In the insane chicago way, criminologist john hagedorn discovers an. Of 122 suburban police departments that responded to a chicago crime commission survey, 80 said gangs were in their communities. They are responsible for probably one of the most tragic events in chicago history. Gangs anonymous is a program run in conjunction with crossfire that addresses the addiction of gang life through a unique recovery program. The maniac latin disciples, the largest spanish folks gang. The purpose of this book is to provide a balanced survey of the available literature and resources on gangs. Historian mervin mendez explains the origins of the first puerto rican gangs in chicago, and relates the history of one of them, the young lords organization.
Thus, when larry hoover, the leader of the gds, formed the folks alliance. Since the ratification of the lk constitution in the 70s, latin kings vote for their local leaders, effective july 1st of every of year. The gangster disciples are said to be at least 40,000 strong in numbers and continue to. The two groups merged in the 1960s to form a new gang alliance called the black. Maniac latin disciples are the largest hispanic gang in the folk nation alliance. Some of the most powerful gangs in the world are capable of influencing the political climate. Asian youth gangs, many of whose members arrived in the united states in the 1970s and 1980s, have joined the spectrum of street gangs in chicago. Crime commission book lists worst of the worst in chicago gangs. The latin kings and many other latino gangs have their roots in the puerto rican experience in chicago. There is a gang called gangster disciples, what is lit and. In the year 1978, spanish cobras and latin disciples united with imperial gangsters and latin eagles, now the new term was united latino organization or ulo and the ylo term would then be used for the young members or futures that wanted to join the cobras or disciples. Mar 04, 2017 like most major gangs, gangster disciples use a welldefined system of symbols to communicate alliances and rivalries. They are one of the original and strongest gangs in the folks.
Maniac latin disciples gang history chicago gang world blog. In order to tell the story of the largest mob in chicagos history i must intertwine both the history of the gangsters and the history of the disciples to bring about the correct understand. Gangland explored the history of some of americas more notorious gangs. Fortyeight alleged members of gangster disciples indicted. The black gangster disciples began as the devils disciples in the 1950s in englewood. Originally known as the latin disciples, the gang was founded by albert hitler hernandez in the humboldt park community in approximately 1966 they are one of the original and strongest gangs in the folks nation. Ron gorny crossfire willow creek community church chicago 773. The gang is most active in the great lakes and southwest region of the unites states latin kings chicago gang also known as almighty latin king nation, commonly reffered to as latin kings has over 160 gangs with 20,00035,000 members consist of mexican american or. Latin kings, latinos in chicago gangs, chicago, research.
The state is only 190 miles east to west and 110 miles north to south at its widest points. Jun 30, 2006 great rundown on chicago gangs, including their corresponding graffiti, colors, symbols, alliances, and favored crimes. In this interview with ralph cintron and erika rodriguez for, cha cha jimenez discusses the ylp history. The maniac latin disciples allegedly started out in the 1960s as a baseball team and later as a gang at. Maniac latin disciples profile from chicago gang book.
They are the leader of the maniac folks, which includes them, maniac campbell boys, young latin organization disciples and used to. David barksdale became the leader of bgdn and hoover became his second in command. This trend is explored in the chicago crime commission gang book, which also. Two things i would like to see in the next edition. Volume one from the original chicago street gang research website, compliments of chicagohoodz is a rare, private collection of gang business cards, photos, and ephemera. That last gang book, which is used as a guide for regional police. These kids were very young and in grammar school or junior high age at the oldest. Notorious were the outlaws led by jesse james and his brother, the sydney ducks of san francisco active in the 1850s, and the hudson dusters of turnofthecentury new york. The gangster disciples, one of the nations most notorious street gangs, has conducted its operations from chicagos south side since the 1970s. Maniac latin disciples gang leader charged in chicago.
Dec 16, 2015 the untold history of local latino gangs in the insane chicago way, criminologist john hagedorn discovers an intricate tale of violence, mafia influence, and police corruption. Maniac latin disciples, originated in chicago in the late 1960s. David barksdale was the most important leader of the devils disciples and after his death, shorty freeman would run the black disciples. The gangs with the largest presence in suburbia are the latin kings, gangster disciples, surenos, maniac latin disciples and vice lords. Maniac latin disciples is the largest hispanic gang. Logan square a gang war between the maniac latin disciples and the spanish cobras is to.
Bwp gangs include latin kings, maniac latin disciples. The book deciphers the intricate and arcane visual language and graphic design of chicago s gangs, drawing upon decades of embedded journalism, interviews, documentation. Some organizations have tens of thousands of members, have been around for generations, have constitutions which mirror municipal codebooks, and conduct criminal activity worldwide. Maniac latin disciples gang history chicago youtube. List of books and articles about gangs online research. But lawrence and kedzie represents the entire albany park neighborhood, so 120 is not nearly a lot per neighborhood as compared to a thousand in little village. Garry mccarthy has declared war on bucios gang, the maniac latin disciples. More than half are in three gangs the gangster disciples, latin. Check out the new look and enjoy easier access to your favorite features. The black gangster disciple nation was formed on the southside of chicago in the late 1960s, by david barksdale, leader of the gonzanto disciples, and larry hoover, leader of the supreme disciples. The maniac latin disciples mld are the second largest latino street gang in chicago and the largest latino gang in the folks alliance.
