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Westmob, a gang in San Francisco, California, has fought a brutal gang war since 1999 against Big Block and its various factions. Westmob is sometimes known to associate with Kumi 415 prison gang. and Norteños members. Its rivalry with Big Block was the subject of the 2002 documentary Straight Outta Hunter's Point by homegrown filmmaker Kevin Epps[1] and is linked to rap and drugs.They claim territory from West Point to middle Point in San Francisco's notoriously dangerous Hunters Point Projects.[2]

The gang made headlines around the city when one of its members was arrested for murdering a police officer in April 2004.[3]

References

  1. ^ http://www.streetgangs.com/movies/hunterspoint.html
  2. ^ http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2001/12/16/MN232399.DTL
  3. ^ http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/11/21/BAGHLMGSDN1.DTL

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