The value of authority affects many issues, including the actions of police and gangs within Los Angeles. When given authority, one must understand how to control this power and implement it properly and appropriately. Unfortunately, when given this power many people abuse it and end up taking advantage of those who are helpless against this power that turns into violence or forcefulness. Within Los Angeles gangs there are various phases of where their power lay and why their authority was necessary. When Los Angeles gangs first began, their authority was important in protecting minorities from racial conflicts as well as unjust violence from police figures. However, as time went on, the authority lay in controlling as many youth and gaining memberships for their own greed in materialism and the drug industry, using their authority to gain fear from society.
There is a possibility of revising how these power figures approach authority and that would be for them to be less dependent off of the power and gain they receive by acting this way. As well, this could be solved by providing programs for minority figures so they would be less reliant on these gang figures who provide protection against other gangs but force members to complete violent acts. If there wasn't such a class division, gangs wouldn't feel the need to gain such materialism and as well, governmental figures would be more fair about how they allocate funds and benefits, allowing Southcentral citizens to become more integrated and satisfied within Los Angeles.
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