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easy_cam_steezy
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I found this documentary through a recent post in a thread (10 best documentaries to watch...?)
great documentary, I heavily recommend it

anyone who thinks their "hood" is rough or whatever, you haven't seen anything until you've seen South Central L.A. or Compton, or other surrounding L.A. county areas
I spent 5 years in Southern California, and saw some rough shit, but not nearly to the magnitude displayed in the movie

this documentary illustrates the realism of what occurs on a daily basis in parts of the U.S.

lets all try to get along

if you haven't seen "Why We Bang," definitely check it out

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=308810292967439446
Jun 6 2009 11:18PM
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uni-corn
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Thought this was going to be about sex.
Jun 6 2009 11:20PM
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Mr.Panda
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my dad was in LA during Watts........  some of the stories he told me about what happened sound so damn scary.
Jun 6 2009 11:21PM
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8ONE657
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why are we so much alike?
Jun 6 2009 11:23PM
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i.am.a.skier.
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watched it from the previous thread, its pretty moving/sketchy/scary/interesting
Jun 6 2009 11:23PM
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Lax_Bro40
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LA isnt bad compared to some other cities now. Chicago is the worst murder wise, by a ton. Go on youtube watch Hood to Hood 2. Its in like 28 parts but its real sick.
Jun 6 2009 11:24PM
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richards
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because your a slut
Jun 6 2009 11:25PM
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BootySpunk.
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Me too...great minds think aliek
Jun 6 2009 11:25PM
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carbon.pulse
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you have a penis?
Jun 6 2009 11:26PM
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easy_cam_steezy
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actually L.A. has the most homicides of any county in the United States

this is a pretty rad map
it shows all known homicides in the L.A. area, including how they were killed, how old, who they are, etc.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/crime/homicidemap/
Jun 6 2009 11:27PM
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8ONE657
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ahahahahaha,
Jun 6 2009 11:27PM
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Mr.Panda
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isnt it like LA, and then Detroit, Chicago, and New York are all like tied for second?
Jun 6 2009 11:28PM
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uni-corn
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Magic.

And you have a penis.
Jun 6 2009 11:28PM
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theblacktaco
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your post count is hte angel #
Jun 6 2009 11:30PM
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OhMyBosh
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pwnt
Jun 6 2009 11:30PM
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Lax_Bro40
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acutally your wrong. I watched gangland on the GD's last night (gangster disciples out of chicago) and they said chicago has the most murders out of any city in country. Its upwards of 900 a year. you lose.



Jun 6 2009 11:36PM
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dbchili
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yeah im glad you posted this thread. I just watched a good portion of that movie and it was pretty horrific to say the least. The gun violence in LA is just obscure, and definitely not something i can familiarize with.

Its also interesting how skiing has started to associate itself with this kind of a lifestyle. I mean I am by no means anti-gangsterism in skiing, i think its given the sport an identity which has helped it grow, but theres a limit. Obviously this movie conveys just how serious that kind of a lifestyle is, and well we may all prance around in our tall tees pretending to be the next henrik, i dont think anyone seriously wants to be pie face or any of the the other characters shown there.
Jun 6 2009 11:38PM
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easy_cam_steezy
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L.A. COUNTY has the most murders of any county in the U.S.
the city of L.A. is smaller than that of Chicago, so its very easy for Chi-town to have more murders in terms of a city

Jun 6 2009 11:40PM
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Lax_Bro40
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ok and i said CITY with the highest rate. And LA County is like 5 fucking cities so no fucking shit it would. Thats like including NYC and all surronding cities.
Jun 6 2009 11:43PM
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PC.
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I live in SoCal, avoid driving into parts of LA alone.

But nah, its not the worst.

I know Denver, Chicago, Detroit, Cleveland, etc. (most metropolitan areas) are just as bad. Every major city in America has their bad parts.

Oh yeah, St. Louis, they dont fuck around there.
Jun 6 2009 11:45PM
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easy_cam_steezy
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I agree with the cities, but think L.A. is the worst

also, D.C. is pretty rough (tho most ppl dont know it)
Jun 6 2009 11:46PM
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brokebutitsworthit
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sketchiest place I have ever driven though was East St Louis, i looked it up and the murder rate was 2x the rate for compton
Jun 6 2009 11:52PM
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Aaaron.
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zzzomg i llluuvv cali and all the movie stars!

and south central with more poverty in one city than most of us can imagine.

and washington DC is so interesting!  i love the museums and goergetown has good shopping.
but let's take a look into PG county.
i hate it here.
the nations capital, right next to one of the richest and the poorest county around.
i hate it here.

