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The 2005 Toledo riot, on October 15, 2005, occurred when the National Socialist Movement (NSM), a neo-Nazi organization, planned a march to protest African-American gang activity in the North End of Toledo, in the U.S. state of Ohio.
The Cleveland crime family, also known as the Scalish crime family or the Cleveland Mafia, is an Italian-American Mafia crime family based in Cleveland, Ohio, and throughout the Greater Cleveland area.
The 1967 Toledo riot was one of 159 race riots that swept cities in the United States during the "Long Hot Summer of 1967". The riot occurred in Toledo, Ohio , beginning on July 23, 1967. Tensions were high across the midwest that week as the 1967 Detroit riots in nearby Detroit had been escalating since Sunday July 23.
During the Prohibition era, a gang of Detroit Mafiosi known as the River Gang smuggled Canadian beer and liquor into the United States from Ontario and controlled most of the bootlegging market in Southeast Michigan. [10] The Detroit Mafia also formed close links with Toledo, a major hub for bootlegged whiskey. [11]
Headquartered out of a clubhouse in the city's St. Clair–Superior neighborhood, the Cleveland Hells Angels came into conflict with another biker gang, God's Children Motorcycle Club, soon after their foundation in 1967. [13] The Hells Angels almost immediately declared war on God's Children, the gang claiming control over the area at the time.
A small, but notable, American outlaw motorcycle gang which maintains at least 5 chapters across the nation. [77] Highway 61 MC: 1968 Auckland, New Zealand: One of the largest gangs in New Zealand, and for a time, the nation's largest outlaw motorcycle club. Also operates in the Commonwealth of Australia. [78] Highwaymen: 1954 Detroit, US
The Richardson Gang, Charlie and Eddie Richardson; Roy Shaw (1936–2012) Alf White (1887–1942) Charlie Wilson (1932–1990) Gilbert Wynter (1961–1998) Birmingham
James T. Licavoli (born Vincentio Licavoli; August 18, 1904 − November 23, 1985), also known as "Jack White" or "Blackie", was an American mobster based in Cleveland, Ohio, who became boss of the Cleveland crime family in 1976.