18 Street Gnags In Los Angeles County

Summary:
The 18 street gang in Los Angeles Is concidered the largest gang In the los angeles county. there is approcimently around 15,ooo people in the Los angeles Area.The 18th Street gang was formed in the 1960s.During the 1960s, the Clanton Street gang, a well-established Hispanic street gang, was in its second generation. Youth in the local neighborhood wanted to join the gang, but the membership of Clanton Street was limited to those youth who were American citizens from a pure Hispanic background. Youth who were mexican immigrants or of mixed were not allowed to join the gang. While in these facilities, their membership to Clanton Street was denied. As these youth from the Clanton Street neighborhood formed their own gang. A young man, nicknamed "Glover," was in a detention facility, and started to recruit mixed-race youth to form a gang. These youth were the original members of 18th Street. The guy that stated the Clanton Street, lived on 18th Street, just four blocks away from the Clanton Street gang. The new gang adopted the name of his street. This street was located an area now known as the Rampart section of Los Angeles.

Reflection:
Iv'e learned that the Clanton Street gang denied the others, so they decided to make there own Gang, and now believe it or not it is one of the most biggest gangs in LA. There are form 8,000 to 20,000 People In the gang.

Questions:
I wonder how this gang got around to many of people?


Link:
http://www.streetgangs.com/18thstreet.html