California is home to several street gangs that identifies themselves with two of the most iconic African American street gangs in America. One group is the Grape Street Crips, which is located in the Watts part of Los Angeles. This group was originated within a little housing project that consisted majority of African Americans. This gang is considered to be one of the biggest Crip groups in the local area. There crimes include drug trafficking, murder, and theft. They have been in a violent war with the Bounty Hunter Bloods, which is another local gang.…
The Pagans Motorcycle Club (PMC) was formed in 1959 by Lou Dobkins in Prince George’s County, Maryland. By 1965 the club had forged ties the mafia on the East Coast and had become fierce group. By the 1980s the group had grown to 900 members in 44 chapters from New York to Florida. (South Eastern Connecticut Gang Activities Group) It is now estimated that the PMC has approximately 400 members and 44 chapters; this is due to many arrests and defections over the years. (University of Maryland)…
One night the cab driver, on his way to Salem, had a flat tire. He was crouched down fixing the flat, when he heard a horrible, cracking and flattening of metal sound coming from the top of his cab. He looked up and saw the creature staring back down at him. The driver jumped up and fled to a nearby town. The next day dogs were hired to track the beast and did so for 8 long miles until the trail came up cold. The beast was recorded jumping eight foot fences and crawling under six inch spaces.…
Almost 40 motorcycle clubs are linked to criminal activities. These are referred to as outlaw motorcycle gangs. ‘Outlaw’ is not a legal definition; it rather refers to their views, seeing themselves as outside the law. Outlaw motorcycle gangs refer to themselves as ‘1 percenters’, as 99 percent of motorcyclists operate within law society’s conventions, they see themselves as the 1% that don’t. the criminal activities of outlaw motorcycle gangs distinguish them from recreational motorcycle riding clubs.…
Initially began in Fontana, California, Otto Friedli was having disputes with an old gang, Pissed Off Bastards, that led to the huge growth of the Hells Angels Motorcycle Club. World War II came to an end three years before the gang formed, and much of the background came from a fighter squadron in the U.S. air force. The 303rd Bombardment Group named their B-17 “Hell’s Angels” after watching…
The Movie, Crips and Bloods: Made in America, is a documentary that informs people outside of the projects of LA, just what life looks like from an insider’s perspective. Many people don’t understand gangs and what it is that started the huge uprising of them. Growing up in the projects and being turned away from many youth groups took a large psychological toll on many of the kids growing up in LA in the 60’s. Instead of Boy Scouts, and other youth groups, the youth turned to making groups that eventually resulted in gangs. Not only were they turned away from youth groups but also unfairly treated by authority, which triggered African Americans to search for more of a sense of belonging. Gangs started small and seemingly…
“Members of the outlaw motorcycle gangs refer to themselves as ‘one percenters’ in reference to an estimate advanced some years ago by the American Motorcycle Association that outlaw motorcyclists comprised less than one percent of the motorcycling population” (Abadinsky, 225). Outlaw motorcyclists see themselves as nothing but boondock…
The United States has had problems with gangs dated back as early as the 1800s. In today’s society when people hear about gangs the first two gangs that they think of are the Bloods and the Crips. Both of these gangs originated about forty years ago but are still going strong today. Although, at first these gangs were formed as a sort of territorial war the activities of the gang members has grown increasingly more dangerous. The Bloods and the Crips are mortal enemies and are extremely feared throughout the country.…
Some time later a Chapter of the Club started in Dubbo, followed by one in Rockhampton and so on. From these beginnings grew the biggest Outlaw Motorcycle Club in Australia.…
For many decades a so called “Devil Creature”, named The Jersey Devil, is thought to roam the heavily wooded pines of southern New Jersey feeding off of small animals such as dogs, chickens, and other small wild animals since the beginning of the early 18th century. This creature has pretty abnormal and diverse features. Many people that claim to have spotted The Jersey Devil say that it has a kangaroo like body with a horse like face and antlers sprouting out of the top of its head, not to mention pig or horse like hooves and large wings that carry it like a bat. The Jersey Devil is believed to have originated when a woman named Mother Leeds gave birth to her 13th child. According to livescience.com the old folktale goes as followed, “ Shortly…
Members of the Hell’s Angels Refer to themselves as “one presenters”. A half century old boast playing off the saying that one percent of trouble markers give a bad name to ninety-nine percent of respectable bikers. The Hell’s Angels motorcycle gang is known as a group of “outlaws”, bad boys making their own rules and doing what they want. This group has been around for a long time, starting trouble all over the United States and other countries. They have done everything from drug trafficking to assault; this gang is no one to mess with. During the 1960s around the time of the world wars this group of individuals was considered a militant group. Now they are considered a dangerous motorcycle gang to stay away from.…
The Crips are one of the largest and most violent associations of street gangs in the United States, with an estimated 35,000 members. They have been involved in murders, robberies and drug dealing, among other crimes.…
It has been known in East Los Angeles for a lot of gang activity around the Klein Way road and 54th Street, mainly on the corner what is called 'Cedar Block'. A group of teenagers ranging from the age 14-19 have been seen around the area, which have been noticed as affiliates of the gang called "Gangster Disciples", controlling the majority of the drug trade in East LA as well for being responsible for several violent crimes in the area. Dangerously, the notorious gang expands in population and territory throughout the years and are known to have strict rivalry with the gang "Front Yard…
The Gangster Disciple is a gang which was formed on the South-side of Chicago in the late 1960s, by Larry Hoover, leader of the High Supreme Gangsters, and David Barksdale, leader of the Black Disciples. The two groups united to form the Black Gangster Disciple Nation (BGDN).…
Introduction: Move from general to specific (the underground scene before and after the affair). General overview about the Satanism Affair.…