# LA gang ‘peacemaker’ with lucrative taxpayer-funded contracts busted in alleged murder plot

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/la-gang-peacemaker-with-lucrative-taxpayer-funded-contracts-busted-in-alleged-murder-plot/
- Published: 2026-11-07T00:05:03+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-07T00:22:09+00:00
- Original publisher: New York Post (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://nypost.com/2026/11/06/us-news/la-peacemaker-clifford-skipp-townsend-arrested-in-murder-plot/
- Topics: World

## Key points

- Gang interventionist Clifford Townsend was arrested in an alleged murder plot.
- Four others were arrested; Townsend’s bail is set at $2 million.
- His nonprofit has nearly $700,000 in Los Angeles city contracts.

## Summary

Clifford “Skipp” Townsend, a prominent South Los Angeles gang interventionist, has been arrested with four others in an alleged murder plot. The case has drawn attention because Townsend co-founded 2nd Call, a nonprofit that brokers gang truces and has received substantial city contracts.

Townsend, 62, was arrested outside 2nd Call on Wednesday by Los Angeles police detectives. He and Shamond “Lil AD” Bennet are being held on $2 million bail, while the other three arrestees have bail set at $50,000. The nonprofit’s city contracts are worth nearly $700,000; police have not announced any link between the investigation and the fatal August shooting of 2nd Call worker Reginald Foreman.

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