Really interesting documentary I just watched on Netflix. It goes back to the 50s when black teenagers started forming "clubs." Back then, different clubs would just fist fight each other for bragging rights.

Then the next generation had guns and started killing each other. The film does a really good job of showing how South Central L.A. became such a violent place.

Narrated by Forest Wittaker.

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Posted by Matisyeezy

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Posted on 8/24/15 at 8:10 pm to Stonehog

I watched it about 2 years ago, I think. I liked it. I know it has been a minute.

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Posted by Capital Cajun

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Posted on 8/24/15 at 8:40 pm to Stonehog

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Back then, different clubs would just fist fight each other for bragging rights. Then the next generation had guns and started killing each other.

Reminds me of this scene.

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Posted by chinese58

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Posted on 8/24/15 at 10:54 pm to Stonehog

Crack, and the money, made folks start killing anybody & everybody.

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Posted by AbuTheMonkey

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Posted on 8/24/15 at 11:30 pm to chinese58

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Crack, and the money, made folks start killing anybody & everybody.

It started well before crack hit the streets.

The homicide rates started spiking in the late 1960's, right around the time of serious civil unrest. Heroin introduced itself in a big way at that time as well as soldiers were coming home from Vietnam addicted to opiates.

New York City was a war zone in the 1970's; it may well be the lowest depths that any major American city has seen...even rivaling Detroit at its worst.

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