Jun 6 2009 11:53PM
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Lax_Bro40
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son ur just suckin LAs dick. Rockin the lakers icon ive shown you actual data that shows chicago is worse. LA isnt even second. Ur just jockin so hard
Jun 7 2009 12:02AM
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BC.
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detroit is worse
Jun 7 2009 12:09AM
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tinkytwinky
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damn michael jordan and turk from scrubs really out did themself in this movie!....(joke)
Jun 7 2009 12:34AM
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pomme-de-terre
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rochester NY has the highest murder rater per capita

so we have the highest ratio of people killed, to people living there..... or at least we used to anyways... i dunno if it still is like that

but in other news, that video made me think twice about sagging my pants....
Jun 7 2009 12:49AM
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no_steeze
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i was hoping this would change some skinny white kids' perspectives....
Jun 7 2009 1:13AM
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fsscott
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same
Jun 7 2009 1:14AM
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low_fidelity
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meh. People can just watch "The Warriors." I am sure it will give them a much much better perspective on gang life
Jun 7 2009 1:16AM
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PhilboydStudge
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why are you arguing a point that no one cares about
Jun 7 2009 1:44AM
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eastside
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word. la is nothing compared to the north. the northeast has much more crime and bad neighborhoods. we have way more people, way more gangs, the mafia, and nyc (a real city). la has palm trees, perfect weather, fakeass hollywood, beaverly hills, and a shit load of materialistic asswholes.
Jun 7 2009 1:54AM
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Mr.Panda
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most of the female materialistic assholes i would but my dick in....
Jun 7 2009 2:00AM
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Lax_Bro40
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detroit does now. i saw it when i was looking for the most murders in one city(not per capita).

but ya rochester used to be i guess its detroit now for per capita. The most overall though is chicago. Watch Hood to Hood 2- Chicago on youtube, they go into the projects and talk with mad people, its nuts there. Same thing with the 3rd ward NO, richmond VA is bad, Miluwakee is real bad too.
Jun 7 2009 11:57AM
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jjdsteeze
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Same
Jun 7 2009 12:13PM
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sowstochd
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Rochester represent, we were one of the 5 original mafia cities something like that
Jun 7 2009 1:12PM
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Pee_and_Ski
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my big sister goes to school in dc she said boklyn (sp?) is one of the poorest areas in the country and is only 10ish miles from the white house
Jun 7 2009 1:18PM
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gmack24
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that was extremely boring. waste of an hour
Jun 7 2009 2:08PM
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TheBeardedOne
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Me too, then I watched the movie, and I wish it had been about sex instead. Would have been a better waste of however long I watched til I fell asleep..
Jun 7 2009 2:12PM
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andrew.
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i thought this was going to be about afterbang.
Jun 7 2009 2:39PM
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eastside
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there are plenty of fat materialistic assholes.
Jun 7 2009 8:32PM
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Mr.Panda
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true...  i really stepped on myself there and then dug my own grave didnt i?
Jun 7 2009 8:33PM
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eastside
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you sure did. now you have to fuck every fat, materialistic, asswhole, chick, from greater la.
Jun 7 2009 9:43PM
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Mr.Panda
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can i have the hot ones too?
Jun 7 2009 9:45PM
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TheClap.
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yeahh

Jun 7 2009 9:46PM
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eastside
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ya i guess... it was part of the deal.
Jun 7 2009 9:49PM
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mellifluous
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haha im watching it right now. i cant seem to stop laughing at baby runner..
i wonder how many times hes said cuz in the last minute
Jun 7 2009 10:29PM
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r0dubs
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dammmittt,  i was so stoked for...stuff
Jun 7 2009 10:42PM
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.peter
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I don't really get the whole skiers can be gangster thing to begin with since MONEY is kindof a necesity in a sport where just the clothes cost hundreds of dollars.

but anyway thank you to whoever posted this. No one who skis should ever try to pretend that they're from the hood especially if that "hood" is some place like Rutland VT... I don't mean to hate but you can't really have major crime problems in places where the entire state is still smaller that Cities in other states.
Jun 7 2009 11:21PM
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