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CHP Officers Killed In The 'Newhall Incident' Remembered On 51 Year Anniversary


CHP Officers Killed In The ‘Newhall Incident’ Remembered On 51 Year Anniversary
Officers with the California Highway Patrol (CHP) Newhall Office are remembering their four fallen brothers who were gunned down 51 years ago Monday during the “Newhall Incident.”
Shortly before midnight on April 5, 1970, a pair of career criminals shot and killed officers Walt Frago, Roger Gore, James Pence and George Alleyn in a gunbattle following a traffic stop.
CHP Officer Walter C. Frago (6573)
Bobby Davis and Jack Twinning, the pair of career criminals, first came into contact in federal prison and reunited in Houston Texas after they were released. The pair decided to move out to the Los Angeles area, but struggled to find employment as a result of their criminal records. ....

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20120902:02:12:00

Been validated as gang members or associates. pelican bay is the toughest prison in the california prison system. it s where the worst of the worst go to. the first time we sent a lockup crew was weeks after they suffered their worst gang riot in history. and there was still tension in the air as the crew walked through the gates. the riot fought primarily between black and hispanic inmates lasted a little over 30 minutes. one inmate was killed and dozens of others were stabbed or beaten. when we returned five years later, the tension was still palpable. one of the interesting things about pelican bay is there really seemed to be two systems of rules, the prison administration and then the rules of the gangs. and there s this constant tension between the two. it s like a modern day sparta. they have trained themselves mentally, physically for a wartime situation. and it feels like a war. it feels like a wartime prison, ....

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20120902:02:13:00

Pelican bay. correctional staff told us that when it comes to battling gang activity, they re fighting a system that starts long before inmates arrive in prison. they re convinced that at early ages, at 8, 9, 10, 11 years old that gangs are the way to go. such was the case with epi cortina. he joined a street gang at age 11. it led to a 16-year to life sentence for murder. i ve been pelican-bay raised. been up here going on 14 years. he d been in prison since he was 19. he was 32 at the time i interviewed him. and he d just been through years and years of just senseless violence. after his arrival at pelican bay, cortina, like many other hispanic gang-bangers from northern california, joined a prison gang known as nuestra. familia. i walked into a war ....

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