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LAPD chief, rapper The Game team up for anti-violence PSA

LAPD chief, rapper The Game team up for anti-violence PSA | iNFOnews.ca
The Game, left, shakes hands with Los Angeles Police Chief Charlie Beck during "Time To Unite: United Hoods + Gangs Nation," a community summit organized by rappers The Game and Snoop Dogg, at the Church of Scientology Community Center in South Los Angeles with local gang members to discuss ways to curb violence, Sunday, July 17, 2016. The Game put the word out on social media, inviting leaders of the Crips, Bloods and other street gangs to come together at a town hall-style meeting. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)
Original Publication Date: July 21, 2016 8:51AM
Publication Updated: April 28, 2025 12:07AM

Los Angeles Police Chief Charlie Beck and rapper The Game appear together in a new public service announcement aimed at curbing violence across the city.

The clip posted online Wednesday appeared just days after Beck showed up at an anti-violence rally for gang members organized by The Game in South LA.

The video opens with Beck listing grim shooting statistics from last year in Los Angeles. He points out that 80 per cent of victims and shooters were young men of colour.

The Compton-raised rapper says, “We have to stop killing one another.”

The chief says, “It’s time to stop the violence.”

The LAPD says it’s the first in a series of anti-violence videos involving public figures.

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