dc gangs (Washington: crime, how much, home)

[twinbeach2128]

i live in calvert county just 25 min from dc and was wondering is all the violence in dc gang realated or just regular shootings and could somene name some gangs in dc

[saganista]

All what violence? DC is not Baghdad. In terms of overall crime, it is approximately Lincoln, Nebraska. There is considerably less crime here than in Austin, Texas. As for gangs, some of which exist in just about every urban, suburban, and even rural area, the most notorious is certainly MS-13. There are also Asian gangs of various sorts. How much crime to believe they are actually responsible for is debatable, but it is certainly some...

[Zippy7fo]

All kind of gangs in DC, Bloods, Crips, MS-13, Latin Kings, Republicans, Democrats, Kst Lobbyist. Just depends on what you consider criminal. Most of the crime in DC is drug related or beef related. These people know each other......

[cyko]

what is a regular shooting compared 2 a gang shooting...ms-13 is definitely not the most notorious gang....neighborhoods are the biggest gangs in dc.....some are

sursum cordas
10th n gangsta
trinidad
big bad orleans
barry farms
choppa city
rittenhouse mob
florida park
5th n 0
7th n 0
michigan park crew
riggs park crew
4th n L mob
17th n compton
e street bangaz

[saganista]

Yeah, block crews. Three guys in the 7th grade with a MySpace page. R.I.P. Hol-Roid. Used to be the fourth guy, but he flunked history so his Mom makes him come straight home after school now...

[Raymo853]

Originally Posted by saganista

the most notorious is certainly MS-13.

The MS-13 hype is a bit overblown. Not every five Latin young males hanging out together makes a MS-13 cell like Fox news tells us.

[saganista]

No question. But from what gangs there actually are in the DC area, MS-13 certainly is the most notorious, even if the part of that notoriety that's derived from Fox News is -- like most of the rest of the stuff that they put out -- bogus...

[JennOSU2008]

Originally Posted by Zippy7fo

All kind of gangs in DC, Bloods, Crips, MS-13, Latin Kings, Republicans, Democrats, Kst Lobbyist. Just depends on what you consider criminal. Most of the crime in DC is drug related or beef related. These people know each other......

Hahaha...Republicans and Democrats are gangs, to be sure.

[pvnova]

Originally Posted by saganista

All what violence? DC is not Baghdad. In terms of overall crime, it is approximately Lincoln, Nebraska. There is considerably less crime here than in Austin, Texas.

Washington, DC, 2005:
Murders per 100,000
35.4
City-data.com crime index (higher means more crime, U.S. average = 325.2)
682.5

Auston, TX
Murders per 100,000
3.8 (about 1/10th of DC rate!)
City-data.com crime index (higher means more crime, U.S. average = 325.2)
435.5

Some cheerleading is going on again?

Originally Posted by saganista

There are also Asian gangs of various sorts. How much crime to believe they are actually responsible for is debatable, but it is certainly some...

That would be interesting to know more about that. Who are in those gangs? All 0.7% of DC's Chineese?



+1 to Democrats and Republicans. Dangerous and most violent groups they are.

[saganista]

Originally Posted by pvnova

Some cheerleading is going on again?

Just the facts. Murder and overall crime are two very different things. 2005 overall crimes in Austin TX per 100K of population were 6,502. In DC, the number was 5,979. Which one is lower?

Originally Posted by pvnova

That would be interesting to know more about that. Who are in those gangs? All 0.7% of DC's Chineese?

Surely you are aware that China is not the only country in Asia. Asians were easily the fastest growing demographic group in DC between 2000 and 2005, now comprising about 4% of the population in the city proper. The nearby suburbs are meanwhile at double and triple that.