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Special Units
Portland Mobilizes Against Gang War
Though the city's homicide rate and overall crime rate are down, gang violence has increased sharply over the past year, with a rapid rise in shootings in the past month. On Friday, law enforcement officials sounded an alarm about the surge of violence, the same day one of the victims was buried in North Portland.
January 12, 2009
Special Units
Gang Tracking: War on Gangs Goes Hi-Tech
Loco wears his scar almost like a first-place ribbon. The curved line of flesh that arcs around his left, eye like a backward "c" has been his badge of honor for years, the mark of a gangster who has made it, who is not afraid to put himself in harm's way for the glory of the hood or the repuÂtation of his gang.
November 30, 1996
Special Units
San Francisco Police Try to Head Off Mission District Gang War
San Francisco police redoubled enforcement efforts in the Mission District on Monday after a pair of shootings on the same street over the weekend left three men dead, including a Norteño gang member who had been repeatedly cited for violating the city's gang injunction.
September 21, 2009
Special Units
Chicago PD Warns Officers About Gangs with Rifles
The Chicago Police Department warned its officers Monday about gangs armed with rifles, after three people were shot to death over the weekend and two officers were targeted in an ambush last week.
May 9, 2017
Special Units
Gang Wars: Oakland
This two-part documentary that aired on "The Discovery Channel" in September, examines the activities of gangs in Oakland and the efforts of the Oakland PD's eight-man task force (including "Operation Nutcracker") to counter them.
December 10, 2009
Special Units
Don’t Stop Fighting the War on Gangs
Don't stop fighting the war on gangs.
November 30, 2001
Special Units
Gangs Going High-Tech, Florida Official Warns
Calling gangs a ''nationwide pandemic'' that have harnessed the Internet for recruiting and cybercrime, Miami-Dade's top gang prosecutor on Tuesday urged tougher enforcement and stepped-up prevention efforts.
August 13, 2008
Special Units
Chicago Gang Cop Describes 'Tribal Warfare' On Streets
A Chicago gang enforcement officer described the city's spike in gang violence as "tribal warfare" that has gone unchecked because of the lack of gang leaders.
July 11, 2012
Patrol
FBI Warns Gangs are Targeting Chicago Officers
"Members of these gang factions have been actively searching for, and filming, police officers in performance of their official duties. The purpose of which is to catch on film an officer drawing his/her weapon on any subject and the subsequent 'shoot on-sight' of said officer."
September 1, 2020
Special Units
ICE Director Warns MS-13 “My Gang is Bigger”
The Trump administration has focused on targeting the transnational street gang, and Trump said at a cabinet meeting on June 12 that MS-13 is being “depleted” and “will be gone pretty soon.”
July 12, 2017
Special Units
Newark "Bloods" Street Gang Leader Arrested and Charged
Narik "Spaz" Wilson has been arrested and charged with two counts of being a felon in possession of firearms. He is alleged to be the leader of the Sex Money Murder set of the Bloods street gang that waged a "street war" against a rival gang.
August 31, 2011
Special Units
LAPD's Southwest Gang Unit
LAPD gang officers Flores and Espinoza from the Southwest Division patrol the streets of South Los Angeles. Along the way, they meet gang leaders, explain the meaning of tagging and go into the division's "war room" to strategize with other officers. Video via Elie Seckbach of ESNEWS.
December 3, 2009
Special Units
Mexico Gang Kills 15 Police in Worst Attack in Years
Fifteen police officers were killed in a gang ambush in western Mexico, an official said, marking the deadliest day in recent years for security forces battling the drug war.
April 9, 2015
Special Units
Idaho Inmates Claim Gangs Run Prison
A gang war that appears to have taken over parts of an Idaho private prison is spilling into the federal courts, with some inmates contending prison officials are ceding control to gang leaders in an effort to save money on staffing.
November 12, 2012
Special Units
SF Chief: Gang's Members Have 'Turned On Each Other'
The explosion of gang violence in and around San Francisco's Visitacion Valley this summer—it has claimed seven lives and has the southeastern neighborhood on edge—stems not from feuding between rival factions, but from an internecine war that is tearing the gangs apart, the city's police chief said Wednesday.
August 1, 2012
Special Units
American Street Gang Development
Street gangs in America are nothing new. Some of the earliest identified groups with gang-like behaviors formed after the Revolutionary War in 1793.
March 31, 2000
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
Gang Profile: Varrio Hawaiian Gardens
Varrio Hawaiian Gardens was a Sureño gang fiercely loyal to the Mexican Mafia, and the Mafia was in a racial war against Blacks. Varrio Hawaiian Gardens (HG) was also known as the "Hate Gang" because of the hate crimes it had committed against African Americans.
October 19, 2011
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