The Gangster Next Door - Part 1 of 4

The Gangster Next Door - Part 1 of 4
2011-03-24
CBC
http://www.cbc.ca/documentaries/doczone/2011/gangsternextdoor/index.html

The Gangster Next Door

The Gangster Next Door is the harrowing story behind the headlines of the country's bloodiest gang war - shockingly led by young men raised in the most middle-class of families. And yet they've stooped to new lows to win increasingly brazen gang battles, targeting previously off-limits gangster girlfriends and wives and shattering the lives of true innocents, like the four-year-old left alive in the backseat of a Cadillac, his mother shot dead at the wheel. At stake: billions in illicit drug money.

Part police action film, part in-depth analysis, all deeply-human storytelling, The Gangster Next Door introduces characters rarely willing to step out of the shadows -- a founding member of a notorious and violent gang, the mother of a gangster girl-friend, and the shattered mother of an innocent victim, a woman whose all-consuming grief fuels an anti-gang crusade.

The Gangster Next Door is a must-watch documentary for anyone who wonders how Lotus Land became Gang-couver -- and if it can happen in your community.

The world awoke to Vancouver's gang problem in the winter of 2008-09 during a period of time on the streets of the lower mainland when there was a targeted hit every six days. The gunfights became increasingly audacious and public -- robbing the community of its sense of safety. The collateral damage from the gang problem spreads out in waves out from every horrific incident --staining the lives of parents and grandparents, children and old friends, bystanders and the community itself. Nobody's immune.

Perhaps most disturbing - the baffling new profile of these greedy young gangsters who are willing to kill over drug profits: among recent gang murders or arrest warrants are the sons of a teacher, a banker, a therapist, even a policeman. The new breed of gangster is quite likely middle-class -- a young man with a world of options open to him who is still somehow drawn to the dark side.

The Gangster Next Door explores this emerging social phenomenon -- the deadliest gangster could be anybody's next door neighbour.

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[loocow1554]

4 gun shots bang bang bang lol

[AlvinMagic10]

Does Kim Bolan have a real job?

[mrj6o4]

RIP 8:10



[MMA4Lazy1]

Organizing as in organized crime... really bitch really

[MMA4Lazy1]

fuckn Government just mad they aren't getting tax payments from dope

[GuttaBruh]

Vancouver bitch westside standup we dont play str8 gutta up here, fuck tha police.

[CHEVROLETPOWER89]

@dannymaclamp You're a pussy bitch squid rat goof were still here

[dannymaclamp]

@thishaterzz and now they're in the can and dead fucks

[thishaterzz]

@dannymaclamp they lived a better life and made more money then u ever will in ur whole life time

[shims56]

bindyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy johalllllllll theeee realllllllll bosssssss

[direwolfmusic]

aww thats so cute, these homos gave each other promise rings. together, serious, apart, relaxed, penetrated, happy...