Apr 18, 2017
Roy Colbert & Daude Sherrils: Watts Peace Treaty 20 Years Later Trailer
Roy Colbert & Daude Sherrils: Watts Peace Treaty 20 Years Later Trailer
The Watts peace treaty was a 1992 peace pact between rival street gangs in Los Angeles. It was avowed between warring gangs in the community of Watts just before the 1992 Los Angeles riots. While this treaty was not comprehensively adhered to, the truce was a chief element of the reduction of street violence in the city during the 1990s. After 20 years of internecine warfare that waged across the…
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