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In 1983, Philadelphia garnered a reputation as the "meth capital of the world", according to a statement published by the Associated Press, from a local police officer. [9] It is widely held that this was made possible due to the K&A Gang, and the Junior Black Mafia, among others. [10]
Black Mafia (4 P) P. Philadelphia crime family (1 C, 35 P) Pages in category "Gangs in Philadelphia" The following 15 pages are in this category, out of 15 total.
Philadelphia Election Riot (1742) Lombard Street Riot (1842) – Three-day race riot. Philadelphia Nativist Riots (1844) The Schuylkill Rangers – (mid-1800s) criminal gang – see Jimmy Haggerty; Kidnapping of Charley Ross (1874). Race riots in Philadelphia during the 1919 Red Summer (1919) - Incidents in May and July. 5 dead.
The Black Mafia, also known as the Philadelphia Black Mafia (PBM), Black Muslim Mafia and Muslim Mob, was a Philadelphia-based African-American organized crime syndicate. The organization began in the 1960s as a relatively small criminal collective in South Philadelphia, known for holding up neighborhood crap games and dealing in the illegal drug business, but at its height of operation in the ...
As more and more African-Americans moved from the south to the industrial north, they started to move into predominantly white neighborhoods. In 1918, for four days starting July 25, there was a race riot in Chester and Philadelphia. [1] When things finally settled down, 3 black and 2 white people had died from their injuries. [2]
Gangs in Philadelphia (2 C, 15 P) B. Bufalino crime family (11 P) Pages in category "Gangs in Pennsylvania" The following 15 pages are in this category, out of 15 total.
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However, these decades mark the time when black families began moving into the area’s boundaries. During the 1950s the area hosted a bustling commercial district on Haverford Avenue. [citation needed] In the 1960s, six major Philadelphia gangs maintained a major presence in a 10.5 block area of Mantua. Between 1960 and 1969, Mantua recorded ...