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How to Decipher Gang Graffiti Codes
The Collective Eye offers this tutorial on how to understand gang graffiti symbols, handshakes and codes, using as an example the distinction between People versus Folks in the Chicago-area gang lexicon. Excerpted from The Heart Broken in Half, an anthropological documentary about a Chicago street gang, the Latin Kings.
December 30, 2009
Gangs
A Swahili Dictionary
The Black Panther Press' underground "New Afrikan Swahili Dialect Dictionary" is a guide to words and phrases used by black gang members in prison. Break the code by learning these translated terms.
January 24, 2011
Gangs
Gangs Abandon Honor for an Unholy Alliance
The lure of filthy lucre is too great. Gang members betray the ancient warrior's code of conduct for new tires and fancy rims, or a dime bag of dope. Honor is replaced by "bling."
May 5, 2010
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Gang Members May Have Torched Officer's Car
Gang and arson investigators are looking into who torched an officer's personal car and vandalized his patrol car in Lakewood, Wash., the News Tribune reports.
July 30, 2009
Gangs
A Nahuatl Dictionary
A Nahuatl dictionary was intercepted in a prison in September 2000. It contains the code to the ancient Aztec language now being used by gang members. Break the code by learning these translated terms.
January 17, 2011
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Omaha, Kansas City Police Share Strategies to Target Gang Violence
Omaha’s efforts to curb gang violence are catching the attention of other police departments, including officers in Kansas City, Mo.
February 19, 2014
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ACLU Sues Boston Police Department for Access to Gang Database
The ACLU and other groups seeking access to the database say that they want to know the demographic background of people in the system—such as race, age, local ZIP code, and nationality.
November 16, 2018
Gangs
How To Testify As a Gang Expert
What you do is an art rather than a science, so you must impress the jury with your background, training, and experience.
November 27, 2012
Gangs
Breaking the Viking Code
“East Los Angeles 24 handle, 23 to assist, 245 just occurred,” came the strangely calm and feminine voice on the radio. The call was directed to my unit. She further described that at least four victims were down and an ambulance and paramedics were already dispatched. She said it was possibly gang related.
January 27, 2009
Gangs
The Vineland Boys Gang
The powerful 18th Street Gang considered the formation of this new gang by its own members to be "set jumping" and have been at war with the Vineland Boys ever since. This betrayal of their 18th Street allegiance would prove fatal to some.
August 20, 2007
Gangs
Understanding Inmate Codes of Conduct
I've always marveled at this irony. Young men who rebel against authority and parental control, who commonly hate school, hate memorizing verses and symbols, hate reading history, hate learning new languages, and hate participating in physical education, enjoy doing all these things for their prison gang leaders.
April 24, 2011
Gangs
How to Tell that a Group is a Gang
Throughout history gangs have developed, multiplied, and mutated into many forms. Today one of law enforcement’s biggest problems is the inability of law enforcement intelligence to accurately estimate the number of gangs and gang members. There are several reasons for this, but the key one is that we have no universally accepted definition of a gang. The traditional gangs are those that are territorial or claim turf. This would include your Hispanic “Cholos,” the African-American Blo
May 8, 2007
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TREXPO West: Are Gang Members Hopeless?
On the first night of TREXPO West 2009, four gang experts sat on a panel moderated by FOX 11 Los Angeles investigative reporter Chris Blatchford to discuss the challenges gangs pose for law enforcement.
April 30, 2009
Gangs
Field Report: Latino Gangs In Washington State
The Latino gangs in Washington, while still outnumbered by Black gangs, have steadily increased, and law enforcement must become more aware of their criminal activities.
November 15, 2011
Gangs
The Structure of Gangs
Why do the otherwise productive anti-gang programs of New York, Chicago, Baltimore, and Philadelphia not work in Los Angeles? Why do these same cities seem overwhelmed by the flood of Southern California gang members?
June 26, 2007
Gangs
Compton's 155th Street Gang
The worst of these 155th Street members were usually high on "red devils" (Seconal) and drunk on wine. They were dangerous to everyone and lethal to rivals. They were as bad as any Willowbrook gang such as the Compton Varrio Tres, Tortilla Flats, Willowbrook Winos, or any black gang.
February 26, 2013
Gangs
Gang Turf in Cyberspace
Gangs have evolved in criminal and technical sophistication from the school dropouts of the 1960s. Today's gang members utilize all the modern electric means of communication including laptop computers, iPods, Blackberrys, video cameras, and multiple function cellular telephones.
November 6, 2008
Gangs
The Changing Face of Criminal Gangs
We're seeing hybrid gangs pop up all over the country. These gangs can be very hard to document, due to the fact that they may not have any national affiliation, and their names are usually taken from the street, city, town, or neighborhood where they live.
September 16, 2012
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