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The Spook Hunters were a white racist youth gang of South Gate, California, active from the 1940s to the 1950s. The gang was founded as a reaction to the growing African American population in the neighboring city of Los Angeles and around work against integration and for racial segregation in communities and especially intending to hinder blacks leaving their housing area and. To reach these goals they started fights and intimidated black youths; when backup was needed it was supplied by the LAPD [1].[2]

The blacks had the Devil Hunters.

References

  1. ^ Judith Greene and Kevin Pranis: Gang Wars, 2007, p. 25, online
  2. ^ Alex Alonso: Racialized identities and the formation of black gangs in Los Angeles. In: Urban Geography, 25. p. 658-674, 2004

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