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In 1986, amid rising violence, Denver police compiled a list of 69 names.They were mostly African-American teens, lived near East 28th Avenue and Williams Street, and were

believed to be members of the Rolling 30 Crips. In the nearly quarter-century since, some of those named

seem to have been listed by mistake and others found redemption, but many lived exactly as cops feared.

LonnieAllen“I just gottired of allthe killings.”»14A

James“Boo”Williams“I was madat the world.”»15A

MatthewVick“I don’t hidethat I wasin a gang.”»denverpost.com

“A pebble tossed inthe pond, and the ringsare still going out.”

MahmoudAhmadinejad’svictory wasendorsed bythe supremeleader of Iran.

Reaction» U.S., Canada challenge Iran’s claimsthat Ahmadinejad won re-election. »19A

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ReformistMir HusseinMousavi’ssupportersdecried theofficial results.

Their storiesTerryWilliams“I’ve neverbeen in agang.”»denverpost.com

Gary Bailey“I had to makea choice.”»14A

Protests overIran electionturn violent;fraud allegedAhmadinejad won big, officialssay, but his foes aren’t buying it.

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By Robert F. Worthand Nazila FathiThe New York Times

tehran, iran» The streets ofIran’s capital erupted in the mostintense protests in a decade Satur-day, with riot police using batonsand tear gas against oppositiondemonstrators who claimed thatPresident Mahmoud Ahmadine-jad had stolen the presidentialelection.

Witnesses reported that atleast one person had been shotdead in clashes with the police inVanak Square in Tehran. Smokefrom burning vehicles and tireshung over the city late Saturday.

The Interior Ministry said Ah-madinejad won 62.6 percent of thevote, with Mir Hussein Mousavi,the leading challenger, taking justunder 34 percent. Turnout was arecord 85 percent of the 46.2 mil-lion eligible voters, officials said.

Mousavi, a former prime minis-ter who had promised to reverse

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By Burt Hubbard and Felisa CardonaThe Denver Post

The violent street gangs that now haunt the metroarea began with a group of 69 teens from one gangtracked by police 23 years ago.

Today, that modest original group has exploded intoan estimated 8,800 members in 78 gangs, according toestimates last year from the Colorado Bureau of Inves-tigation.

And if the history of those original Rolling 30 Crips— 68 males and one female — proves to be a guide, thegang and offshoots they created will eventually costtaxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars for prisonand health care, and cost society countless lives.

“It’s amazing what these guys have spawned in ourcommunity. Now the gang problem is nearly out ofcontrol,” said Tim Twining, deputy Denver district at-torney in charge of gang prosecutions. “… This was apebble tossed in the pond, and the rings are still goingout.”

The Denver Post tracked down 58 of the people onthe original list created by police in 1986. In inter-views, some of them talked about what attracted them

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ORIGINAL GANGSTERS: 1986 ROLLING 30 CRIPS

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Gary Armstrong kneels by the grave of Michael Asberry at Mount Olivet Cemetery in Wheat Ridge. Asberry, an early leader ofthe Rolling 30 Crips gang in Denver, was shot and killed last year. Armstrong is a former gang member. Judy DeHaas, The Denver Post

Trail users collidein crowded forestsWith an explosion of recreation, especiallyATVs and dirt bikes, federal agencies willset up access rules for Colorado lands.

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By Mark Jaffe The Denver Post

Durango outfitter Sandy Young was leading a stringof horses up the San Juan National Forest’s HermosaCreek Trail when she heard the buzz of dirt bikes andknew she’d better pull the horses to the edge of the path.

“I could see ’em coming, and I was shouting, ‘Whoa!Whoa!’ But dirt bikers and mountain bikers, they justkeep their nose to the trail,” Young said. “He was justa few yards away when he saw me and stopped, butthe biker behind slammed right into him.”

It was just another day on the trails of Colorado’s na-tional forests, the most heavily used for recreation inthe nation.

Colorado — with about 27.1 million forest visitors,more than any other state — is ground zero in the ef-fort to stop riders and hikers from bushwhackingtheir own trails and in sorting out the sometimes con-

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33 Have been in prison or community corrections;

15 are in prison or halfway houses currently

15 Have gotten probation, deferred sentences or short jail sentences for felonies

9 Have no felony record or just traffic tickets

11 Could not be found

2 Dead, including one who had been in prison

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