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UNIT 3
CRIME IN THE MEDIA
READING
1 Read the text about gang mayhem in LA and choose the correct
variant.
1 a) Father Boyle buried Jonathan Hurtado.
b) Father Boyle killed Jonathan Hurtado.
2 a) In LA there is a new race war between Hispanic gangs and white gangs.
b) In LA there is a new race war between Hispanic gangs and black gangs.
3 a) Cheryl Green was killed by police.
b) Cheryl Green was killed by gang members.
4 a) There were less gang-related crimes last year than the year before.
b) There were more gang-related crimes last year than the year before.
5 a) The gangs have published a list of the worst gangs.
b) The police has published a list of the worst gangs.
6 a) Homeboy Industries helps young people leave gangs.
b) Homeboy Industries helps young people join gangs.
GANG MAYHEM GRIPS LA
Paul Harris March 18, 2007
Father Greg Boyle keeps a count of the young gang members he has
buried. Number 151 was Jonathan Hurtado, 18 – fresh out of jail. Now the Jesuit
mourns him. “The day he got out I found him a job. He never missed a day. He
was doing really well,” Boyle says.
But Hurtado made a mistake: he went back to his old neighbourhood. While
sitting in a park, Hurtado was approached by a man on a bike who said to him:
“Hey, homie, what’s up?” He then shot Hurtado four times.
Boyle’s Los Angeles is a world away from the glamorous Hollywood hills,
Malibu beaches and Sunset Strip – the city that David Beckham and Posh Spice
will soon make their home.
Boyle’s Los Angeles is where an estimated 120,000 gang members across
five counties battle over turf, pride and drugs. It is a city of violence as a new race
war escalates between new Hispanic gangs and older black groups. Mayor
Antonio Villaraigosa, who has referred to his city as “the gang capital of America”,
has launched a crackdown on the new threat.
The latest front is Harbor Gateway, a nest of streets between malls and
office blocks. It was here, just before Christmas, that Cheryl Green, a 14-year-old
black girl, died. As she stood on a corner talking with friends, two Hispanic
members of the neighbourhood’s notorious 204th Street gang walked up and
opened fire, killing Green and wounding three others. Traditionally, the outside
view of LA gangs has been of black youths but Hispanic gangs are rising and
spreading across America.
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