Silly headline aside, this is a pretty good story about gang influence in a Latino neighborhood near where I live. It's hard to tell, though, how pervasive the problem is partly b/c violence is mainly inflicted on other immigrantshttps://twitter.com/postlocal/status/943466296926142465 …
This area is also plagued by poor quality housing. It was in nearby Long Branch, also heavily Latino, where an apartment building blew up in 2016, killing 7 (https://wtop.com/montgomery-county/2017/08/one-year-after-horrific-silver-spring-explosion-victims-still-in-shock-rebuilding-lives/ …)
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Meanwhile, the Purple Line light-rail now under construction will go right through Langley Park and Long Branch. Will be interesting to see the effect it has
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