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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.
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.
President Trump claimed violent gang members with "tattoos all over their faces" are pouring into America at the southern border as he plans to crack down on illegal immigration and beef up border ...
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 tattoo symbolized “station pride, and being recognized as a hardworking deputy,” Murakami added. Read more: Cursory deputy gang probes at Lakewood, Industry stations criticized in watchdog ...