L.A. gang violence in the late 1980s
A coroner’s team prepares to examine the body of a gang member killed in a drive-by shooting on 42nd Place. Five Deuce Hoover Crips graffiti can be seen crossed out on the wall of the apartment next door.
Few people can lay claim to witnessing the evolution of violence in L.A. like Father Greg Boyle, a Jesuit who in 1988 created Jobs for a Future at the Dolores Mission parish in Boyle Heights. That became Homeboy Industries, a company devoted to helping young men and women transition away from gangs through education, job training and employment.
