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  2. Graffiti in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Gang symbols in Spokane, Washington. Graffiti are writing or drawings scribbled, scratched, or sprayed illicitly on a wall or other surface in a public place. [1] Graffiti ranges from simple written words to elaborate wall paintings. Graffiti, consisting of the defacement of public spaces and buildings, remains a nuisance issue for cities.

  3. Graffiti - Wikipedia

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    Many restrictions of civil gang injunctions are designed to help address and protect the physical environment and limit graffiti. Provisions of gang injunctions include things such as restricting the possession of marker pens, spray paint cans, or other sharp objects capable of defacing private or public property; spray painting, or marking ...

  4. Gang presence in the United States military - Wikipedia

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    U.S. gang-related graffiti has shown up in Iraq since the beginning of the Iraq War in 2003. Among the largest American street gangs represented in Iraq are the Gangster Disciples, Crips, Bloods, 18th Street , Norteños , Black Disciples, Sureños , Latin Kings, TAP Boyz , Tiny Rascal Gang , Vice Lords , and Black P. Stones , which originated ...

  5. Norteños - Wikipedia

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    Tagging (graffiti) to vandalize a rival gang's territory. On January 9, 2005, in Ceres, California, in Stanislaus County, Officer Sam Ryno was the first to respond to a call about a man with a gun in front of George's Liquors.

  6. ‘Lubbock proud’: Meet the Texas muralist paying tribute to ...

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    He would cover up gang graffiti with positive messages and quotes, quickly earning himself the nickname, “Wise One,” around town. Red Kingdom Road Trip.

  7. Gangs in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Almighty Latin King Nation graffiti of the "King Master" along with the abbreviations "L" and "K" on the sides. [1] [2] Street tag of the Crips gangApproximately 1.4 million people in the United States were part of gangs as of 2011, and more than 33,000 gangs were active in the country. [3]

  8. Northridge shooting victim was painting over gang graffiti ...

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    A man who was killed Saturday in a Northridge strip mall shooting was painting over gang graffiti on the wall of a business at the time, police say.

  9. Man confesses to killing 60-year-old who was painting over ...

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    Suspect Jamal Jackson, 24, had tagged a Northridge ice cream shop with gang members and took offense when he saw people painting over it, LAPD said. Man confesses to killing 60-year-old who was ...