Big Hazard

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Big Hazard, also known as Hazard Grande, is a hispanic street gang located in East Los Angeles. They have been dated back to the 1950's, when the gang was first started.^{[citation needed]}

Their territory is roughly a mile to half mile in diameter. Ramona Gardens, a public housing project, was allegedly used as a headquarters for drug dealing, assaults, robberies and murder.

Members of Big Hazard were featured in the movie American Me. A truce was called with rival gang M.C. Force to allow director Edward James Olmos to shoot the movie on their turfs. The gang and several members were also featured in a 1994 TV documentary called Lives In Hazard, documenting gang life in East L.A. in the early 90's.

[edit] References

• Faucet, Richard (2005-08-16). "Court Bars Gang From Eastside Area". Los Angeles Times.