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By Blake Stilwell<\/strong><\/p>\n Sgt. Bill Foulk was an Army Ranger at Fort Lewis, Washington, when he purchased a cheap house in a rough Tacoma neighborhood as an investment in 1989.<\/p>\n To protect that investment, he was determined to help push the drugs and gangs out by any means necessary. He had no idea he was about to see combat from his living room.<\/p>\n The late 1980s and 1990s saw a new peak in gang violence in America. Unlike other periods of gang activity, easy access to cars and deadlier weapons made these years particularly dangerous for some areas of the country.<\/p>\n The late 1980s were also the peak of the crack epidemic in the United States. Drug-related crime surged 180% throughout the decade, according to the Bureau of Justice Statistics. Tacoma was considered ground zero for gang activity in Washington state.<\/p>\n Foulk grew concerned that a house on Ash Street, his block, was being used to deal crack cocaine. He purchased his own house for $10,000 ($20,875 in 2019 dollars), with the idea that property values would rise. He was set on ensuring the “drug-ridden” neighborhood would become safe from gangs and drug dealers — sooner rather than later.<\/p>\n He began to videotape the people who visited the suspected drug house. He wasn’t wrong. The occupants were members of the Crips, the violent street gang that was spreading from California to Washington in search of new markets for drugs.<\/p>\n Foulk told The Associated Press that gang members began to threaten him when they noticed he was filming their movements. When he feared that the gang was about to take action against him, he called friends from the 2nd Ranger Battalion to his house to have a “party” and be present in case the house was attacked.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n First rule of a gun fight- have guns. Read the rest of the article here: Military.com<\/a>
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