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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).
David Barksdale (born Donise David Barksdale; May 24, 1947 – September 2, 1974), also known as King David, was an American gangster and activist from Chicago, Illinois. He was the founder of the Black Disciples. He and Larry Hoover (leader of the Gangster Disciples) decided to merge and create the Black Gangster Disciple Nation. Barksdale ...
The Gangster Disciples, also known as the GD gang, have members in Athens who have been arrested in previous years for various crimes. Philmon Deshawn “Dolla Phil” Chambers, 35, of Atlanta was ...
Larry Hoover Sr (born November 30, 1950) [3] [2] [6] is an American former gangster and street gang kingpin. He is the founder of the Chicago street gang, the Gangster Disciples. Hoover is currently serving six life sentences at the ADX Florence prison facility in Colorado. He was previously sentenced to life imprisonment plus 200 years for a ...
CHICAGO — Lawyers representing Gangster Disciples founder Larry Hoover filed a motion Friday asking the judge overseeing Hoover’s request for release from a life sentence to recuse himself ...
Those areas are traditionally controlled by hundreds of entrenched gangs from the Gangster Disciples and Black P Stones to the Vice Lords, Latin Kings and Satan Disciples. TDA members flashing ...
In 1969, Larry Hoover, the leader of the rival gang “Gangster Disciples,” agreed to a merger with Barksdale to create a unified gang called the “Black Gangster Disciples Nation.” Soon after the alliance was formed, Larry Hoover and one member were charged and convicted for the murder of another member, and both received a life sentence ...
The U.S. Attorneys Office in Macon has secured convictions connected to the gang-related killings of three men in Athens. They face life in prison. Gangster Disciples members face life after ...