http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/gang/ en-us Mon, 21 Jul 2008 09:05:07 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2048678/posts A householder who took photographs of hooded teenagers as evidence of their anti-social behaviour says he was told he was breaking the law after they called the police. David Green, 64, and his neighbours had been plagued by the youths from a nearby comprehensive school for months, and was advised by their headmaster to identify them so action could be taken. But when Mr Green left his £1million London flat to take photographs of the gang, who were aged around 17, he said one threatened to kill him while another called the police on his mobile. And he claimed that... dailymail. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2048678/posts#comment Mon, 21 Jul 2008 09:05:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2047300/posts A horrific news story has slowly made its way into the headlines here in the Twin Cities. A local resident, his wife and three daughters spent the evening of the Fourth of July at Valleyfair, a local amusement park. They were leaving the park at midnight when a criminal began to molest his twelve-year-old daughter. The father intervened to defend his daughter, and the offender put out a call for his "homies." Eight "men" materialized and began to beat up the father. They knocked him to the ground and took turns stomping on his head. The man's wife and daughters... Power Line http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2047300/posts#comment Fri, 18 Jul 2008 03:16:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2046688/posts The league, concerned that some players might be celebrating by using the hand signals of street gangs, has hired experts to study game tapes. Hand signals captured on videotape are once again being scrutinized around the NFL. Only this time, it's not the New England Patriots studying them for a competitive advantage, but league officials in search of a more sinister message. The NFL, concerned that some players might celebrate by flashing the hand signals of street gangs, has hired experts to examine game tapes and identify the gestures. latimes.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2046688/posts#comment Thu, 17 Jul 2008 02:44:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2046590/posts It started with a news report in January of 1983 of 40 teenagers and 7 adults, who were members of a gang called The Smurfs. They committed petty crimes. Hysteria spreaded throughout middle and high schools in Houston. At the peak, many students stayed home out of fear that the Smurfs might attack them. Anyone from the Houston area living at the time might remember it. Snopes Message Board-Texan schools attacked by Smurfs?Google Book Scan From Rough Guide of Unexplained PhenemenonHouston Press-The Year The Smurfs Attacked http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2046590/posts#comment Wed, 16 Jul 2008 23:10:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2040562/posts The devastated sisters of stabbed teenager Ben Kinsella yesterday led scores of teenagers on a march to demand an end to knife violence. Former EastEnders actress Brooke Kinsella and her sisters Jade, 22, and Georgia, 14, each wore a T-shirt carrying different pictures of their brother... He was attacked after being chased by a gang of four youths at around 2am on Sunday and became the 17th teenager to be murdered in London this year.... Five hundred youngsters, dressed in white for peace, walked the two miles from Islington town hall in North London to the scene of the murder... The Daily Mail http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2040562/posts#comment Fri, 4 Jul 2008 01:39:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2039968/posts Youths, all 17, are being held at county jail Three 17-year-old male Bokencamp Children's Shelter detainees from Honduras were arrested by police about 8 p.m. Monday following an assault on four center staff members. Staff members told police that Edgardo Casco-Perez, Sergio Davine-Paz and Javier Nunez-Ramirez appeared to be plotting an escape attempt and they attacked staff members who attempted to separate them, according to a Tuesday police brief. The teens are suspected members of an El Salvadoran street gang, the brief said. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and U.S. Border Patrol agents asked police to book the teens on... Corpus Christi Caller-Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2039968/posts#comment Wed, 2 Jul 2008 23:20:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2037303/posts SAN FRANCISCO -- A suspected gang member accused of killing a father and two sons escaped prosecution in a weapons case earlier this year when the San Francisco district attorney's office concluded it didn't have enough evidence to connect him to a gun that a passenger in his car was carrying, authorities said Thursday. Edwin Ramos, 21, of El Sobrante, who police say is a member of the Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13) street gang, was formally charged late Thursday with three counts of murder in the shooting deaths Sunday of Tony Bologna, 48, and his sons Michael, 20, and Matthew, 16.... SFGate.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2037303/posts#comment Fri, 27 Jun 2008 16:05:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2036617/posts Mayor blames 'gangs' for Paris high school night of violence 4 days ago PARIS (AFP) — Paris Mayor Bernard Delanoe blamed "organised gangs" on Saturday for clashes overnight near the Eiffel Tower between police and high school students celebrating the end of their final exams. Twenty-nine people were arrested, and 22 kept in custody, after the unrest in the Champ de Mars park in the well-to-do Seventh District that pitted police firing tear gas against "250 to 300 youths". About a dozen neighbourhood shops were damaged, and two police officers slightly injured, said Alain Gardere, who is in charge of... AFP via News 24 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2036617/posts#comment Thu, 26 Jun 2008 08:26:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2034804/posts Mexico City, Jun 22 (EFE).