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Originally Posted by Denlogy
Baltimore is notorious for head shots. They shoot to kill there unlike Boston that has a weak gangster scene that just fire shots and occasionally someone dies
I cant find the article im on my phone driving but i read somewhere that like 80% of Baltimore shooting deaths are head shots they even touched on that on the show The Wire as well
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I worked with the Gang Unit in Boston as community liaison-type via 501c3 for two summers. In Boston, there is a lot of pressure within and amongst gangs to keep the "Ra Ra" down and there is a lot of give and take with the police and negotiating. Theyre sort of allowed to deal and do as they please so long as theres no bodies on the ground. Thats just what Ive heard and seen from Sargent and Lieutenants as well as the local reverends up there. From what I have seen drug dealers and gangs in Boston get
alot more money because there is less unexpected interruption and much less competition. They have assets and cash thats pretty flush compared to some of the skinny yo's I see on the corner 13 hours a day in Baltimore. But im sure Baltimore moneyed folks are out there in NW and Western Bmore County. I just dont see many young boys doing well.
I dont think the lethal gangsterism really pays and its a symptom of a broken street economy.
Bostons Largest gang:
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...n-charges.html
"The arrests mean 'the Columbia Point Dawgs leadership was effectively dismantled and removed from the community,' Ortiz said.
The investigation has resulted in the seizure of, among other things: 31 firearms; multiple boxes of ammunition; heroin, cocaine, crack cocaine, oxycodone pills, and marijuana, as well as drug trafficking paraphernalia;
15 vehicles, including a Maserati, a Mercedes Benz, and an Audi; and $1.5 million in cash.
Over 500 federal, state, and local law enforcement took part in the operation dubbed Operation Rising Tide."
Aside from the CPD Other Gangs we discussed or are memorable to me
IVP (Intervale Posse)
OPB (Orchard Park Blazers)- the inspiration for the movie In Too Deep
RSO (Real Strong Organization)-Affiliated with CPD (Columbia Point Dawgz)/Benzinos old crew
FNV (Fruits N Vegetables)-a defunct mixed race sang from suburban Boston
TAG (Talbot Ave Grizzlies)-Youth Gang
TNM (The New Movement)- Very young youth gang
HSF (High Society Fam)-Gang of Boston youths from all over the city who dealt with primarily suburban consumers
YBA (Young Black Affiliates)
HBR (H-Block Raiders) One of Bostons most violent gangs
https://www.universalhub.com/2013/h-...-war-goes-back
LSD(Lucerne Street Doggz)-Largely defunct was a gang with 80% trained shooters
LSP (Lime Street Posse)-fictional gang depicted in movie 'Squeeze'
CBC (Corbet Street Crew)
SJS (Saint Josephs Saints)
Warren Gardens (feuds with SJS)
Lenox Street Boys
Wood Ave Eagles
Acdemy homes
Bromley Heath
BBMG (BackBlock Money Gang)
The Black Guerilla Family's presence in Baltimore creates a militarized drug scene complete with lowly soldiers (sacrificial lambs), civilian casualties and large warring factions.
In Boston its more of a family affair complete with actual families, and violent family quarrels and rivalries. There are 160 small largely nonviolent gangs in the city but only 80 are considered dangerous and only 30 are active. With fewer driving the gang violence. The definition is very loose
https://www.baystatebanner.com/2019/...ngs-in-boston/
"DaRosa, who is making his second run for an at-large city council seat, thinks the Boston Police Department’s Youth Violence Strike Force, commonly referred to as the gang unit, uses too broad a definition of what a gang is. The BPD’s gang database lists more than 5,300 people either active or inactive in 160 gangs, 100 of which are active. Information on the database obtained by the ACLU of Massachusetts suggests Boston police may have an overly expansive definition of what a gang is and who’s in a gang."
“A group of three or more individuals, whether formal or informal, who has a common name or common identifying signs or colors or symbols or frequent a specific area or location and may claim it as their territory and has members or associates who, individually or collectively engage or have engaged in criminal activity which may involve incidents of targeting rival gang members and/or being targeted by rival gangs.”
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