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Gang members are usually decorated with the marking of their sets, super-gangs, and affiliated prison gangs. Their bodies are also often marked with tattoos that are generic prison symbols that you will find on just about any inmate. The following slide show is a quick look at some tattoos used by some predominately African-American gangs with origins in California.

One afternoon about five years ago, I was summoned from my desk at the detective division of a major Southern California urban sheriff’s department and asked to meet one of the staff drill instructors at our academy gymnasium.