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Fight For Freedom (FFF) was a
gang A gang is a social group, group or secret society, society of associates, friends or members of a family with a defined leadership and internal organization that identifies with or claims control over Territory (animal), territory in a communi ...
that was centered in the San Fernando Valley during the 1980s. Unique to this gang in its locale and time was that the group generally consisted of
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from
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and
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backgrounds. The gang was founded by members of a punk rock band of the same name. FFF's activities largely came to an end when one of its prominent members, 15-year-old Mark Miller, was fatally shot outside of a
Van Nuys Van Nuys () is a neighborhood in the central San Fernando Valley region of Los Angeles, California. Home to Van Nuys Airport and the Valley Municipal Building, it is the most populous neighborhood in the San Fernando Valley. History In 1909, ...
nightclub in 1985.


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* Historical gangs of Los Angeles Punk gangs Peckerwood {{Crime-org-stub