Anaheim, California — often called"Anacrime" by locals — is home to Disneyland, but it's far from "The Happiest Place on Earth."
The city's unfortunate nickname is due to its extremely high crime rates and police brutality.
Repeated police killings of unarmed Latinos have led the majority of the city's Latino population — 52.8%, according to the US Census — to speak out in protest, causing some of the loudest civil unrest that the community has ever experienced.
Anaheim local and fine-art photographer William Camargo shows the city's lesser-seen side in his "Anaheim: The Happiest City on Earth" photo series.
"I wanted to show people that this city is not just made of this one entity, which is Disneyland," Camargo told Business Insider.
Keep scrolling for a glimpse at the series, which began in 2011 and was exhibited by DNJ Gallery in Santa Monica earlier this year.
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This strip of stores is across the street from where an unarmed 25-year-old, Manuel Diaz was shot dead by an Anaheim police officer in 2012. With a liquor store, bakery, taqueria, and pizzeria, strips like these are a common sight in Mexican neighborhoods.
Several months after Diaz's shooting, friends and family gathered in his former neighborhood for a 5K run and demonstration.
At this Del Taco, car washes are often held as fundraisers for the funeral costs or medical bills of those caught up in gang-related violence. This particular location holds great significance to Camargo: One of his close friends was hit by an SUV on this corner in 2005.
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