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There is a long standing urban legend in Los Angeles County that the Sheriff's Department is the biggest gang on the streets. The constant fighting between racist and anti-racist skinheads in Portland earned it the nickname of Skinhead City during the 1990s. In spite of the increased visibility of the city's hate problem, Portland's racist skinhead problem only got worse during the 90s. There is today an organization called the Northwest Front dedicated to making the dream of the Northwest imperative a reality.