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To Fight Street Gangs, Los Angeles Just Adds Light Posted by TreeHugger 1 year 19 weeks ago - Tags: 
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Michal Czerwonka
Public Space as Alternative to Law Enforcement
At night, urban parks can become hives for gang activity and violence. A program in Los Angeles, the American gang capital, seeks to combat that phenomenon simply by keeping the lights on until midnight, reports the New York Times.
To both locals and police, it's a bright idea. Last year, neighborhoods bordering the eight parks where lights were left on involved saw 86 percent fewer homicides and a 17 percent drop in gang-related violence. Some parks had n...
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