What street gangs do you know for sure are in your area?

Just wondering, my friend was talking to me about “criminal enterprises”? Or “street gangs” in the United States? Such as the Mafia, Hells Angels, Crips, Bloods, Latin Kings, and so on and so fourth? My question is: Have you met or do you know any real life “gangsters” in your town or area? Talking someone who is actually a member of a legitimate criminal street gang? And what was your impression of them when meeting them?

 

We live outside of a town with one flashing stop light and a population of about 500; 90% White, 89% American born, 96% Christian, 74% rabid MAGA Republican, with the highest church attendance of any county in this 'buckle of the Bible Belt' (there are only Christian churches here; no mosques, synagogues, temples or gurdwaras for at least 100 miles). It's absolutely the Whitest place I've ever seen. 'Round here, it's the Ku Klux Klan and the Three Percenters, a fascist "militia". Probably other covert ones, and a plethora of fellow travellers and dittoheads.

 

I have met/talked to all the above, most of the Mafia members are people that you would never recognize as being anyone other than a well mannered nice person.

The Hells Angels members have all been decent even funny. The patch and the clubs reputation is more than enough for most average people to avoid the members to the extreme.

The Crips, Bloods and Latin Kings are born out of a fear of others. They live in areas that will victimize them quickly if they are not gang members. Most are very street smart and will keep a very close eye on a new face in the area.

All the above will not tolerate any disrespect.

 

Your local "street gang" may be as close as your local police substation. 1,100 retired and 373 currently serving law enforcement officers; detectives, sergeants, lieutenants, and captains, as well as individuals currently holding senior leadership positions within their respective agencies, including at least ten chiefs of police and eleven sheriffs, are members of the fascist Oath Keepers "militia".

Deeper examination of Oath Keepers' member data finds hundreds of law enforcement officers

 

The Outlaws. I have not met any of them, personally, but know a few people who have. They're more or less similar to the Hells Angels when it comes to their attitude toward outsiders (ie, fine as long as you don't disrespect them). But they're apparently worse when it comes to crime, according to a few cops I know.

 

There are no gangs where I live now.

I have lived in several places where there was a large percentage of white supremacists in the past. For a group of supposed "supreme individuals" they sure were fucking stupid.

 

I lived in LA for over 65 years. LA the home of MS 13, the Bloods, and the Crips.
As far as I know, there aren't any gangs where I live now.

 

The Mali boys ! Well we had a problem when we saw a young guy being arrested over and over for shoplifting , he was clearly on the autism spectrum, but other people where waiting for him outside, they were sending him to do their dirty work, so we told the police and they found the guy a hostile, but just a couple of weeks later he was out again, they got hold of him again with the fagin shit. I cant remember how we got talking to them but two guys asked us what was going on and we told them. These guys just went over and said if they see them again in the area they will chop them up, and forced them to run to the underground station fast, they have not been seen agin, but the Mali boys have a bad rep, they go by sharia law as they are Somali, friendly to us ever since this, but I wouldn’t want to see them when they are unfriendly.
We would have never dealt with it like this, I don’t believe in violence but how many times do you contact the police and social service ?

 

The MAGA gang is thick where we reside

 

When America catches flu we in UK catch a cold as they say ,

We have a bit of a gang problem and is usually associated in dealing with "Recreational " drugs. Marijuana in the UK unlike America is illegal and of course you have the harder drugs as well.

The less "professional" tend to use knives ,whilst guns being used by the larger gangs are becoming an ever increasing problem for the UK .
A recent gang gun fight happened in Liverpool recently resulting in the sad and tragic death of a little 9 year old girl caught within the cross fire in her own home .

 

Funny... I didn't know marijuana was legal in the United States.

 

Every area of the world has gangs, this is not not just a problem in the U.S. our neighbors to the north, and especially the south have a very large problem with gangs.

As for the U.S. most of the real (dangerous) gangs are in the inner city’s
The gangs can and are at times a necessity, some members are in the gangs for protection, from rival gangs.

Additionally the gangs can and do provide protection to various areas of these inner cities.

 

Gangs have been around for a long time, and imo it has nothing to do the dissolution of families. Think the Mafia. The mafia has been around "forever", and has been a familial gang.

 

The original mafias were family orientated and I am wondering knowing Zen has spent many years in Europe and that is where I think he is coming from.

"Maranzano reorganized the Italian American gangs in New York City into the Maranzano, Profaci, Mangano, Luciano, and Gagliano families ."

I am sure the original mafia originated from Italy ,hence the above Italian connection

 

I was going to mention MAGA in my previous post, but they are more like a cult, than a gang... There are metric shit-tons of MAGA around here.