the feds busted them fo

  July 3, 1997

• The Angel of Area 5

  When retiree Bev Tittle-Baker's neighbors convinced her to help them make the crime-infested area safer for children, they unleashed an irrepressible force for change

  February 19, 1998

• Custody Battle

  Hundreds of inmates in state prisons need special protection from gang paybacks. When officials tried to mix them in with the general-prison population, they filed suit--and won.

  April 2, 1998

• Crackdown

  After years of neglect, a Maryvale neighborhood and the Phoenix police evict the West Side City Crips

  June 24, 1999

• Mentor's Lament

  Even tough, effective teachers like Angela Kirkendall struggle to shield inner-city kids from the lure of the streets

  July 8, 1999

• Full Mettle Junket

  For gangbangers and delinquents, Project Challenge boot camp is a last chance to avoid prison

  July 15, 1999

• Murphy's Law

  Year after year, Murphy school district officials watched their students die in a hail of violence. They decided to take matters into their own hands.

  October 7, 1999

• Wrong Place, Wrong Time

  December 16, 1999

• Battle of the Marching Bands: University of Texas vs. Ohio State University

  January 1, 2009

• Dashaun "Jiwe" Morris

  April 17, 2008

• Copycat Killer

  Saints Row shamelessly apes Grand Theft Auto

  October 5, 2006

• Street Fighters

  The Warriors nicely complements the bloody cult classic that inspired it

  November 10, 2005

• God Forsaken

  The brutal, brilliant City of God takes us inside Rio de Janeiro's urban decay

  March 6, 2003

• Preservin' the Real

  Jurassic 5 stays true to hip-hop -- even as its core audience lives in an alternative universe

  November 14, 2002

• Crips In the Courthouse

  Authorities suspect the clerk of the court helped Lindo Park Crips evade justice.The cadaver in her home didn’t help.

  April 11, 2002

• Solitary Man

  Convict wins release from super-max security in Aryan Brotherhood case

  September 27, 2001

• What's a Mother to Do?

  Teenage daughter of anti-gang activist charged in carjack murder

  June 15, 2000

• Bad Dog

  White gangsters or misunderstood jocks? The Devil Dogs beat their victims -- and the system.

  June 1, 2000

• Docu-Mama

  Rising documentary filmmaker Barbara Bustillo-Cogswell rides high on the hog

  February 10, 2000

• Faces of Milpas

  December 30, 1999

• Tales Out of School

  It's tough to be a teen. But what happens when your friends and family are all in gangs? Five students talk about growing up in the Valley's roughest neighborhoods.

  December 30, 1999

• City of Coke

  Cocaine from Mexico is the currency that drives gangster economics

  December 30, 1999

• Invisible Scourge

  While society frets over the threat of school massacres, a more insidious and lethal rampage mounts on the streets, unacknowledged

  December 30, 1999

• A Dogg's Life

  Rapper Snoop Dogg comes to terms with his violent past and pleads for peace in his autobiography

  December 23, 1999

• A Question of Hope

  One family's struggle to escape the devastation of gang culture

  December 23, 1999

• Mystery Science 2000

  Mesa is home to a multimillion-dollar quest to quantify gang-intervention techniques

  December 16, 1999

• Targets Beyond The Turf

  Will you be next in the line of gang fire?

  December 16, 1999

• One Tough Mother

  By Laura Laughlin Sophia Lopez-Espindola's grassroots organization has survived bullets, business setbacks and political pitfalls

  November 18, 1999

• Is It Time To Pull The Thug?

  Gang style blasts through popular culture. Can the media be used to fight back?

  November 11, 1999

• Welcome to the Club

  Barrio "Fight Back" leaders turn sights on police, New Times

  October 28, 1999

• Ground Zero

  With arrests and civil pressures, police have reduced the terror inflicted by Eastside Los Cuatro Milpas. But conditions that gave rise to the gang in the first place still fester.

  October 21, 1999

• Injunction Junction

  Phoenix gang squad is latest to seek civil restrictions, serves injunctions on alleged LCM gang members

  October 14, 1999

• The Strong Arm of the Law

  Police go to great lengths -- including civil injunctions -- to combat gangs. The jury is out on their effectiveness

  October 14, 1999

• Marked Man

  Felix Medina and his gang compatriots ruthlessly ruled a south central neighborhood. Now the party's over.

  October 14, 1999

• The Gang's All Fear

  The Crips who raped a retarded girl sprang from a 'hood where too many kids aspire to the thug life

  September 30, 1999

• Out of God's Hands

  Why aren't more churches reaching out to kids in gang-ravaged neighborhoods?

  September 16, 1999

• Gang Influence Runs Deep in Phoenix's Roots

  September 16, 1999

• Net Loss

  Twenty years ago-- as gangs began their rise in the valley-shortsighted civic leaders slashed youth programs. Today's troubled kids are still paying the price.

  September 16, 1999

• Gang, Bang, You're Dead

  Caught in the crossfire of a violent culture, a 16-year-old loses his life

  September 9, 1999

• Loco Motive

  Jesse Madril's kin are convinced his murder was gang-related, but Guadalupe authorities and the sheriff's office would rather not deal with it

  August 26, 1999

• Larry Jack's Second Shot

  He survived two bullets in the face from a man he claims killed five in South Phoenix last month

  March 25, 1999

• IMAGE IS EVERYTHING

  FRIENDS OF A MURDER VICTIM SAY POLICE LABELED THEM AS GANG MEMBERS--AND IGNORED OPPORTUNITIES TO CAPTURE THE KILLER

  February 16, 1995

• HOLDING FAST FLORENCE PRISONER IN TENTH WEEK OF HUNGER STRIKE

  October 7, 1992

• Ahwatukee Gangbangers Busted; Cops Continue Policy of Not Releasing Gang Names

  Travis AnhaltPhoenix police arrested three members of an Ahwatukee street gang in connection with an aggravated assault that left a man with a ruptured ear drum. Cops believe the gangbangers have committed armed robberies and other crimes. Miles Castle What's the name of this suburban gang, which -- judging by the suspect pictures -- is an equal opportunity employer? Police won't say. At the end of his news release, (below), Sergeant Andy Hill, police spokesman, says police don't give out that i

  May 22, 2009