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Gang Members Use 'Community Guns'

Neal Colgrass — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 17:09:19 CST

Radiators, bushes, and wheel wells are popular. Garbage pails, too. All are handy hiding spots for the so-called "community gun" that New York gang members are turning to in times of need. After shooting someone, the New York Times reports, they kindly put it back. Today's economy might explain the...

El Salvador Sees Record in Murders

Matt Cantor — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 15:12:52 CST

Ridden with gang violence, El Salvador saw more murders this year than it has in any year since its civil war ended in 1992, police say. Of the country's 6.1 million people, some 4,308 were murdered in 2011, breaking the 2009 record of 4,223 and marking an...

Insane Clown Posse Fans Are 'Gang Threat': FBI

Matt Cantor — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 16:47:09 CDT

If rappers Insane Clown Posse have a show in your town, lock your windows and bolt your door: Their fans, who call themselves Juggalos, are officially a “gang threat,” according to the FBI. Their inclusion in the 2011 National Gang Threat Assessment apparently puts them in a league with the...

Teen Arrested in Shooting of Hero Brooklyn Mom

Evann Gastaldo — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 08:57:05 CDT

An 18-year-old gang member has confessed to killing a pregnant mom, who died on Friday as she shielded a group of children from bullets, but insisted he “did not mean to shoot the ladies,” sources tell the New York Daily News . In addition to Zurana Horton—who was a mother...

Offensive Ad's Creator to Critics: 'Suck it'

Evann Gastaldo — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 12:18:48 CDT

If you were offended by the Turn Right USA ad featuring machine-gun-toting gangsters ordering a Democratic candidate for Congress to "Give me your cash, bitch, so we can shoot up the streets,” well, tough . Ladd Ehlinger Jr, the conservative filmmaker who created the ad, tells Salon that critics of the...

Is This Most Racist, Sexist Political Ad Ever ?

Mary Papenfuss — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 06:00:00 CDT

The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee is blasting what could be the most stunningly racist, sexist campaign ad in history. The web ad, produced by the ultra conservative Turn Right USA PAC , features machine-gun toting black ganstas ordering "bitch" and "ho" Democratic candidate for Congress Janice Hahn to give them money...

81 Busted in LA Gang Sweep

Rob Quinn — Fri, 29 Apr 2011 02:24:30 CDT

"Slick," Scrappy," "Boner," "Toker," "Fat Boy," and scores of other gangsters have been taken off the streets of the Los Angeles Harbor area after a series of massive raids. More than 1,300 federal and local police officers arrested 81 gangsters after "Operation Pirate Town" targeted the Rancho San Pedro...

Killer Nailed by Tattoo Murder 'Confession'

Rob Quinn — Fri, 22 Apr 2011 02:45:00 CDT

Los Angeles gangster Anthony Garcia would have gotten away with a 2004 murder outside a liquor store if it wasn't for one slip-up: He tattooed a detailed mural of the crime scene across his chest. By chance, a detective who worked on the case saw the tattoo when flipping through...

Another 11-Year-Old Gang Raped

Kevin Spak — Fri, 01 Apr 2011 13:50:05 CDT

Police in Moreno Valley, Calif., have arrested seven teens and one 19-year-old for allegedly gang-raping an 11-year-old girl in a park bathroom. The victim says she was about to get on a bus when a 15-year-old girl asked if she wanted to hang out at a nearby shopping center. The...