Mary Thompson was more than she seemed. She was touted as a staunch anti-gang activist after her teenage son, Beau, got rolled into the 74 Hoover Crips. His involvement with them left him with a record and a stint in a juvenile facility. Mary vowed to keep her son away from that life and encouraged her community to work against it. But when another teenager gives information to police that may jeopardize Beau's freedom, a mother had to step in and stop it. The consequences were deadly. 

Sources:

Rosen, Fred. 1998. Gang Mom

https://morungexpress.com/merciless-gang-mom-true-story-mary-thompson

https://the-line-up.com/gang-mom-mary-thompson

https://www.spokesman.com/stories/1996/jun/14/mom-behind-gang-killing-prosecutor-says-woman/

https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/?date=19950618&slug=2126941

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