- Police found the bodies of five people who were killed with AK-47 assault rifles in Novolato, a city in the northwestern Mexican state of Sinaloa, in an apparent settling of scores between organized-crime groups, prosecutors told Efe. The bodies were found early Saturday lined up on the edge of an irrigation canal at the main entrance to the city's San Pedro neighborhood. "The five bodies had the hands tied behind their backs and were betweeen 25 and 30 years" old, a spokesman for the Sinaloa Attorney General's Office said. Police found 104 bullet casings from... Macroworld Investor http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2034804/posts#comment Sun, 22 Jun 2008 19:45:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2032556/posts Two men have been convicted of murdering an innocent schoolboy after they sprayed him with bullets from a submachine gun as he lay in his own bed, in a case of mistaken identity during a London gang war. Michael Dosunmu, 15, was hit by four bullets, one fatally wounding him in the heart, fired by the two gunmen who had burst into his home in south London looking for his brother. They had been fighting with his brother Hakeem Dosunmu over the proceeds from a series of robberies, prosecutors told the Old Bailey Central Criminal Court. Mohammed Sannoh, 19, and... ABC News AU http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2032556/posts#comment Wed, 18 Jun 2008 00:40:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2024913/posts The Hunt for American al Qaeda The United States is turning up the heat in the hunt for the California boy turned al Qaeda operative, Adam Gadahn, who has been charged with treason and is believed to be hiding in Afghanistan. If caught and convicted, Gadahn could face the death penalty. The State Department along with the Department of Diplomatic Security announced the beginning of a publicity campaign in Afghanistan urging locals to provide any information on Gadahn's whereabouts, with a reward if the information leads to his capture. Radio advertisements with information concerning the $1 million reward have... Previous Thread http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2024913/posts#comment Mon, 2 Jun 2008 19:04:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2027823/posts Like a plague, murder by knife has taken London by storm. Gang members have said that killing someone is like a status symbol. It's in fashion. Taking little to no provocation this so called fashion of knife murders gives no warning. Associated Content http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2027823/posts#comment Sun, 8 Jun 2008 07:50:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2021246/posts Panicked South Linden residents flooded 911 with phone calls when the bullets started flying on May 18 near E. 18th and Cleveland avenues. "There was multiple people with guns," one man told an operator as a woman screamed in the background. "They were running while they were shooting at each other." "They're running through my yard, and I have a baby!" another woman said. Police swarmed to the neighborhood and took stock of the damage. Several houses had been hit by gunfire. Residents said that as many as two dozen shots had been fired, and detectives collected spent rounds from... THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2021246/posts#comment Mon, 26 May 2008 00:30:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2009929/posts U.S. Wary Of Small Boat Terrorism As boating season approaches, the Bush administration wants to enlist America's 80 million recreational boaters to help reduce the chances that a small boat could deliver a nuclear or radiological bomb somewhere along the 95,000 miles of U.S. coastline and inland waterways. According to an April 23 intelligence assessment obtained by The Associated Press, "The use of a small boat as a weapon is likely to remain al Qaeda's weapon of choice in the maritime environment, given its ease in arming and deploying, low cost, and record of success." While the United States... Previous Thread http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2009929/posts#comment Thu, 1 May 2008 22:06:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2010784/posts A 15-STRONG gang attacked a young man after chasing him for almost half-a-mile. The 19-year-old was walking down Manchester Road, Thornton Lodge, at 9.30pm on Saturday to meet his girlfriend ... The gang cornered him in a garden there and beat him with baseball bats and pieces of wood. All the attackers are young Asian men ... Huddersfield Daily Examiner http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2010784/posts#comment Sat, 3 May 2008 19:06:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2007225/posts Men dressed in black with covered faces are hunting and then slashing random strangers with razor blades as part of a gang initiation, police warned residents. Investigators said a gang in Flagler County is sending its future members to Daytona Beach to seek out victims to cut. Once a gang recruit slashes a stranger, he gains the respect of his peers and is inducted into their underground society, police told Local 6's Tarik Minor. The latest victims have prompted a warning to the community from police. "It could be anybody they see," Daytona Beach police Sgt. Bill Walden said. "In... Local6.com (Daytona FL) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2007225/posts#comment Sat, 26 Apr 2008 06:00:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2001503/posts Thieves are ransacking house after house in search of copper they can sell to scrap dealers for as much as $20,000 a month. The gang descended on the house on Penn Avenue like carrion, ripping open wall board and gutting it of copper. They severed the pipes connected to the gas furnace and water heater, then hit the kitchen sink. Piles of lath lay at the foot of the stairs, the wall torn open to expose the upstairs bathroom. By the time officer Richard Jackson knocked down the door, the gang was