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HARTFORD, Conn. — Nearly gone are the gang days of the 1980s and ’90s, when the Bloods wore head-to-toe red, the Crips wore blue and Latin Kings wore black and gold. Gangs from coast to… ...
Street gangs have found new turf to defend: the Internet. An underworld of Web sites created by gangs has sprung up to display their colors and symbols -- and to warn off enemies, according to law ...
Gangs from coast to coast have toned down their use of colors and are even removing or altering tattoos to avoid being easily identified by police and witnesses, law enforcement officials say.
Gang colors flourish in farm country By Mark ... "I just got tired of always getting in trouble," says Francisco (not his real name).
A March 8 shootout between two rival motorcycle gangs, the Mongols and Warlocks, led to about 30 arrests four months later.
After the announcement, the American Civil Liberties Union, which generally opposes gang injunctions, said the fact it has taken more than 20 years to take even a single name off of the 11,000 ...
SIOUX CITY -- California gang members brought one of Sioux City's first street gangs to the area, but officials say modern technology allows local residents to claim big-city gang affiliations ...
A traditional gang has defined leadership, formal rules, particular colors and symbols, history and a lifelong commitment by participants. There is no legal difference between a traditional and ...
As of this summer, TRU Colors employed some 70 active, rival gang members in its 56,000-square-foot brewery on Greenfield Street. Its taproom opened to the public just two months ago.
George Taylor, founder of TRU Colors brewery, is currently serving a prison sentence for tax evasion. TRU Colors, a brewery that employed active gang members, shut down in 2022 after a series of ...