I find it highly unlikely that a gang made up of Caucasians, African Americans and Asians would exist today, let alone in the 1970's. Are there any?
shareIt was pretty silly lol
Tho Meyer Lansky fit right into the Luciano crew...but yeah...not too many 'mixed' gangs i can think of
Most gangs seem to be of the same sorts
But wasn't point that this was more than just a gang? More like a nihilistic cult and the core leaders were a mixed bunch.
shareIt could well of been. The news caster points out the "highly unusual interracial mixture of the gang victims" at the start.
shareI don't think so. It seems to me that they were just an extremely powerful gang, a low-grade mafia type organization that the police were either in cahoots with or afraid to confront. It's absurd to speculate on things like this, but it might explain their bloodlust after the police shot down a few members at the beginning. They might have felt they had a see-no-evil-hear-no-evil relationship with the cops, an understanding they were surprised to see violated in a hail of bullets.
shareThis movie made me wonder the same thing and apparently it is possible, though rare. The FBI reported that 5-7% of the LA Crips were hispanic and 2-3% were white in 2000. Of 30,000-35,000 members, that means roughly 3,000 could be non-black. The idea of white Crips does seem strange but it is a thing.
shareThat is interesting.
shareDEI mandated. 😉
shareIn the mid-20th Century there were Caucasian street gangs in Los Angeles, especially in Venice, parts of Santa Monica, and the San Fernando Valley. By the mid-70's they were starting to die down, and by the latter half of the 20th century, the most prominent and well-known gangs in Los Angeles were primarily Black and Hispanic.
Armenian-American street gangs, like Armenian Power, are well-known and currently active in the area, so technically Caucasian street gangs continue to exist in Los Angeles.
As for a multi-racial street gang, it's probably more common than people think, but not the norm. Regardless, considering this film was made in the 70s, it wasn't that far off from reality.