This is one of them.
The people in these photos look like thugs. I'm intrigued by them but I hope there are more like this bloke than that lot.
Posted on 06/11/2015 7:33:36 PM PDT by naturalman1975
It is New Zealand's most notorious gang whose members operate in a criminal world of violence that is usually shut off to the outside world.
But one photographer managed to gain their trust - and in turn rare access - resulting in haunting images of some of the key members of the Mighty Mongrel Mob.
Wellington-born Jono Rotman has spent nearly eight years, from 2007, embedded with the Mob, gaining a unique glimpse of their culture, customs and even a bloody clash with rival group the Black Power.
Like most gangs, the Mob, who formed in Wellington and Hawkes Bay in the 1960s, have a stringent code against outsiders, preferring to operate in the shadows. And it's this that makes the chilling images that much more spectacular.
Rotman, who captured images of the gang's key members including convicted killer Shane Harrison, Bung Eye, Greco and Toots, told Daily Mail Australia he began earning their trust while photographing New Zealand's prisons.
‘I spoke with a gang liaison officer who gave me a contact of someone who bridged the divide between gang and civilian life. Things evolved from there,’ he said.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
They're a weird mob.
I knew very little about them - Wikipedia (which, of course is not always reliable):
There were 934 members in prison in April 2013, making up more than a tenth of all New Zealand prisoners.
They are mongrels in more ways than one. They are not typical Anglo New Zealand types.
To all C.O.P.’s S.O.S.
Most of them look like Maori. You do not mess with Polysnesians. You take on one, he will come after you with his whole extended family. Very, very quick to anger.
Yikes!
Psychopath gangs are the *last* thing I'd expect to see *there*.
See the 1994 movie “Once Were Warriors” about the Maori gangs.
Descendants of cannibals?
This is one of them.
The people in these photos look like thugs. I'm intrigued by them but I hope there are more like this bloke than that lot.
The tats remind me of the Maori.
For a better understanding of the Maori culture...watch the “Whale Rider” ...and.... “Once Were Warriors” films
They’re using the Swastika and Nazi images as a symbol of rebellion. Morons. Those symbols mean anything but.
Mad Max!
I gotta get me some face tats. They are so cool!
When I see someone sporting SS stuff, I have their measure.
Those guys are hard core!
Wiki says they’re aligned with the bloods against the crips and others.
Never really thought about that sort of thing in NZ.
To comments to the original article, I agree:
They just look like a bunch of middle aged douchebags. If they weren’t in a ‘gang’, anyone would see them for who they really are; losers.
Not really like staring ‘death in the face.’
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