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Crazy Butch Gang (1890s- early 1900s) Daybreak Boys (1840s-1859) Dead Rabbits (1830s-1860s) Dutch Mob (1870s-1880s) East Harlem Purple Gang (1970s-1980s) Eastman Gang (1890s-1910s) Five Points Gang (1890s-1920s) Flying Dragons (1967-1994) Forty Thieves (1825-1860s) - Considered the first known street gang in New York City; Gas House Gang (1880s ...
The number of gang members and affiliates jump in years of economic strain, as in the economic slump of 2009, when officials saw a 60% increase in new gang formations and activities. [4] In 2011, police initiated a crackdown on gangs and affiliated members, rounding up 127 individuals within the first week of the "war against organized crime".
In the early 1980s new gangs emerged in the peripheral of other New York City boroughs, such as following the patterns of Chinese immigration. In Queens emerged a Chinese community in Flushing and the White Tigers, were created from this community. As such the gang soon started to prey on residents by robbing and extorting local businesses.
Because South Korea had at the time a thirty-month mandatory military service for males, it was noted that many Korean immigrants had experience with handling firearms. [ 10 ] The actions of the rooftop Koreans sparked debates about gun control and vigilantism, while simultaneously spurring praise for the residents' bravery and resourcefulness ...
41 (commonly pronounced as "four-one") is an American hip hop group founded in 2022 in Brooklyn.It consists of rappers Kyle Richh, Jenn Carter, and TaTa, who first began recording music together on BandLab during the COVID-19 pandemic before releasing their debut single, "41 Cypher", in early 2022.
The violent Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua trickled into the Big Apple hidden among the thousands of migrants flocking to the city. They've used the shelter system to establish a criminal foothold.
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He also showed a reporter a gang Whatsapp thread with texts from gang members threatening turf wars with the Venezuelans. Octavia Mitchell, 52, lost her son to gun violence in 2010 and her nephew ...