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I can remember the shock the first time I saw Latin King grafitti and the latin King/Killa grafitti. The latin gangs have some awesome artists. The best stuff looked like the kings from a deck of playing card. The crowns are either 3 or 5 points. I only remember seeing it one year.
Almighty Latin Kings - ChicagoGangs.org Website
www.chicagogangs.org/index.php?pr=LATIN_KINGS - Similarto Almighty Latin Kings - ChicagoGangs.org Website
The Latin Kings are said to have roots that date back to the 1920s or 1930s in New York city but under a different name. In the early half of the 20th century,
The Latin Kings - National Gang Crime Research Center
www.ngcrc.com/ngcrc/page15.htm - Similarto The Latin Kings - National Gang Crime Research Center
This is Robert reporting from the mightiest of the mighty Latin Kings. We had a boss time on our trip to Paw Paw, Michigan. We went swimming, boating and to ... |
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Tue Jun 12, 2012 7:31 am |
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A.V.M. Gang Awareness Night 4/16/07
Gangster Diciples
Large populations in South Chicago, Joliet, and Nationwide
Gangster Disciples Gang Biography
The Gangster Disciples are a Chicago-based same gender street gang which has, over the years, grown into one of the largest criminal organizations in the United States.
Originally formed on the South Side of Chicago, they now have an enormous presence in that city, and in other Midwestern cities such as Milwaukee, Minneapolis, and Gary, Indiana. They are by far the largest group that makes up the Folk Nation coalition of street gangs, which includes the Black Disciples, Maniac Latin Disciples, Spanish Cobras, Satan Disciples and a number smaller gangs. They also have a heavy presence in Southern cities such as Memphis, Atlanta, and Houston.
Symbols used by the Gangster Disciples include a six-pointed star (Star of David) in remembrance of its co-founder 'King' David Barksdale (there is no connection to the Jewish symbol apart from the name of King David), a three-pointed pitchfork (pointed upward like the letter psi, to display it upside-down is an insult), and a love heart with wings, horns, and a tail. The gang's colors are black and blue.
The Gangster Disciples are known to be involved in about $100 million a year of drug trafficking.
Their main rivals are the Vice Lords and Black P Stones and in Memphis they are rivals with Blood gangs. Their main allies are the Gangster Two Six who are also part of gangster nation as well as the Gangster Party People and the Gangster Stones and the Crips in Memphis. Allies
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Tue Jun 12, 2012 7:44 am |
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The Gangster Disciples - National Gang Crime Research Center
www.ngcrc.com/ngcrc/page13.htm - Similarto The Gangster Disciples - National Gang Crime Research Center
It is also referred to as the "Brothers of the Struggle", and thus females are also called "Sisters of the Struggle". As indicated below, the GD's have also effectively ... |
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Tue Jun 12, 2012 1:26 pm |
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From the previous reference
Gang Identifiers and Symbols
While many different gangs are allied under the umbrella of "Folks" or the "Folks Nation", they use two common methods of identifying themselves: display of the six-pointed Star of David and "signing to the right."
A gang member may thus cock his hat to the right, roll up his right pants leg, cross his arms to the right, or modify the shoelaces on the right shoe.
The Gangster Disciples also code messages using the "7 4" alpha-numeric code system; where 7 stands for the seventh letter of the alphabet (i.e., G), and 4 stands for the fourth letter of the alphabet (i.e., D).
The six points of the Star of David symbol used by the Gangster Disciple gang have symbolic significance, which is recorded in the written constitution of the gang.
From clockwise, beginning at the one o'clock position on the star, the points correlate with the six "King David" principles: Love, Life, Loyalty, Knowledge, Wisdom, and Understanding. The principles are also called the universal laws of existence and/or the six principles of "Growth & Development
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A common coded ritual of greeting for Disciples is "All is One", just as "All is Well" is the greeting of Peoples or Brothers gang members. More common to the GD's is the greeting ritual of "What's Up G?", just as "What it Be?" is common among Brothers/Peoples gang members. "What's up moe?", being a common greeting ritual of Black P. Stone Nation gang members.
