I just watched the most interesting documentary video that presented the historical facts about the gangs. It was shameful that most of LAPD police judge black people from their color. It is unacceptable logically. Bad and good people are founded in every race. It seems to me that the police was the reason for establishing these gangs. When people are raised by the violence from the police or the army everywhere not only in the US‚ that will lead many impact to their lives. They will turn to violence
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Freakonomics a Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything was written by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner that study everyday life and they reach conclusions with conventional wisdom. They researched about crack gangs‚ the secrets of the Ku Klux Klan‚ the truth about real estate agents‚ and answering questions like why drug dealers live with their moms‚ and which is more dangerous a gun or a swimming pool? There were several themes in this book such as knowing what to measure and
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Gangs were first fabricated so that poor majorities in the ghetto neighborhoods could defend themselves against police brutality and outsiders. Gangs also known as sets would gain their name from the area that the gang reside in‚ which could be the street number or street name. Gangs are a class of adolescents and young adults whom possess a common identity and are involved in wrongful and criminal behavior. Majority of gang members tend to be young adults‚ however‚ According to recent trends children
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such as plantation or farms. Depending on their master’s ownership‚ the slaves might work along with their master calling it as task labor or largely with other slaves often watched by an overseer refer to as gang labor (Foner 416-417). Southern Louisiana cultivate largely of sugar field‚ gang laborers are always on their feet monitoring the field before it starts to rotten; abuse from an overseer if they’re not working harder enough. Though both labors are extremely exhausting jobs‚ but the task workers
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Gang Violence Case Study In a city where gang violence wreaks havoc and calamity occurs often‚ one neighborhood has the fortunate ability to end gang violence all together. By making the decision to close down a single house among many‚ the city of Sunnyside‚ WA along with its police department‚ have (Courtney)achieved their duty as Act Utilitarian’s. Their actions resulted in substantial consequences that have been shown to maximize the greater good of the entire community. The issue of
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Gangs are very problematic in every society. Gangs are a group of people who believe in the same cause. However‚ every gang has their own different cause. For example‚ majority of gangs wants to make money while others a based upon race. In order for gangs to make money they have to use intimidation‚ violence‚ extortion‚ kidnapping‚ sell drugs and many more illegal activities. Every gang wants to make money. However‚ in order to make money you have to own a territory‚ where you can do these illegal
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More and more teens join gangs to feel that sense of family that might be absent in their life. Most teens tend to lack the attention that they feel that is needed and deserve but don’t always get from the preserved family environment that is seen regularly on television. Therefore causes the teen to feel like the parent is not being given the love and attention that is shown on the television. As these feelings keep getting increasingly worse the teen starts to indulge‚ get involved with illegal
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Insane in the Gucci Gang Gucci Gang Gucci Gang Gucci Gang Gucci Gang Gucci Gang Gucci Gang Gucci Gang. Gets annoying right? Of course it is‚ just like many modern songs‚ especially Gucci Gang. My biggest pet peeve is modern music. Many things factor into this. They all follow the same cookie cutter formula‚ starting with an annoying into‚ into the chorus. The chorus is usually followed by a girl singing the second paragraph of lyrics‚ and then the chorus plays. That is the followed by the final paragraph
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Productive or Destructive As far as we know‚ there are more than a half-a-million criminally active street gang members in the U.S. today. There are many different gangs; some are street gangs‚ prison gangs‚ motorcycle gangs‚ and so forth. But‚ right now‚ I am pointing specifically at street gangs. Street gangs have changed my life growing up from a child to adult. “Gang violence” and “social disorder” seems to go hand-in-hand or is synonymous in the United States. They have spread across the country
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The Outlaws MC: “God forgives‚ Outlaws Don’t” is the motto for one of America’s oldest and more notorious biker clubs‚ the Outlaws. The gang began it root in Matilda’s Bar on Route 66 in McCook‚ ILL in 1935. Since the start of the club chapters or local gang have spread widely across the United Stated and have established themselves in other countries such as Australia‚ Europe and South America. History: The Outlaws first began in 1935 prior to World War Two in McCook‚ Illinois just outside
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