The case against street gangs 12 Articles

by Keith Bailey

Twenty years ago this month, Karen Toshima's life was snuffed out when two rival South Los Angeles gangs exchanged gunfire in the upscale entertainment district of Westwood. One of the errant bullets struck Toshima in the ...read more

by Ray Marr

On Gangs: Is there a point? Does it make sense to shorten your life? To risk physical harm for a color whether Red or Blue? Is it about a family on the lack of one with your birth parents? So many questions, in the ...read more

by Matthew Soo

In some of the pictures, Ernie Williams is shown as a smiling baby or a thin five year old or a handsome young man embracing his friends as they graduated from junior high school. There would be no pictures of Ernie gradu...read more

by Samuel Lacks

The biggest problem gangs cause is that they make claim to territory. Do you know that park where your children might play? well, its Gangsta territory now, biatch. "Territory for what?" i here you rightly ask, and the ...read more

by Marlena Needham

According to the Department of Justice's 2005 National Gang Threat Assessment, there are at least 21,500 gangs across the United States and more than 731,000 members are currently active. The problem is that these statisti...read more

by John Christopher Holland

Do we really need to make a case against street gangs? I just cannot help but think about the way in which our boys and young men wear their pants now. You know, around their thighs. This actually began with the arrest ...read more

by Ted Sherman

The immediate knee-jerk reaction to the title is that there's absolutely no question that street gangs are nothing but evil incarnate. When a group of adolescents form for the purposes of terrorizing their neighbors, servi...read more

by Dante Ghi

As the war in Iraq rages on, we are bombarded with reports of insurgents attacking our forces. Weekly, there are reports of attacks in Israel, Afghanistan, and numerous other locations around the globe. Not since September...read more

by Themis Libra

There are many cons against being in a gang simply because 1. Most gang members have a criminal record and 2. They tend to be violent. Being in a street gang is definitely not a light topic to speak about - there are g...read more

by Melissa White

Are you a gangster? You may be and don't even know it. The gangster rap fashion is baggy pants, larger then needed shirt, gold or silver chain around the neck, a flat bill turned sideways hat and maybe a grill (fake shiny ...read more

by Cary Ballas

Hey there. My name's Byron. I was brought up on the streets. My mom was hooked on drugs, And basically, she was beat. So at age ten, I was out and on my own. Not a penny to my name, And feeling pretty alone. Sp...read more

by Dodger Riley

Living in Charlotte, it seems that no neighborhood is immune to the wrath of the street gangs. Things will finally calm down and then as soon as a member gets out of jail it starts all over again. Drive-by shootings are on...read more