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From Street Gang to Revolutionaries — José ‘Cha Cha’ Jiménez and The Young Lords Laid Groundwork for Radical Racial Justice Movements
José “Cha Cha” Jiménez, radical Puerto Rican activist and civil rights icon, passed away on January 10, 2025. He was 76. Best ...
Trump’s ICE raids turn up pedophiles, gangbangers, and NY-based suspected terrorist as 538 migrants arrested: ‘Heinous crimes’
Officers are scouring cities and states, trying to round up illegal aliens who are either wanted for crimes in their home ...
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José Jiménez Dies at 76; Turned a Gang Into a Voice for Puerto Ricans
By Clay Risen José Jiménez, a street-wise Puerto Rican who in the late 1960s transformed a Chicago gang called the Young ... as did the berets he had his members wear, though the Young Lords ...
Member of Lynn drug gang posing as rap label to plead guilty to RICO charges, records show
Members recruit “juvenile and high school age associates” to help them in their violent rivalry with the Trinitarios gang, federal prosecutors said.