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  2. List of gangs in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The Five Points, Manhattan is a location that was associated with gang activities from the early 19th century. [1] In the late 1920s, Al Capone was the leader of the Chicago Outfit [2] The Hells Angels outlaw motorcycle club was founded in 1948 and is considered a criminal gang by American law enforcement agencies, particularly for their involvement in drug-related activities and violent crimes.

  3. Gangs in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The earliest American street gangs emerged at the end of the American Revolutionary War in the early 1780s. [9] However, these early street gangs had questionable legitimacy, and more serious gangs did not form until at least the early 1800s. [9] The earliest of these serious gangs formed in northeastern American cities, particularly in New ...

  4. John Hagedorn - Wikipedia

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    His global travels further informed his understanding of gangs, which led him to edit the volume Gangs in the Global City, and later to write A World of Gangs. In A World of Gangs , he applied Manuel Castells’ work in analyzing gangs, arguing that understanding the cultural struggle for identity was crucial in working with gangs.

  5. War on gangs - Wikipedia

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    In the United States, the war on gangs is a national movement to reduce gang-related activity, gang violence, and gang drug involvement on the local, state, and federal level. The war on gangs is a multi-lateral approach, as federal agencies seek to disrupt the cycle of violence through intervention with state police and social workers. [1]

  6. At least 30 Tren de Aragua gang members busted in ... - AOL

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    As a result of the “open border policies,” American communities descended into “havoc,” Gene Hamilton, who serves as America First Legal’s vice president and general counsel, said.

  7. Chicago gangbangers rage against newly arrived Venezuelan ...

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    CHICAGO — After serving 20 years in state prison for murder, former gangbanger Tyrone Muhammad never expected to return to the city’s tough South Side and find Venezuelan migrants and the ...

  8. This is the dangerous Venezuelan gang infiltrating the US ...

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    Gang leaders who ruled a prison in Venezuela that was stormed by more than 11,000 soldiers and police had fled the country a week before the operation, a prisoners' rights group said. - Yuri ...

  9. Gang population - Wikipedia

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    There were at least 30,000 gangs and 800,000 gang members active across the US in 2007, and an estimated 1.4 million in 33,000 gangs in 2011. [1] [2] [3] About 900,000 gang members lived "within local communities across the country", and about 147,000 were in U.S. prisons or jails in 2009. [4]