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Graffiti piece by the defunct 49th & Honore set of the Gangster Disciple Nation on West 50th Street and South Hermitage Avenue, Chicago IL. Chicago is considered the most gang-occupied city in the United States, with 150,000 gang-affiliated tenants, [1] representing more than 100 gangs. [2] Gang warfare and retaliation are common in Chicago ...
Chicago saw a major rise in violent crime starting in the late 1960s. Murders in the city peaked in 1974, with 970 murders when the city's population was over three million, resulting in a murder rate of around 29 per 100,000, and again in 1992, with 943 murders when the city had fewer than three million people, resulting in a murder rate of 34 murders per 100,000 citizens.
Roger Touhy (Des Plaines, Illinois) Ragen's Colts, founded as a baseball team by James M. Ragen on the South Side; Southside O'Donnell's; Westside O'Donnells, led by Myles O'Donnell and William O'Donnell; Frank McErlane-Joe Saltis Gang
At least 30 suspected gang members have been arrested by the Chicago Police Department between January 2023 and September of this year, the records show. Chicago cops have busted dozens of Tren de ...
A TDA gang member was released by a Chicago judge despite a request from Immigration and Customs Enforcement to detain him — just a month before he was charged in a violent jewelry store heist ...
CHICAGO — The victims met their fates over two decades in every corner of the city: informants shot execution-style, rivals gunned down in barbershops and restaurants, a rapper targeted after ...
Head of Chicago chapter of Unione Siciliana, shot by gunmen at his house under order from Bugs Moran: Saint Valentine's Day Massacre: Chicago: 1929-02-14: 7: Murder of seven Irish members and associates of Chicago's North Side Gang that occurred on Saint Valentine's Day [50] Jake Lingle: Chicago: 1930-06-09: 1: Reporter for Chicago Tribune shot ...
Former Chicago gang mastermind Johnny Torrio was there from New York, as he had instigated "The Commission" in the first place. The conference was called for to work toward a united front among the nation's organized crime leaders while removing the "old" mafia and bringing in the "new" mafia, cooperation during Prohibition and gambling concerns.