Skipp townsend biography
Skipp Townsend is an....
Skipp Townsend is an American gang expert from Los Angeles, California.
Skipp Townsend
American expert on gangs and former gang member
Skipp Townsend is an American gang expert from Los Angeles, California. For 27 years, he was a member of the Bloods gang; his first arrest came at age 13.[1]
Townsend was raised in South Los Angeles.
He attended a Catholic elementary school[2] and went on to attend Dorsey High School, dropping out in his junior year.
Townsend is known for his role in several documentaries and movies: How to Make Money Selling Drugs;[3]"The '80s: The Decade That Made Us,[4]a television mini-series in which he played a former crack dealer;[5]and the Gangland episode "One Blood".[6] He also assisted the casting department in two episodes of T.I.'s Road to Redemption.[7]
Townsend also is well known in minority communities, and has a reputation for being among the first to arrive at a scene when shots have been fired.[8]
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