> a local rapper with a bunch of guns started patrolling the streets at night, some kids got shot, some murals got painted, parts of a field got torn up to make a crappy community garden.

I'm sorry if I'm falling victim to the media stereotypes about your country, but this doesn't sound all that different from the regular news that the rest of the world gets about it.

Well, that thing about the community garden was kind of novel, but unlikely to make headlines outside of a neighborhood watch newsletter.