About Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas Information
Welcome to San Andreas...
Grove Street Families are a diminishing gang in Los Santos, San
Andreas. Everyday, their men get capped, the Ballas gain strength and
Grove Street get weaker. Things have slowly gotten worse since Carl
Johnson (Grove Street OG) left Los Santos for a new life in Liberty City
five years ago. Sweet is Carl's older brother, and heads up the Grove
Street gang. Sweet blames Carl for the death of their younger brother
Brian who was involved in an unfortunate accident all those years ago.
Lack of weaponary, poor health because of drugs, a rapidly decreasing
rate of respect and betrayal--have all led to Grove Street's downfall.
Grove Street OG's Big Smoke and Ryder, are trying to setup a new drug
business with the Loco Syndicate. The Loco Syndicate is run by Mike
Toreno, a shady CIA agent. Jizzy B and T-Bone Mendez are also involved.
Sweet refuses to take part, saying that it would damage the hood.
There is only one type of crime in Los Santos. Gang crime. It is
upto Los Santos' anti-gang unit (known as C.R.A.S.H) to end gangbanging
and keep the city under control. The unit is led by Officer Frank
Tenpenny and includes Officer Eddie Pulaski, and the unit's newest
recruit Jimmy Hernandez. Tenpenny and Pulaski are corrupt. The two
cops believe that sometimes in order to get what you want, you have to
work with the people you don't like, doing things that aren't exactly
right. They pressurise Hernandez into killing Officer Ralph
Pendelburry, who threatened to expose their methods.
In Liberty City - Carl Johnson is working for Joey Leone, and
meanwhile Johnny Sindacco visits the Gentlemen's Club to offer Salvatore
Leone stakes at a casino in Venturas. This involves Salvatore pledging
$5,000,000 to the Sindacco's. The two gangs cannot decide who should
run the casino and so Ken Rosenberg (once working with the Forelli's
down in Vice) is put forward as a neutral party. Rosenberg is stuck in
the middle of 3 mob families, and if one mob hits another, the
opposition will eliminate Ken. Also in Venturas, Triads have purchased
the Four Dragons Casino but the Sindacco's are looking to sabotage it's
opening.
Balla OG's decide that it's time to finish off Grove Street. The
plan is to cap Grove Street's leader, Sweet. The hit is made, but
instead, Beverly Johnson is killed, and Sweet survives. Sweet calls
Carl to announce his mother's death, and Carl begins a journey back to
his home town in Los Santos. Carl is welcomed by Officer Tenpenny, who
has bullied Carl since before his leave for Liberty City. Carl is
escorted to Front Yard Ballas territory, and later thrown from a moving
police car. Carl finds himself dragged back into the gang life that he
apparently once tried to leave behind. Welcome to San Andreas...
San
Andreas is set in the early 1990's--a very important time in Los
Angeles' history. The story focuses on the famous LA riots and the
related rampart scandal. This involved a corrupt police force known as
C.R.A.S.H, terrorising Los Angeles. The rampart scandal was ignited by
Officer Rafael Perez--perhaps the base of Officer Tenpenny's character.
"The Introduction" DVD is exclusively available with purchase of the
San Andreas Official Soundtrack Double CD.
Additional Information & Related Links:
- "The Introduction" DVD Trailer
- The Rampart Scandal (PBS.org)
- 1992 Los Angeles Riots (USC.edu)
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