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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, United States. Its total membership is estimated to be between 30,000 and 35,000. It is also one of the founding members of the People Nation multi-gang alliance. [3] [7]
The primary source of income of the Latin Kings is the street-level distribution of powder cocaine, crack cocaine, heroin, and marijuana. The gang is also involved in burglary, identity theft, money laundering, assault, and homicide. [ 3 ]
In 1958, a group of young teenagers from the Hyde Park, Englewood, and Kenwood areas of Chicago formed an organization known as the "Devil's Disciples". The founding members included David Barksdale, Richard Strong, Mingo Shread, Prince Old Timer, Kilroy, Leonard Longstreet, Night Walker, among others.
Billy Arnold, 37, a leader of the Seven Mile Bloods street gang, which terrorized Detroit's east side, was convicted of 22 counts, including two counts of murder in aid of racketeering, 11 counts ...
The Gangster Disciple Nation (often abbreviated as the GD's; formally, GDN), also known as Growth & Development, is an African American street and prison gang founded by former rivals David Barksdale and Larry Hoover; in 1968, the two came together to form the Black Gangster Disciple Nation (BGDN).
The Vice Lords Nation was established in 1958 in Chicago, Illinois, with the intention of assisting African Americans in overcoming poverty and discrimination within their local community. However, as time passed, the organization transformed into one of the largest criminal groups in the United States, expanding its presence to nearly every ...
Hagedorn dropped out of college in 1967 to work full-time in the civil rights and then anti-war movements. He was doing community organizing in Milwaukee in 1981 when he observed gangs forming. He ran the city's first gang diversion program and returned to school, getting his BS in 1985 and his MA in sociology in 1987 from the University of ...
Prohibition in the 1920s increased criminal activity in Chicago's South Side. There was a deep connection between politics and organized crime. Black nightclubs were run by Black Republican Party organizers and Daniel McKee Jackson, said to be the most powerful vice-king in Black Chicago, was a candidate for state representative. [4]