Revealing the truth and busting myths about gangs | Alex Alonso | Unstoppable #71

[@KerwinRaeSydney]

Timestamps: 10:53 - How Hollywood shaped people’s perceptions about Gang culture 12:30 - Biggest myths of gangs 21:52 - How Gangs organise? 28:21 - The history of “The Bloods and the Crips” 34:50 - The places where Gangs are born 37:00 - Why do people join Gangs? 40:19 - The evolution of Gangs 43:00 - The main goal of exploring the gang culture

[@AK-fj8yo]

barefoot indian style learning about gangs 😄 he did a good job with the questions

[@KerwinRaeSydney]

Thanks 🙏

[@bronx15_82]

With his zipper down....

[@MiguelHernandez-bg4ho]

Hey...you gotta be comfy

[@LuisCruz-xc6uz]

alex alonso...love what u do to bring peace out there..also just learned your puerto rican....im puerto rican too..stay safe out there ..and i have half guatamala and p.rican family in san diego..and p.rican mixed with mexican in northern cali..somewhere by modesto or merced .if im correct .... well keep doing you..

[@boobsvids]

The structure keeps down the homicides , that’s why law enforcement target positive leaders and let the negative leaders run rampant

[@jackjames808]

Great interview, thanks for having Alonzo on. You gained a subscriber

[@KerwinRaeSydney]

Appreciate it Jack ♥️

[@streetgangs]

thanks for watching

[@hiddenboz3428]

I am fascinated how a Puerto Rican from the Bronx was running around La at that time.

[@Theycallmekenney]

They moved to LA, rented an apartment or bought a house and got a job or went to school.....the same way anyone else would move to LA who’s Dominican or Colombian.

[@ronjohnson602]

Been listening to Alex Alonzo and the gangster Chronicles for at least year now. Has Mr. Alonzo written a book does he plan to?

[@streetgangs]

thanks for listening.

[@Californiansurfer]

Great interview, I was impressed on history. Gangs are created because society rejects them. 1970 I was sent home for speaking Spanish. Today I have friends from South America Japanese, Korean and Chinese we all speak Spanish. I worked in Jeffersonvill Indiana, Shepardvill Kentucky which the kkk marches down the street in German parades. Today the confederate flags are coming down. I was told by police in the south you are a Blackman. Pulled over 24/7 almost killed by police. Then , we ask why gangs. Today. I refuse to work in south. Downey California

[@donworryboutit8455]

Great Interview!!! I like how you didn't interrupt him at all! 👍

[@Californiansurfer]

Richard Ramirez the knight stocker was stoped my Los Angeles gangs. Netflex.

[@bigstone1293]

Bloods came together in 1975 in YTS. Some of these people are still alive and free.

[@MrSicc274]

Great interview

[@streetgangs]

thanks for listening.

[@sgvproductionz2979]

Is there a bachelor degree in gang culture???

[@yarchism]

chicago had the structure until around 05

[@therichardgravesgroup4747]

A social sciences professor who doesn't know what Switzerland is regarding their neutrality? 🤔 Fascinating.

[@michaelgodsonmoton9192]

86 and it was about the drug called crack that caused more chaos

[@covertnotovert]

Double A. The Goat 🐐

[@streetgangs]

appreciate you watching

[@bojanraicevic34]

You should wear shoes for the interwiev. It's disrespecting.

[@D2E80]

great interview!

[@KINGJoseRPM]

Great interview 💯☺️

[@HanSoloBolo]

A “broken home” is not the problem and doesn’t put into proper perspective the link between absentee fathers and gang affiliation...a FATHERLESS home is the actual problem, not necessarily a “ broken home”...id say 90% of kids getting caught up in the streets don’t have a father that keeps them in check until they graduate high school. There are some exceptions being that there are some that turn to the streets even though they have both parents in their life, but generally speaking a strong male figure in the home that a kid has to report to on a daily basis could make all the difference in the world in the urban community....