gone -- along with most of the home's... Star Tribune http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2001503/posts#comment Mon, 14 Apr 2008 21:06:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2000989/posts COMMERCE CITY, Colo. -- A couple arguing about which gang their 4-year-old toddler should join caused a public disturbance that resulted in the father's arrest, Commerce City police said Thursday, reported KMGH-TV in Denver. His girlfriend told police that they had been arguing about the upbringing of their son and which gang he should belong to. The teen mother, who is black, told authorities she is a member of the Crips, police said. Manzanares is Hispanic and belongs to the Westside Ballers gang, the woman told police. Internet Broadcasting http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2000989/posts#comment Sun, 13 Apr 2008 18:03:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2000050/posts Police: Mother A Crip, Father A Westside Baller COMMERCE CITY, Colo. -- A couple fighting about which gang their 4-year-old toddler should join caused a public disturbance that resulted in the father's arrest, Commerce City police said Thursday. On Saturday, Joseph Manzanares stormed into the Hollywood Video store where his girlfriend worked, threatened to kill her and knocked over several video displays and even a computer, Commerce City police Sgt. Joe Sandoval said. After he ran out of the store, police were called and the 19-year-old was arrested at his home. His girlfriend told police that they had been arguing... the Denver Channel http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2000050/posts#comment Fri, 11 Apr 2008 14:52:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1999296/posts A 19-year-old reputed gang member charged in the March 2 shooting death of standout Los Angeles High School football player Jamiel Shaw Jr. pleaded not guilty today to murder. Los Angeles Superior Court Commissioner Henry J. Hall ordered Pedro Espinoza -- who was arrested March 7 and charged March 11, just before Shaw's funeral -- to remain jailed without bail. Fox News LA http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1999296/posts#comment Thu, 10 Apr 2008 02:00:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1996363/posts A group of ethnic minority kids has been harassing a nursery school in the Nørrebro district of Copenhagen, throwing rocks at teachers, parents and even the young children at the facility. Day care facility Midgård lies next to council estate Mjølnerparken, from which five or six 10 to 12-year-old boys have been causing trouble for the nursery school's personnel and patrons for the past two weeks. Although harassment from estate kids to a lesser degree has been tolerated by the facility's staff and administration for some time, the incidents over the past couple weeks have now crossed the line, said... The Copenhagen Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1996363/posts#comment Thu, 3 Apr 2008 23:12:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1996294/posts The suburbs of the US are no longer the same as those immortalised in 1950s movies, with white families living in big houses and the father driving off to work in his Buick, past manicured lawns. MS-13 gang members are often heavily tattooed These days, it is more likely that English will not even be the first language you hear on the streets. In Langley Park, Maryland, the kiosks sell Spanish-language newspapers; the supermarket shelves are stocked with tortillas and assorted black beans. Mexican music plays in the background while the tannoy blares out announcements in Spanish. Outside, groups... BBC http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1996294/posts#comment Thu, 3 Apr 2008 21:25:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1981084/posts Petraeus: Al Qaida Trying to 'Come Back In' U.S. military officials said there will be no significant reduction in coalition troops in the Baghdad area as part of an effort to stop the Al Qaida offensive in northern Iraq. They said Al Qaida was trying to reenter Baghdad and reverse its losses in 2007. "Al Qaida is trying to come back in," U.S. military commander Gen. David Petraeus said. "We can feel it and see it, and what we're trying to do is rip out any roots before they can get deeply into the ground." Read More Militants Assert... Previous Thread http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1981084/posts#comment Thu, 6 Mar 2008 01:59:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1992946/posts On 3/27/08, the Delano Police Department Gang Unit received information that a California Criminal Street Gang is going to be holding gang initiations in the Cities of Delano and McFarland. Prospective members are to collide their vehicles into random vehicles from behind. As the driver of the victim vehicle exits, the prospective members will open fire. This information has not been substantiated nor do we know if it is credible. As always, the Delano Police Department is concerened with the safety of all Delano residents and therefore, we are strongly suggesting that everyone use extreme caution if they are involved... Delano Police Dept. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1992946/posts#comment Fri, 28 Mar 2008 05:16:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1983598/posts While hundreds of Mexican soldiers are deserting the army to join drug trafficking gangs, California is facing the opposite problem: A growing number of gang members here have infiltrated the U.S. Armed Forces in order to receive military training. The numbers speak for themselves: In 2003 there were just 16 incidents of gang members in the U.S. Armed Forces, while in 2006 the total was 10,309, according to the study, "Gang-Related Activity in the U.S. Armed Forces Increasing," released in 2007 by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). Twenty-two official entities, including the Los Angeles Police Department, participated in the... New American Media http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1983598/posts#comment Tue, 11 Mar 2008 00:44:22 GMT