A Week in Watts Page #2

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because he was abusing this woman,

and she had no other avenue

to go to for help.

The location I'm going

to hit now is in Nickerson Gardens,

which probably sells more cocaine,

rock cocaine, than anywhere in California.

They're gangs...

this has over 2000 members documented.

They have about 600 to 800 active.

And they literally have hundreds

of its members selling on an annual basis.

There's probably three to five locations

that are operating on a 24-hour basis

with an established clientele.

They've a bunch of transients that reside

near Nickerson to purchase their cocaine.

A lot of their prostitution is generated

because of the sales on cocaine,

and that's their main profit.

The gang there is called

the Bounty Hunter Bloods,

and they've been there since

I want to say the early 70s

and it's over 2000 strong.

Their major operation

is in the sales of narcotics.

So right now,

the informant is inside Nickerson

and is approaching the location.

I don't know what law enforcement

would do without informants.

An informant is somebody we pay

or work with that provides information

to law enforcement.

Basically, they're an undercover

police officer without a gun.

One item is basically

to inform LAPD of the environment,

because I felt that

it wasn't safe for my kids.

I've given up dope houses, weed houses,

just seeing you walking around

with a gun,

knowing that you're wanted

or committed a crime,

I'm gonna call 'em and let them know.

There you go.

Hey, Josie. It's going to be a good buy.

Single male location,

male black, wearing a black shirt,

black hat, and he has

poured dope on the kitchen counter.

Roger.

So now, it's going to be

a race between us opening the door,

him grabbing that board

and running upstairs to flush.

They usually have a cutting board

with a lineup of dope,

ten dollar pieces, five dollar pieces,

twenty dollar pieces.

The buyer comes in,

picks out what they want,

hands the money over and then leaves.

Police. Open the door!

Let's go!

They flushed all the dope,

but we made a pre-buy,

so we have that dope that was bought.

So the charge is going to stay the same.

The sentencing will be the same.

The only difference is he thinks

he flushed it, and he's going home.

He doesn't know that

it's already recorded.

Because of

law enforcement's effort

on cracking down on gangs...

Get on the ground!

Get on the ground!

...they're being more innovative,

such as commercial crimes

and prostitution and human trafficking.

On Figueroa Street, it's well known

that you can go and pick up a hooker there

for pleasure, give her cash

and then be on your way.

In Nickerson Gardens,

because of the demand for crack cocaine

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