Taking Care of Business Keeps Gang Members Busy

From: Chicago Sun-Times | Date: March 14, 1993| Author: | Copyright information

LOS ANGELES At the Homeboy Tortilleria, hands that once clutched drugs and guns now roll out thousands of corn tortillas in downtown's Grand Central Market.

In South Central, High-T and Ray-Ray sit under a large gray tent surrounded by dozens of athletic shoes, practicing different sales techniques than the ones they used on the streets years ago as Grape Street Crips.

Since the 1992 Los Angeles riot, a small but growing number of African-American and Latino gang members have left behind drug deals and drive-by shootings for eight-hour-a-day jobs or to start a variety of ventures. These ...

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