gangs

Gangs About seventy five percent of the United States of America’s crime rate comes from gang activity. In this project i have researched gangs and how they affect schools, communities and kids. I also have researched who started gangs ;why they started them and when .To find out more about gangs and the effect of them keep reading. Gangs started in the early nineteen sixties, at first they were not gangs though they were clubs like black panther and etc. The first real street gangs started about 1972 in los angeles california. The name of this gang was called the crips they use symbols to be known around like the star of david , or they use colors their colors are white and blue this gang was started by raymond washington . The next gang which today is the crips forever enemy is the bloods started by Sylvester Scott started in 1974 in also los angeles ,california their trademark colors are red and white if these gangs wore any other color they would have to put a band aid on it or they would get violated which means beaten brutally or killed
. The last but today,one of the most brutal gangs on the southside of chicago is the gangster disciples if they wor any other color they would have to put a band aid on it or it. The diffrence between the gangster disciples and the other gangs is they have different sets in their gang the have the black disciples latin disciples and etc. All which started on Chicago southside this gang is one of the most brutal because they have war against each other on chicago’s south side when someone kills one their homies they name their name after their hood and make another sets this is one of the causes for the spread of gangs. Surprisingly, alot of kids join gangs to make them feel better. They join because they don’t have a real family and are looking for one, or for revenge on another gang as a result for killing one of their friends. In fact, some kids join gangs for a sense of social belonging(wyrick) . To be in a gang it