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Murder of Yummy. In 1994, 11-year-old member Robert “Yummy” Sandifer shot and killed a 14-year-old female pedestrian, Shavon Dean, with a 9mm semiautomatic pistol by mistake. The gang leader sent out brothers, Derrick and Cragg Hardaway, to get rid of Yummy. The brothers lured Yummy into an underpass, and shot him twice in the back of his head.
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The history of African Americans in Chicago or Black Chicagoans dates back to Jean Baptiste Point du Sable 's trading activities in the 1780s. Du Sable, the city's founder, was Haitian of African and French descent. [4] Fugitive slaves and freedmen established the city's first black community in the 1840s. By the late 19th century, the first ...
History. Gangs in Humboldt Park originated in the 1950s, and quickly cascaded across nearly all racial groups in the area over the proceeding years as gang related violence also increased, with a surge in the late 1970s. [ 3] By the late 1980s/early 1990s, approximately 49 of the 139 gangs active in Chicago operated out of the 14th district ...
History. The first gangs in Chicago were loosely organized groups of European immigrants in the late 1800s. In 1910, Big Jim Colosimo founded the Chicago Outfit on the South Side. In the early 1950s, immigration to Chicago had picked up considerably, namely to the west side and parts of the south side with many coming from Puerto Rico.
Almighty Vice Lord Nation. The Almighty Vice Lord Nation (Vice Lords for short, abbreviated AVLN) is the second-largest and one of the oldest street and prison gangs in Chicago, Illinois. Its total membership is estimated to be between 80,000 and 85,000. It is also one of the founding members of the People Nation multi-gang alliance. [3][7]
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Population pyramid of Chicago in 2021. Population. 2,665,039 (2022 est.) [1] The demographics of Chicago show that it is a large, and ethnically and culturally diverse metropolis. It is the third largest city and metropolitan area in the United States by population. Chicago was home to over 2.7 million people in 2020, accounting for over 25% of ...