on offense. I lunged forward and lashed out with my leg at the gang leader. He hadn’t expected me to retaliate and was winded. “You have made a huge mistake‚” he mumbled “Boys... attack the girl!” He hollered. I had been in these situations before. The observing gang members did as their leader said. One by one‚ they came at me with weapons they had concealed. The first man had a knife and hurled it forcefully towards me. I positioned my hands so that the rope binding them would be cut. The knife
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"friends" invite them to become a member of a Gang and there can be some intimidation‚ which plays right into their emotional feeling of Weakness. Once they grow up a little‚ emotionally that is‚ many of the former gang members Recognize that it’s not a good idea and they try to leave. At that point‚ some gangs have a "no exit" policy and life gets difficult. It really is unfortunate that so many of them believe in the rhetoric of the gang members. It’s partially a result of the warehousing
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“3...2...1...Snow Fight!” I believe in snow. The small flakes of decorative ice that fall from as big grey sky. As they float down‚ it makes the wheels in my brain turn. As they turn‚ it brings back memories of running and playing in the snow and sledding down a hill that goes on forever. Even the small memories of laughter and cold runny noses. The best memories are after the fun‚ with hot chocolate and mini marshmallows that bob around in the dark liquid. The warm mug thaws my hands as I sit
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Most excitement and fear flow through my body that night. The anticipation of tomorrow was barely suppressed. I struggled to force the anticipation of tomorrow was barely suppressed. I struggled to force mean day aside. I could not afford to be distracted and I needed rest. I still wonder how I was able to sleep at all that night. My thoughts and emotions crashed and claimed around my mind but somehow‚ I slept. I awoke refreshed and full of adrenaline. I wasn’t very hungry but knew I must eat. After
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Long English 111 WC January 29‚2014 My Fight with My Best Friend. This story is about true friendship and getting over the small things… My best friend‚ Crystal‚ is a short 5 foot 4 inch hot head‚ that can be caring‚ but she lets little things bother her‚ just like I do‚ and she gets angry quickly‚ also like me. Maybe that is why we are such good friends‚ we are so much alike. We have been friends for about 7 years now and last year we had the biggest fight where we didn’t speak for months. It seemed
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I woke up to screams. My eyes shot open and I stood right up to see what was going on. The youngest kids were either mindlessly panicking or running away. Then I saw why. The Anti-magic groups found us and attacked while I was sleeping! I saw Katie and Bradley fighting off lots of them. They had amazing teamwork‚ Katie would trip one and as he fell‚ Bradley would hit him in the throat. You could tell just by looking that their magic skills had improved greatly in the years we’d lived together. Katie
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We were at Stringybark Creek looking for the Kelly gang. They were wanted for robbery and much more which was illegal. We were all wearing dark black boots and baggy clothes. The creek smelt like a junk yard! “Kennedy‚ Scanlon!” McIntyre yelled out that we were surrounded and should give up our weapons. What nonsense he was talking about? My buddy and I Scanlon just wanted to find the Kelly gang badly so they won’t hurt anyone else. We had already lost enough lives‚ so we just continued riding
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“Gang violence in America is not a sudden problem. It has been a part of urban life for years‚ offering an aggressive definition and identity to those seeking a place to belong in the chaos of large metropolitan.” Dave Reichert‚ United States Congressman. Street gangs have been around in the United States as far back as 1783. In contrast to today’s modern street gangs‚ many early gangs on the east coast were even multi-ethnic‚ the gangs were compromised of boys from the same neighborhoods (Howell
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The temptation and influence of gang activity is as prominent in females as it is in males. Before exploring the topic of gang delinquency one must first understand what a gang is. Most often‚ definitions of gang membership or affiliation mirror the organization rather than empirical realities of gang membership through self-selection (Huff‚ 1990). At the state level a gang consists of three or more people that share a common and identifying sign‚ symbol‚ or name. Whether individually or collectively
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I found youth gangs to be one of the most interesting topics in this class. Before the discussion in class and reading the chapter I thought I could easily define the word “gang.” I never relied just how broad the term “gang” was. There are many different definitions of what a gang is‚ the first two pages of the chapter is dedicated to explaining the different definitions of a gang. Usually‚ when someone thinks of a gang‚ they would think of big scary men accompanied by symbols‚ territories‚ loyalties
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