Darren ``Bo'' Taylor. gang peacemaker dead at 42

Blessed are the peacemakers for they shall be called the children of God.

LA gang peace broker Darren `Bo' Taylor dies at 42
AP foreign, Thursday August 14 2008
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LOS ANGELES (AP) - Darren ``Bo'' Taylor, a former member of the Crips who brokered a truce between warring inner-city gangs after the 1992 Los Angeles riots, has died. He was 42.

Taylor died Monday of cancer in San Diego, his sister, Adrienne Galloway, said Wednesday.

He was a member of the Crips gang as a teenager but became a gang peace activist after the riots.

``You don't find many in the gang-intervention world who can be effective in the street, effective in the courtroom, effective at City Hall and effective in the prisons,'' said civil rights attorney Connie Rice. ``He could calm everyone down and make us work together.''
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