A resident makes her way home this month at the Imperial Courts housing project in Watts. (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times) Even before the shootings last month that drew the attention of ...

Marveon Mabon, a fourth-generation resident of the Imperial Courts public housing development in Watts, leads a backpack distribution event for children at the Watts Empowerment Center on Aug. 12.

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Even before the shootings last month that drew the attention of politicians and police, gang interventionists and longtime residents, the Imperial Courts public housing project in Watts had seen a lot ...