Special codes and a complex linguistic system tend to characterize the subcultural argot of gangs like the GDs today. Rival gangs (i.e., Peoples/Brothers) have special "put downs" or insults for Disciples, they call the Disciples "Donuts", they call GD's "Glazed Donuts". Similarly, GD's call Vice Lords "hooks" because of their use of the walking cane symbol. These type of "put-downs" are commonly used as status threats and constitute serious insults to the rival or opposition gang.
Folks use the term "eeples" as a term of derision against all Peoples gang members. Folks use the phrase "Eye to eye, we never die, we just multiply" as a group solidarity expression. Similarly, rival or opposition groups (i.e., peoples/brothers) use the phrase "Five to the sky, the six gotta die". Folks use the phrase "G's up, hoes down" as a put-down on Four Corner Hustlers and "Moes" (i.e., people gang members).
Influence and Control in Chicago Public Housing Buildings
The GD's have been particularly effective in controlling public housing buildings for their use in highly organized drug retail distribution systems. In the Robert Taylor and Stateway Gardens public housing buildings on Chicago's southside, GDs as recently as this spring of 1995 controlled the following buildings: 4444 S. State, 4429 S. Federal, 4410 S. State, 4352 S. State, 4331 S. Federal, 4101 S. Federal, 4037 S. Federal, 4022. S. State, 3919 S. Federal, 3737 S. Federal, 3739 S. Federal, 3651 S. Federal, 3653 S. Federal, 3542 S. State, 3544 S. State, 3717 S. Federal, and 3719 S. Federal. All other buildings in the two complexes were controlled primarily by the Black Disciples.
Drug distribution systems using public housing buildings are often very complex. It involves the use of gang members "on security" in the lobby, who literally search persons entering the building, as well as the extensive use of "look outs". Once a drug customer enters the building he/she is directed to the "spots". There may be separate apartments being used as "spots" for separate types of drugs: heroin, cocaine, marijuana, etc.
Influence and Control in Key Government Agencies
1. A Chicago public high school: Englewood awards ceremony for gang leaders. This happened in the fall of 1993 at the time of the "gang peace/truce summit meeting" held in Chicago. Students at the Englewood High School were told to go to the auditorium with teachers where they were joined by others coming to attend this "awards ceremony". The awards ceremony involved giving out awards for "COMMUNITY SERVICE" and "leadership excellence" to the likes of Willie Lloyd and Larry Hoover. The same school administrators are still in place today in the same school.
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Government grant: $1/2 million for Poverty Program.
The Illinois Department of Public aid awarded three contracts in excess of $500,000 to the "Save the Children" group said to be a front group for the GDs (see Chicago Sun-Times, 9-3-95). Also known as the "D & D Save the Children Community Organization", the group received the funding to providing training and provide job placements for the "Earnfare" program: an anti-poverty program that is designed to get people off of welfare and into mainstream employment opportunities.
3. Police officers helping the gang. There have been rumors about how gang members were able to become police officers and even more rumors about how police officers were able to be corrupted by the gang. Some of these rumors, unfortunately, have been confirmed and are now a matter of public record. One of those 39 indicted in Operation Headache was a female police officer by the name of Sonia Irwin.
4. Ability to corrupt correctional officers. There have been reports over the years in Illinois, of continued ability of large gangs to corrupt correctional officers. This includes the ability of gangs to operate prostitute rings involving female correctional officers to provide service to other inmates. This includes, obviously, a long list of contraband smuggling operations. |
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Tue Jun 12, 2012 1:33 pm |
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The Mexican government claims a significant number of provinces are under the control of the drug cartels. They also state these cartels have invade 270 cities in the US flooding them with cocaine, mexican heroin and meth amphetamine. Atlanta is a major transportation hub for these drugs which then travel up the Atlantic seaboard.
Is this going to be out fate? Until the demand for these drugs are stopped, we will continue to be plagued by gangs fighting for their turf. |
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