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AirTalk for August 31, 2007

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Pasadena Gang Bangers Beat Up on Mexicans; Guy Raz; Fall Film Preview; FilmWeek Reviews
Pasadena Gang Bangers Beat Up on Mexicans; Guy Raz; Fall Film Preview; FilmWeek Reviews

Pasadena Gang Bangers Beat Up on Mexicans; Guy Raz; Fall Film Preview; FilmWeek Reviews

Pasadena Gang Bangers Beat Up on Mexicans

AirTalk for August 31, 2007

Pasadena officials claim that in recent months there have been over 80 documented incidents of black "wannabe" gang members severely beating Latino men. Larry Mantle talks about what are being referred to as "sock on Mexican" or "SOM" attacks and the nature of interracial violence occurring in Pasadena with Pasadena Police Chief Bernard Melekian and Randy Jurado of El Centro De Accion Social, Inc.

Guy Raz

AirTalk for August 31, 2007

Larry talks with NPR Defense Correspondent Guy Raz about many of the ongoing issues regarding the Iraq war including General David Petraeus' upcoming report to Congress assessing the surge.

Fall Film Preview

AirTalk for August 31, 2007

Larry talks with NBC film critic Jeffrey Lyons about some of the most notable and interesting Fall films.

FilmWeek Reviews

AirTalk for August 31, 2007

Larry and critics Henry Sheehan of HenrySheehan.com and Claudia Puig of USA Today review the week's new releases including Death Sentence, Klimt, Balls of Fury, The Nines, Self-Medicated, Live-in-Maid, Manda Bala, and Summercamp.