#100days100nights: LA gangs ‘in contest to murder 100 people in 100 days’

A criminology professor at Arizona State University – who has studied social media’s effects on gang activity – says the #100days100nights hashtag is likely an intimidation tactic for rivaling groups.

The South L.A.’s station Sheriff’s Capt. Steven J.

Meanwhile, a vast number of people are tagging pictures and videos with the hashtag to express support for the movement. An afternoon shooting Saturday that left one 47-year-old dead was followed less than an hour later, in the same general area, by a shooting that injured another motorist. The internal feud somehow made its way to social media and the increase in violent crimes over the weekend verified these threats to some extent.

Speaking to reporters at the Los Angeles Police Department’s downtown headquarters, Beck conceded that there were four gang-related shootings in a short period of time over the weekend in South Los Angeles.

However, a family member of Peevy told the Daily Beast that the sick challenge was making Kenny – who died in unclear circumstances – seem worse than he really was.

“I would hope [#100Days100Nights] is one of those”, said Beck. “It’s not like he started this and got killed behind it”, a family member said. “This situation may just be a bunch of hype”.

Retired detective Sal LaBarbera, who used to investigate South L.A. killings, confirmed LAPD detectives have long been using social media for gang investigations.

Investigators are looking “very closely” at the online posts, but Beck said, “I want to be careful in how we relate this to what is unfortunately typical of gang violence in Los Angeles“.

In addition to that, #100days100nights highlights the changing trend of gangs with street presences moving their feuds to the battlegrounds of Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.