[@KerwinRaeSydney]

Great point thanks for sharing 🙏

[@naturallaw1733]

just because a father is there Physically doesn't mean he will be there Mentally/Emotionally though. so I think it's much more than just having a Father in the home.

[@HanSoloBolo]

NATURAL LAW Definitely there could be many factors...being a parent is an art form and being emotionally and mentally available plays a huge part. There is however a link between absent fathers and a higher risk of getting caught up in the streets as well as the system. It ultimately depends on how the household is ran (weather it be one or two parents) as well as a child’s response to the outside world and its influences.

[@naturallaw1733]

@@HanSoloBolo yes definitely a correlation to that for not having a Father around.

[@lll444269]

Don't speak on Chicago dude

[@akmendelohim66]

Do a kev mac interview

[@RedStl]

Akmend Elohim yessir. That would be dope.

[@AK-fj8yo]

great interview. i have been watching street gangs & TGC so i clicked just because Alex is a cool guy.

[@KerwinRaeSydney]

Thanks for watching 🙏

[@streetgangs]

thanks fir supporting The Gangster Chronicles.

[@richlopez5896]

You’ve had great interviews over the years.Only 4 I didn’t like were of 3 fake gangs like “Taliban Mob Gang”,”Filthy Crips”,”Mafia Hustler Crips”,”Grace Ave Piru”.Those four interviews were certainly not gang members and those “gangs” have zero history or rep between them all.Please just stick with real gangs in SC,Watts,Compton,etc...Thanks

[@elijawhaun]

Facts

[@streetgangs]

So you are the gate keeper on what is real and fake gangs. OG Keith Peddler from Cabbage Patch Piru stated Grace as a gang in Carson...we have the first ever interview with Grace Piru. It’s a gang, but gangs come in all different forms, just like the Little Rascals from the 1950s was a gang. Broaden your mind, and stop thinking so narrowly, you are definitely not the gatekeeper from what is and is not a gang.

[@richlopez5896]

@@streetgangs Taliban Mob is NOT a gang and Filthy Crips are NOT an active gang.It is better to stick with interviewing real gangs with an actual history.Could've interviewed Insanes in Long Beach since that is a real and active gang.People want to hear from the heavy hitting gangs that can talk about old school 80's and 90's

[@streetgangs]

Rich Lopez unfortunately just because something doesn’t fit within your box of what a gang is, doesn’t mean it’s not a gang. Even that “Taliban” group is a gang, co-signed by the Harbor City Crips. Yes, go look at their music videos. I understand your position, because in 1970, the Black gangs of the 1960s were looking at the 15 year old Crips saying the same thing you are saying.

[@richlopez5896]

@@streetgangs "Taliban Mobb" is not a gang at all.Name their cliques.They have none.They don't even have 5 members.Name their boundaries.they have no turf and claim no streets.Name one gang that crosses them out as an enemy.NO gang in the region has them as an enemy.Drive every street in Lawndale and you won't see a single hit up by them.Not one story of them doing any dirt to anybody.they ONLY exist on some interview with you.Who do they ride with in county or in the pen?You can go all around Lawndale and nobody will tell you they've ever heard of any such gang.go talk to the Lawndale PD and ask.That was just a "gang" him and his brother made up to make videos.My sister and I can do the same thing right now. I'm not comparing them to younger generations like you are claiming.there are plenty of funny style youngsters in real L.A gangs.Just pointing out that a youngster in a real gang like R60's is in a real gang."Taliban Mobb" is just a guy and his brother.

[@tristanwatson2476]

Tbh the murders in Chicago from the youth getting revenge n when drill music came that just boosted motivation for them pulling murders

[@stefansodbinow6300]

Alex Alonso is ALWAYS a great interview.

[@Sunsets330]

Any interview with mr. alonso needs to be chopped up into quick 5 minute clips and spread out over a few years.

