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Inside the Badge by Richard ValdemarJanuary 18, 2011

Do You Speak Nahuatl?

Mexicans and Mexican Americans who can barely say taco are being taught dialects of the ancient Aztec language Nahuatl. In California prisons both the Mexican Mafia and the rival Nuestra Familia use this Aztec mythology to recruit and train soldiers for their wars.

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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 30, 2010

Police: Gang-Affiliated Teen Murdered Chicago SWAT Officer To Steal Guns

Bernard Williams, who is affiliated with the Gangster Disciples, is the brother of a 25-year-old woman Officer David Blake was dating at the time. Police say Williams lured the officer to a dirt alleyway to apparently talk about moving in with him

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Inside the Badge by Richard ValdemarDecember 14, 2010

Florence 13: The Other Transnational Gang

The Los Angeles Sheriff's OSS Gang Task Force targeting the F-13 gang soon received information that the F-13 gang was enforcing Mexican Mafia orders to tax all drug dealers, to tax Sureño gangs, to kill rival blacks and run them out of the city, and to tax "Mica Mills" (counterfeit document mills) that produce fake identification and immigration documents.

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Newsby Staff WriterNovember 8, 2010

N.C. Latin Kings Claim Officers Violated Their Civil Rights

The gang alleges the Greensboro PD has "continually harassed members since 2005 because of their race, color or national origin by filing numerous baseless charges against them, subjecting them to discriminatory traffic stops, non-consensual searches and false arrests that use excessive force."

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Inside the Badge by Lou SavelliNovember 2, 2010

Field Interviews During Gang Stops

Whether I was recovering a weapon, apprehending a wanted gangster, documenting an association between gangsters, interrupting a drive-by shooting or gang fight, recording a gang member at a specific time, place and location, or developing rapport, they were all fruitful.

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Newsby Staff WriterNovember 1, 2010

Feds: Gang Ranks Swell as Violent Crime Drops

The findings are at odds for Justice Department officials, who acknowledge that violent crime is often triggered by gang affiliation.

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Newsby Staff WriterOctober 14, 2010

Feds Bust $163 Million Medicare Fraud Enterprise

An Armenian-American gang led by a "vor" (Eurasian version of a godfather) submitted $163 million in false reimbursement claims and netted approximately $35 million in payouts for treatments that never took place, according to the Department of Justice.

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Newsby Staff WriterOctober 11, 2010

New York Gang Tortured and Sodomized Gay Man and Teens

Eight members of the Latin King Goonies stand accused of torturing and sodomizing a gay man, his older brother, and two teenagers in a savage anti-gay torture spree.

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Inside the Badge by Richard ValdemarSeptember 29, 2010

Evolution of the Thug

A mutation of the noble Neanderthal, the Thug neither hunted nor gathered but found it easier to take by violence someone else's gatherings and someone else's sexual mates.

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Identifying and Documenting Gang Members

Patrol officers are an essential source of gang information and usually make up the front line defense against gangs. Through field contacts and observations, they can supply confirmation of an individual's gang membership.

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