New Skid Row crackdwon

In an effort to curb the rampant drug trade operating in the shadow of City Hall and LAPD headquarters, city officials filed a court injunction Wednesday against "commuter" gang members and drug dealers who target addicts seeking social services on L.A'.s Skid Row.C.J. Lin in the Daily News.

The injunction names the Grape Street Crips gang and 80 individuals that police have identified as the top drug dealers in the impoverished area of about 4,000 residents on the east side of downtown.

"We've learned that the single biggest criminal threat faced by the residents of the area is the open and notorious drug dealing and violence committed by hardcore gang members and career criminals who actually commute ... to Skid Row to do their dastardly deeds," City Attorney Carmen Trutanich said at a news conference.