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'''Westmob''' | '''Westmob,''' is a primarily [[African-American]] street [[gang]] located in [[San Francisco, California]]. Since 1999, they have been in conflict with the [[Big Block (gang)|Big Block]] gang, which is its major rival in the area. Westmob is known to associate with the Oakdale Mob and Sunnydale Gangsters. Its rivalry with Big Block was the subject of the 2002 [[Documentary film|documentary]] ''[[Straight Outta Hunters Point]]''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.streetgangs.com/movies/hunterspoint.html |title=Straight Outta Hunters Point DVD | StreetGangs.Com |access-date=2012-09-14 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120914064929/http://www.streetgangs.com/movies/hunterspoint.html |archive-date=2012-09-14 }}</ref> and is linked to [[Hip hop music|rap]] and drugs. They claim territory from West Point to Middle Point in San Francisco's notoriously dangerous [[Hunters Point, San Francisco, California|Hunters Point]] projects.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2001/12/16/MN232399.DTL|title=THE KILLING STREETS / A Cycle of Vengeance / BLOOD FEUD / In Bayview-Hunters Point, a series of unsolved homicides has devastated one of S.F.'s most close-knit communities|date=16 December 2001}}</ref> | ||
The gang made headlines around the nation when one of its members, David Hill, was arrested for murdering a police officer in April 2004.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/11/21/BAGHLMGSDN1.DTL|title=SAN FRANCISCO / Gang 'insider' doesn't testify in murder trial|date=21 November 2006}}</ref> | The gang made headlines around the nation when one of its members, David Hill, was arrested for murdering a police officer in April 2004.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/11/21/BAGHLMGSDN1.DTL|title=SAN FRANCISCO / Gang 'insider' doesn't testify in murder trial|date=21 November 2006}}</ref> | ||
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Westmob, is a primarily African-American street gang located in San Francisco, California. Since 1999, they have been in conflict with the Big Block gang, which is its major rival in the area. Westmob is known to associate with the Oakdale Mob and Sunnydale Gangsters. Its rivalry with Big Block was the subject of the 2002 documentary Straight Outta Hunters Point[1] and is linked to rap and drugs. They claim territory from West Point to Middle Point in San Francisco's notoriously dangerous Hunters Point projects.[2]
The gang made headlines around the nation when one of its members, David Hill, was arrested for murdering a police officer in April 2004.[3]