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Parents key in gang resistance!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

March 25, 2010

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Added by Lucinda F. Boyd on March 25, 2010 at 3:02pm — No Comments

3 MS-13 members arrested in Alexandria rape.....

A 16-year-old girl was raped early Saturday in Alexandria by three members of the MS-13 street gang, Alexandria police alleged in court documents Tuesday.

Police said the attack occurred in a vacant apartment in the 5700 block of Dunster Court on the west side of Alexandria, off North Beauregard Street. Police were called at…

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Added by Lucinda F. Boyd on March 25, 2010 at 2:59pm — No Comments

ONE MAN DEAD, ANOTHER INJURED...GANG RELATED

One man was killed and another injured when they were run over by a car in an apparent gang-related attack in Koreatown, police said Wednesday.

The victims were struck by a gang rival in the 2800 block of West Pico Boulevard about 4:15 p.m. Tuesday, said LAPD spokesman Bruce Borihanh. When police arrived, they found…

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Added by Lucinda F. Boyd on March 25, 2010 at 2:30pm — No Comments

REAL LIFE DETROIT GANGS FROM THE 70S ,80S,EARLY 90S

The Bishops, Chain Gang, East Side Crusaders, Van Dyke Crusaders,

Sheridan Strips, Mack Hoods, East Side Hoods, Black Gangsters, Medbury Boys, Black Apaches are all Detroit Street Gangs that came way before the Errol Flynn"s.

Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Errol_Flynns"

The Errol Flynns were a criminal organization, or…

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Added by The Streets Don't Love You Back on March 23, 2010 at 4:23am — No Comments

DETROIT GANGS BACK IN THE DAY

January 26th, 2010 at 11:30 AM

I knew Reggie and his brother Boogaloo, Boogaloo was more low key then Reggie. We used to always seem to end up at some of the same parties, we used to talk and laugh about how tough one or the other’s group, gang, squard clique or what ever people choose to…

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Added by The Streets Don't Love You Back on March 23, 2010 at 4:01am — No Comments

Monday, Sep. 06, 1976 A Long, Hot Summer for Detroit

Armed with shotguns, Magnums, carbines and clubs, teams of men sweep the streets, enforcing a 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. curfew for everyone under 18. Citizens cower behind the barricaded doors of their own homes, listening to the shots and shouts that punctuate the night air. The city is not Beirut or Belfast but Detroit, whose agonies are every bit as real and whose conflicts seem equally impossible to eradicate.

After weeks of gang terrorism that included killings, a near riot, robberies,…

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Added by The Streets Don't Love You Back on March 23, 2010 at 4:00am — No Comments

Detroit “gang” structures (organiziation) THE CHAIN GANG (/Harper/VanDyke vicinity), (2) THE BISHOPS (same area as Chain Gang, but more concentrated in VanDyke/Harper area

January 16th, 2010 at 8:51 PM

I agree, Big Veno, but there are some fine points here on the history that I would like to point out. Correct me if I am wrong, but

the original models for the CURRENT Detroit “gang” structures (organiziation) come from (1) THE CHAIN GANG (Eastside…

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Added by The Streets Don't Love You Back on March 23, 2010 at 3:51am — 3 Comments

Legendary Detroit Gang “Best Friends” Story On History Channel Tonight

Demetrius Holloway Maserati Rick Carter

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Added by The Streets Don't Love You Back on March 23, 2010 at 3:39am — No Comments

Female Gang Members: Girls in the Hood Are Often Ignored

Long considered an urban legend and historically dismissed or belittled by authorities, street gangs run by females are now recognized as a serious problem.THINK

Added by The Streets Don't Love You Back on March 23, 2010 at 12:19am — No Comments

Law Enforcement

Airborne Law Enforcement Association

http://www.alea.org/
America's Missing Adults…

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Added by The Streets Don't Love You Back on March 23, 2010 at 12:16am — No Comments

Grants & Funding

On this page, you can identify funding opportunities and learn about the Federal Government funding process.

Recovery Act Emblem American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009

On February 17, 2009, the President signed into law the American…

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Added by The Streets Don't Love You Back on March 23, 2010 at 12:02am — No Comments

The Federal sponsors (partner agencies) include

The Federal sponsors (partner agencies) include:

U.S. Department of Justice

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Added by The Streets Don't Love You Back on March 22, 2010 at 11:59pm — No Comments

Giuseppe Bonanno / Joe Bonanno

Joe Bonanno

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Giuseppe Bonanno (January 18, 1905 – May 12, 2002) was a Sicilian-born American organized crime figure who became the boss of the Bonanno crime family in 1931 until his retirement in 1968. Bonanno was instrumental in forming The Mafia Commission, which was…

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Added by The Streets Don't Love You Back on March 22, 2010 at 5:34pm — No Comments

Louis "Lepke" Buchalter

Only Mob Boss to Be Executed

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Louis "Lepke" Buchalter (Feb. 6, 1897 to March 4, 1944) became the administrative head of "Murder, Incorporated" a group formed to carry out murders for the Mafia. In March of 1940, he was sentenced to a term of 30 years to life for…

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Added by The Streets Don't Love You Back on March 22, 2010 at 5:32pm — No Comments

Tommaso Buscetta

Mafia Turncoat

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Tommaso Buscetta (Palermo, July 13, 1928- New York, April 2, 2000) was one of the first members of the Sicilian Mafia that broke the code of silence and helped authorities prosecute hundreds of Mafia members both in Italy and the U.S. In return for…

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Added by The Streets Don't Love You Back on March 22, 2010 at 5:31pm — No Comments

al capone

Scarface

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Alphonse Gabriel Capone (January 17, 1899 – January 25, 1947), was an Italian American gangster who became the boss of the criminal organization known as The Chicago Outfit. He made a fortune in bootleg liquor during Prohibition.

His reputation as a ruthless rival…

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Added by The Streets Don't Love You Back on March 22, 2010 at 5:29pm — No Comments

Al Capone (3) What About the Scars

Al Capone

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How did Al Capone get the scars on his face?

In 1917, Al Capone was working as a bouncer for New York mob boss Frankie Yale in Coney Island. He got into an altercation with a New York mobster named Frank Galluccio because Capone kept staring at…

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Added by The Streets Don't Love You Back on March 22, 2010 at 5:27pm — No Comments

Al Capone (4) An Al Capone Imposter?

An Al Capone Imposter?

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An Al Capone Imposter?

In 1931, Real Detective magazine published an article that charged that Al Capone was actually dead and his half-brother was brought to the U.S. by Johnny Torrio as an imposter and took over Capone's Chicago…

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Added by The Streets Don't Love You Back on March 22, 2010 at 5:26pm — No Comments

Paul Castellano

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When Paul Castellano became the head of the Gambino family in 1927, he moved to Staten Island to a home that was a replica of the White House. Castellano even called it the White House. It is in this house, around the kitchen table, that Castellano…

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Added by The Streets Don't Love You Back on March 22, 2010 at 5:25pm — No Comments

Frank Costello

Prime Minister of the Underworld

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Frank Costello, head of the Luciano crime family between 1936 and 1957, was one of the most powerful Mafia bosses in U.S. history. He had control over much of the gambling and bootlegging activities across the country and had gained…

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Added by The Streets Don't Love You Back on March 22, 2010 at 5:23pm — No Comments