Gangs in Cincinnati (town, drugs, street)

[wilson1010]

There was some kid's funeral across the street from my office and one group of about 30 all dressed in red congregated on one corner and about the same number of folks all dressed in blue all stood right in front of the church. About ten girls all dress in blue showed up. No one was smiling, but I think they all looked cute in their little colors. Admittedly, I did not wait around to see if everyone got along well. My building was built in 1863 and the walls are not excatly what you would choose for stopping bullets.

[Hartwell Girl]

Originally Posted by drummasta

Some symbols to look out for is (for the Bloods) the color red, whether worn head to toe or just a bandana is a sign for the bloods. The same goes for the Crips only their color is blue.

Any wanna be teen can wear those colors....when I think of Gangs, I think of organized gangs, those are the people I would be afraid of, NOT the punks who stand on the corners THINKING they are a bad -ss ocassionally selling weed or stealing something from a local store as a way to get into a neighborhood gang.

[JakChe]

Simply put these so called gangs that some ppl are deathly afraid of n Cincinnati are not really gangs. Jus petty thieves, wannabes, and jobless males who think sellin nickel, dime and qtr bags are somehow gonna make em rich.

[WeSoHood]

Originally Posted by Hartwell Girl

Any wanna be teen can wear those colors....when I think of Gangs, I think of organized gangs, those are the people I would be afraid of, NOT the punks who stand on the corners THINKING they are a bad -ss ocassionally selling weed or stealing something from a local store as a way to get into a neighborhood gang.

Growing up in the inner city.. it's the wannabe's and teenagers who will shoot you more than not over nothing. Gangs in Cleveland are typically neighborhood/streets/projects related... They may not be the gangs in the typically sense, but they are certainly dangerous or Cleveland wouldn't be ranked #10 in crime. IMO, it's the teen wannabe's who have street cred to prove and will shoot unprovoked. Just yesterday in Cleveland three 16 year olds were shot in separate incidents. I've known 'real' gang members when living in different part of the nation and they aren't more inherently dangerous then anywhere else. If that were the case Los Angeles would be the most dangerous city in the US.

/thread.

[lover girl 513]

you all might think their are no gangs in nati but i know first hand that ther is i was part of one when i was younger but not not they stay under ground so the wont get in to it wit cops they are known as the regulators

[Cincy-Rise]

REGULATORRRRSSS!!! Mount up!!

[CincyExpert]

I didn't know the East Side Long Beach influence spread this far.

[lover girl 513]

what do you mean not for long cincinnati has never been safe

[wilson1010]

Cincinnati is extremely safe. the crime here is quite isolated. And, if you don't go walking around OTR at night trying to buy drugs or sex, and you don't go to Price Hill to show off your 24" rims at the UDF.

[lover girl 513]

yea i thout the same. i cant tell you much becuse my life might be stake but i can keep you up to date with what is going on with them i have lived in nati sence i was 4 we moved here from frankfort ky i never new i would be in a gang but when i got in to the gang i was only a teen so i did not know what i whas geting in to but even now i still have contacts to them