Posted on 01/17/2010 7:46:45 AM PST by Cheap_Hessian
LOS ANGELES – Only miles from the scenic vistas and celebrity mansions that draw sightseers from around the globe — but a world away from the glitz and glamour — a bus tour is rolling through the dark side of the city's gang turf.
Passengers paying $65 a head Saturday signed waivers acknowledging they could be crime victims and put their fate in the hands of tattooed ex-gang members who say they have negotiated a cease-fire among rivals in the most violent gangland in America.
If that sounds daunting, consider the challenge facing organizers of LA Gang Tours: trying to build a thriving venture that provides a glimpse into gang life while also trying to convince people that gang-plagued communities are not as hopeless as movies depict.
"There's a fascination with gangs," said founder Alfred Lomas, a former member of the Florencia 13 gang. "We can either address the issue head-on, create awareness and discuss the positive things that go on in these communities, or we can try to sweep it under the carpet."
Several observers have questioned the premise behind the tours, and some city politicians have been more blunt.
"It's a terrible idea," City Councilman Dennis Zine said. "Is it worth that thrill for 65 bucks? You can go to a (gang) movie for a lot less and not put yourself at risk."
More than 50 people brushed aside safety concerns for Saturday's maiden tour to hear how notorious gangs got started and bear witness to the struggling neighborhoods where tens of thousands of residents have been lured into gang life.
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Last time this was on during Christmas, they edited out this scene.
Obamatized I guess.
Well, there IS a lot of harsh language in it (Which I should have mentioned in the post I made...oops!)
I don’t think that they deleted the scene for that reason. I have seen this on TV before, and the hubcap scene was always in there (language deleted), on TV B.O. (before obama).
This was one of the funny parts in the movie.
Thanks for the youtube post, I’m going to watch it since the USA channel (I believe that was the channel) edited it all out.
Gangland that is an insult why is that not wiped out??
Good point.
It’s not politically correct to show black folks as criminals on TV anymore.
Even though they had no problem showing white folks committing crimes in the same movie.
And I’ll bet that they showed THAT scene when you watched it.
I have to wonder what the tour bus operator says over the PA to his passengers as he is driving through these neighborhoods.
“This is your bus driver speaking. We are now entering the such and such gang neighborhood. You’ll see on your right a 17 year old girl with three out-of-wedlock children from three different men. On your left you’ll see a burned down house from bums who lived in it after the owners had taken a sub-prime mortgage and couldn’t afford the payments on it and simply walked away. Hey, there’s Mookie and Pookie showing each other their new bling-bling and their 27th new girlfriends dressed like ho’s named Contura and LaShaniqua! Folks, don’t mind the thousand-mile-stares-off-death from the diverse population in this ‘hood. They only hate you because you are white. If they try to shake us down all we have to do is call Rev. Al Sharpton and the Rev. Jesse Jackson to help us out.”
yep.
“Do you think these guys know The Commodores?”
$65 for the La Gangs Tour... but wait, there’s more
for an additional $250, you can get three take-home samples of crack cocaine purchased directly from the Crips, the Bloods, and the Los Campadres... but wait, there even more.. get shot on the tour and you get to keep any bullets lodged in your body as a complimentary souvenir.
I wonder if any of the black actors in that scene were offended that their only part in that movie was cut out by USA’s attempt to NOT offend black folks.
OH, the irony!
While they’re at it they should hand out buckets of paint and clean up the constant graffiti that these gangs are so fond of smearing all over EVERYTHING.
The sellers of cocaine think they’re capitalists too. We have something in this country called the rule of law. It is a higher good than mere spectacle.
Who are the administrative, executive, and elected officials, and enabling judges, allowing anarchy to fester on the streets of Los Angeles, to such an extent that imported gangs of thugs and punks in a “demilitarized zone” of their own making, on AMERICAN SOIL, decide what is and what isn’t safe?
The groups organizing these “tours” need to be nailed and jailed along with the members of every one of the gangs on the streets of Los Angeles. They are aiding and abetting a foreign invasionary force.
Declare Martial Law and bring in the National Guard. Clean L.A. out. Then organize a military expeditionary force and take the heat back to the capitol of every one of the invader homelands of these thugs.
What is wrong with us, allowing foreign thugs and criminals to hold an American city hostage?
Americans have lost their guts and survival instincts, and will shortly lose their country, while the whole world laughs.
Wanna sell tickets to that one?
I don’t know? Do they get residuals if their part is cut?
I can just imagine what they would do with “Airplane”? lol
Or Blazing Saddles.
I’ll have to watch that the next time it’s on. I haven’t seen “Airplane” in a long time. I need a laugh. Time to rent.
But if you get close enough to kiss him, he'll probably eat your face off.
Why wait?
Go here. http://www.ovguide.com/movies.html
Enter the name of the movie you want to watch.
Or go here http://www.freefullmovies.net/ (the particular site I use most) and pick from the list of hundreds of movies.
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