Gangs

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Gangs

• Brief Overview
• Roots

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Gangs - History

• Gangs have been with us forever
• Definition
• Religious
• Positive to negative

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Gangs Today

• California to Colorado
• Crips and Bloods
• Controlled by organized crime
• Performed menial tasks
• Trained younger wanna-bes
• Never allowed full status
• Leaders often middle age

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Gang Affiliation

• Many crossed lines
• The family black in LA, Chicano in Chicago
  and white in N.Y.
• Popular among the least educated
• Why join?
• Name
• Promise of recognition

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Gangs - Tennessee

• Plenty of sooners
• Even very local - like imitation singers
• Main gangs in Nashville are Oriental
• Controlled drugs since 1986
• Runs drugs out as far as Lebanon
• Attracts people caught inside the box