L.A. removes first ex-gangster from injunction list

LOS ANGELES – For more than 20 years, the city attorney's office has placed thousands of gangsters under injunctions that prohibit where they meet, who they talk to and what they carry. The city is now giving some of those people a second chance – if they can prove they've changed their ways. The city's attorney's office announced Thursday that, for the first time, a former gangster was lifted from a gang injunction under a petition removal process created late last year. “We need an exit ramp for those who want to turn their lives around,” City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo said. “If you're a member of a gang, you'll likely end up dead or in jail. We want you to leave the gang life behind. We can get you out from under injunction.” Under the new process, people can file petitions to the city attorney's office and be removed from... [read full story]