This section's use of red links may not follow Wikipedia's guidelines. There are currently at least 70 active Chicago street gangs, with 747 sets that have been identified. Each individual gang is divided into sets which are territories spanning blocks or neighborhoods that may be divided further into subsets. Street gangs that do not retain any semblance of traditional nations or war crews are known simply as cliques. They do not identify as nations though they will engage in traditional gang activity and may conflict with nations as well as other crews. Street gangs that are independent of Folks and People but retain similar identifiers and symbolism as well as maintain a hierarchical structure in membership are known as war crews. There are nations that are independent of both the Folks and People Nations, such as the Black Soul Nation. The Folks Nation has most gangs divided into various sub-factions, the majority of which are a part of an alliance called Latin Folks which are further divided into groups called Familias. The People Nation has most, if not all gangs under the "Almighty" moniker. Most traditional Chicago street gangs, known as nations, fall under two main factions, called the People Nation and the Folks Nation. Policing strategy įormer Mayor Rahm Emanuel disbanded the Chicago Police Department's anti-gang unit in 2012 in order to focus on beat patrols, which he said would have a more long-term solution to violence than anti-gang units. The grandfather was a gang member, the father's a gang member, and the kid right now is going to be a gang member". The gangs here are traditional gangs that are generational, if you will. Lack of opportunity and economic oppression especially in the form of redlining by Chicago's city hall and banks has forced working class citizens to turn to the sale of illicit drugs for income.įormer Chicago Police Superintendent, Garry McCarthy, blames Chicago's gang culture for its high rates of homicide and other violent crime, stating "It's very frustrating to know that it's like 7% of the population causes 80% of the violent crime. In July 2021, federal agents participating in Operation Legend arrested 27 Black Disciples gang members associated with drugs and gun violations in the Englewood neighborhood on the South Side of Chicago. Hispanic-on-Hispanic homicides increased in the summer of 1971 due to the Latin Kings gang election meetings.
In the early 1900s, before the establishment of the Chicago Fire Department, decentralized, localized fire brigades were common throughout the city and would often fight with each other as well as amongst themselves.Īl Capone founded the Chicago Outfit on the South Side in 1910.
The first gangs in Chicago were loosely organized groups of immigrant youth in the late 1800s.
0 kommentar(er)