[@raymondruiz5188]

Mexicans got the oldest gangs in LA some are around a hundred years old very old barrios

[@user-ib7rk9yj2r]

Copper color people been in California far longer than mexicans

[@rdc9966]

Alex, are u from the Rollin 20 Blood hood, if so....admit it brotha, and be proud you were able to learn from it and become a successful in your career.....a lot of time as you know, even if you are not aktive...you are where you live.... I found that out in the 70s in Compton. Peace

[@Blvkkise]

@THE BELIZEAN BANG man stop with the net Bangin

[@jayc6977]

Why not cover LLs and Dcepts in NYC?!

[@solanocounty6642]

Cuz ny gangs aint on that level bro

[@Angelica._.officalll]

40k gang members in the City of LA alone? I doubt it.

[@dickmccarthy9496]

You better not because it is pretty much the truth about it. LA County has over 80000 gangmembers 🤷‍♂️ Just google "Gangs of Los Angeles 2020" and open the map google gives you, you see that LA is *FULL* of gangs, some of them is over 1000 deep only in streets. If you count pen and dead members to it, numbers go over 1500. Chicago is another city that has tens of thousands members in it.

[@therichardgravesgroup4747]

Chicago's problem is definitely gang related. Kerwin, I would love to come on your show to break down the issues in Chicago.

[@Sunsets330]

If statistics matter to him, he needs to apply the 50 million yearly police encounters to the number of deaths that result from them. If peace can be reached through reality, then that stat is more important than stats that clear up any misperceptions about gang members, who are defined by their criminal activity. On a side note, while he was talking about MS13, he must've realized that Pico Union and Hancock Park are world's apart, so he added that they are not far. It's common for students to be transferred to other schools, but let's be clear. His school was not close to the area where MS13 started. The only thing surrounding that school are beautiful multi-million dollar homes of celebrities, politicians, lawyers and successful businesspeople.

[@ima8533]

He said he lived in mid city Pico Union is literally down the street wtf are you talking about And that whole area has dozens of gang neighborhoods! You’re just the clueless one

[@OGTrollTroll8]

Gettin your info from a cheerleader🤦🏿‍♂️

[@dogsandyoga1743]

You're a goofy...

[@corregidorparkvillage2]

Why is kerwin fly open in the hotel room with Alex 😳😳😳😳😳😳

[@masoncuevas7407]

What gang is across the street from starz strip club off of rosecrans and crenshaw?

[@dickmccarthy9496]

There is many gangs. Starz is basically in Shotgun Crips turf. West of crenshaw there is Hawthorne Family Thug Gangster Crips and west of crenshaw & north of 135 there is Hawthorne Pirus. West of crenshaw there is also mexican gang called Hawthorne Lil Watts 13. East of Starz there is also gangs like Paybacc Crips and Gardena 13.

[@dognastier]

If you really want to know the truth about gangs in Los Angeles, you have to talk to a real gang member who grew up in that lifestyle, who has his hood in his heart. Not someone who read books about gangs, or only listened to hearsay. I bet that "expert" you're interviewing don't know that Santa Monica has one of the oldest gangs of West Los Angeles? I'm not getting into details, but your guy don't know nothing!!

[@dogsandyoga1743]

Have you seen his content? Alex has def been in the trenches a long time. Not as a participant, but as someone who respects the people he deals with and takes their organizations very serious. You sound like you don't know what you are talking about.

[@Hebrew_Loc]

When I was a teen in L.A., MS13 were a small click, me and my homies got hit up a couple different times by there members, and we laughed at them. Wouldnt do It now days. Early 90's they got punked by everyone, not one set took them seriously.

[@alexperez8326]

Now they would kill you on site..

[@What-cs6jd]

Yhea right lol 😏

[@therichardgravesgroup4747]

Alex, really? You sound like an apologist for street gangs. I understand I came up in the Streets too, I know a lot of people that ran with different gangs who are good guys but bro you just dismiss the whole discipline and body of work as anedcotal and basically proposed the ridiculous presupposition that those who engage against organized crime, which street gangs are part of, have nothing significant to bring to the table. Intellectually fraudulent and academically lazy.