Police Chief Charlie Beck on Wednesday continued the LAPD's efforts to calms concerns over recent gang violence in South L.A., saying recent shootings were related to a longstanding feud between two rival groups -- not to postings on social media.
Fears of increased gang activity intensified across social media sites last weekend after a series of shootings in South L.A. left one man dead and 12 people wounded. One of the most incendiary claims to emerge was that a gang had vowed 100 days of violence, sparking alarming hashtags like #100days100nights and #PrayforLA on Twitter and Instagram.