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It was formed as the "Black Bulls" by Reitu Harris and Māori youth in Wellington about 1970, [4] [5] but was changed to Black Power in 1971. [6] The gang was founded in response to the rival Mongrel Mob gang and white power associated gangs. The gang then spread to other major centres and rural towns throughout New Zealand.
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.
The Nomads were originally members of the Black Power, known as the "Black Power Nomads", before a large portion of the gang split and formed their own gang in 1977. [1] In 1997, tensions heated up with the Highway 61 gang and resulted in the murder of Nomad Malcom Munns. [2] In 2009, Nomads founder and President Dennis Hines died. [3]
Organised crime gangs such as those that currently dominate in New Zealand mostly date from the 1970s. The Police named the three most prominent "New Zealand gangs" as Black Power, the Mongrel Mob, and the Nomads, as of 2007. [2] Examples of local street gangs in 2007 were the Junior Don Kings (JDK) and Dope Money Sex (DMS) of Auckland. [5]
Black Power - mixed ethnic makeup but predominantly Māori and Polynesian. [1]Brothers for Life – composed of Arab and Middle Eastern Males. [2]Mongrel Mob - mixed but predominantly Māori and Polynesian.
His friend Charles Harris, 55, left, also of the Black P Stone, hopes the migrant gangs don’t lead to more violence. Matthew McDermott. But Terry Newsome, a white Chicago dad-turned-activist ...
Black Power, Road Knights, Tribesmen, and Killer Beez [citation needed] The Mongrel Mob (sometimes self-labelled as the Mighty Mongrel Mob or colloquially known as the Mob ) is an organised crime street gang and prison gang based in New Zealand .
A protester holds up a large black power raised fist in the middle of the crowd that gathered at Columbus Circle in New York City for a Black Lives Matter Protest spurred by the death of George Floyd.