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Kumi African Nation Organization, generally referred to as 415 or Kumi 415 is a predominantly African-American prison gang that was originally formed in Folsom State Prison in the mid-1980s, and the founding members were mainly from the San Francisco Bay Area.
While it is commonly believed that there are only four chapters to the gang, other regions of the state have their own Tangos. [18] Collectively, the tangos from Austin, Dallas, Fort Worth, and Houston are known as the 4 Horsemen. [18] Individual Tango members use regionally appropriate symbols as tattoos to identify the tango to which they belong.
Teardrop tattoo: A teardrop underneath an eye: the wearer was raped in prison [26] [27] and tattooed with a teardrop under the eye by the offending party, [26] this was a way of "marking" an inmate as property or to publicly humiliate the inmate as face tattoos cannot be hidden. In West Coast gang culture, the tattoo may signify that the wearer ...
A tattoo artist in Maryland says he started covering up racist or gang-related tattoos removed at no cost because everyone deserves a second chance. Tattoo Artist Covers Racist, Gang-Related ...
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EL PASO, Texas – Hector Gonzalez dreams of someday becoming a barber in New York City. The 23-year-old Venezuelan favors black baseball caps, worn backward, and tattoos on his left forearm.
A man fired at least three shots into the crowd, wounding a 17-year-old girl and a 16-year-old boy in the leg. The boy has been connected to the gang Menace of Destruction, also known as Men of Destruction. [11] A rival gang member was sentenced to 18 years in prison for his role in a gang-related shooting in Eau Claire, Wisconsin on April 12 ...
The Black Guerrilla Family (BGF, also known as the Black Gorilla Family, [6] [7] the Black Family, [8] the Black Vanguard, [9] and Jamaa [8]) is an African American black power prison gang, street gang, and political organization founded in 1966 by George Jackson, George "Big Jake" Lewis, and W.L. Nolen while they were incarcerated at San Quentin State Prison in Marin County, California.