Culver City Boys
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Founding location | Culver City, California, United States |
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Territory | Culver City |
Ethnicity | Hispanic, mainly Mexican-American |
Criminal activities | Murder, drug trafficking, extortion, assault, auto theft, robbery |
Allies | Sureños, Mexican Mafia |
Rivals | Venice Shoreline Crips, 18th Street gang, Venice 13, Santa Monica 13, Sotel 13 |
Culver City Boys or Culver City 13 is a Mexican-American street gang from Culver City and has expanded to other cities such as Santa Monica, Venice and San Gabriel Valley
According to a Los Angeles City Beat article, by 2003, many Culver City Boyz left the housing projects due to strict rules that evict gang members and increased police presence.[1] The gang is under a civil injunction enforced by the LAPD which restricts gang members' activity within a defined boundary surrounding the projects.[2] However, the gang remains active, as the constitutionality of the injunction has been tested. Alleged members of the gang settled a class action suit over the practice of enforcing curfews for suspected gang members with the City of Los Angeles for $30 million.[3][4]
Despite that Culver City Boys is a sureño gang, their colors are red, the colors the Norteños wear, but CCB shows no affiliation to either Norteños or Nuestra Familia.
References
- ^ Romero, Dennis. "Gangster's Paradise Lost." Los Angeles City Beat. Issue Number 22. November 6, 2003. Retrieved on October 3, 2011.
- ^ "Los Angeles City Attorney". www.atty.lacity.org/CRIMINAL/GangInjunctions/index.htm. Archived from the original on 2015-02-09.
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- ^ "LA will pay up to $30 million to settle lawsuit over gang curfews". Daily News. 2016-03-16. Retrieved 2018-08-18.