Gangland was a television series that aired on the history channel. Maniac latin disciples criminal justice solutions, ham. Territory, humboldt park chicago, cicero il, east moline il, moline il, rock island. Insane gangster disciples is a gang found mainly in chicago, its a faction of the gangster disciplesinsane gangster disciples use their own laws, and forego all alliances of the gangster disciples such as the folk nation alliance. There are countless books on the topic of gangs, hip hop, prisons, and the ghetto, but streetgangs. Can shooting hoops keep gang members from shooting each other. The spanish gangster disciples concept originated in the year of 1974. The latin disciples then launched a full scale war on the latin kings led by their new leader prince diablo. In the 1990s, chicago gang members traveled as far afield as north dakota in order to sell drugs, often in partnership with their chicago rivals. First a map with an overlay of where the gangs main areas of operation are covering both the city and suburbs.
Out of respect for hitler the title king died along with hernandez and at that point forward the new title would be prince, and prince diablo was the first to carry this title until the late 1970s. Insane gangster disciples code name cobra solomon created igd after davids death. The gang was founded by rudy rios, who was a former member of the latin scorpions maniac latin disciples street gang. The two groups united to form the black gangster disciple nation bgdn. Structure and hierarchy of street gangs when dealing with street gangs one must remember that not all gangs are tightly structured and have one leader. It was formed by the leader of supreme gangsters, larry hoover, and the leader of the black disciples, david barksdale. The latin kings, gangster disciples, surenos, maniac latin. The phrase smile now, cry later refers to a kind of street philosophy that speaks to the underlying idea that a gangbanger should enjoy the gangster lifestyle of women, drugs, money, and power now, while he can, because the other shoe will drop soon enough and it will be time to cry in jail or in the grave. A gang leader with a criminal record stretching back nearly a decade was charged monday in connection with orchestrating the fatal shooting of a 2yearold boy in chicago earlier this month. A highranking gang members prison release led to a series of shootings, police said.
Jul 19, 2014 to a lot of people, gangs are considered the scum of the earth. They were the forerunners of the concept of changing street gangs into organizations. Notorious were the outlaws led by jesse james and his brother, the sydney ducks of san francisco active in the 1850s, and the hudson dusters of turnofthecentury new york city. Chicago gangs have their own constitutions and symbols. Second, a link chart showing how these gangs evolved over time. The untold history of local latino gangs chicago reader. Housewife who made the mafia an offer they just could not refuse index.
Aug 29, 2006 the gangster disciples, headed by larry hoover, are one of the largest african american street gangs in the united states. A look at todays chicago gangs and how theyve changed. Whyte, 1955 continued to employ this perspective, examining the way in which individuals were socialized into the subculture of the group, the nature of the value system which this. In 1978, the latin disciples joined the folk nation, a much larger alliance created by larry hoover in an attempt to reduce violence among black gangs in south chicago. The maniac latin disciples mld are the second largest latino street gang in. The satans disciples have, particularly in chicago s south, southwest, and near west side neighborhoods, since their formation been bitter rivals and enemies of the latin kings. May 04, 2016 fortyeight alleged members of the violent gangster disciples gang including the top leaders in tennessee and georgia have been charged in two indictments and accused of conspiring to participate in a racketeering enterprise that included multiple murders, attempted murder and drug crimes. The gang is composed of at least 10 structured and unstructured factions with an estimated 1,500 to 2,000 members and associate members. In chicago, the gangster disciples have a long and bitter rivalry with the black disciples. Now its the hispanics with gangs like the latin kings, the sin city boys and maniac latin disciples who have the upper hand. The suntimes reported in february that the gang had between 300 and 500 members in the city. This is the official facebook page for the original website chicagohoodz. These niggas are straight crazy and used to be deep in humboldt park, logan square, bucktown, waukegan, elgin, rockford, aurora and other states besides il. The most popular website dedicated to books on urban culture welcome to street gangs book club, a centralized place to gain information on books that discuss urban culture, specifically gangs.
More often than not, these gangs come together to commit illegal acts. The two groups merged in the 1960s to form a new gang alliance called the black gangster disciple nation bgdn. Maniac latin disciples news newspapers books scholar. The maniac latin disciple early history is indeed fascinating as they have deep ties to the gangster disciples and black disciples that date far back in time.
The chicago crime commission has released its latest book of street gangs. The maniac latin disciples mld came into existence around 1966, when the gangs founder albert hernandez started moving to recruit people from the latin scorpions, a local baseball team playing in the humboldt park neighborhood of chicago, illinois. The black gangster disciples, often abbreviated bgdn gds, is a gang from the southside of chicago that was created in the 1960s. Topics addressed include the history of gangs, the types of youth who join gangs and why they join, where gangs are found, what distinguishes a gang from any other group of youngsters, how law enforcement and other intervention programs are dealing with gangs, what states and cities are.
When you join a gang, you have to be part of a sect, and you can only be in 1 set at a time. Gangster disciples article archives chicago reader. Originally formed on the south side of chicago, they still have a wide presence there, and in other midwestern cities like milwaukee, minneapolis and detroit. This system is a combination of symbols that represent the gangster disciple nation or the folk nation as a whole and symbols that rivals use to represent their organization, typically inverted to show disrespect. Crips officially representing the folks nation alliance started with a ceasefirehood share agreement between crips and gangster disciples that originated in san diego california in 1991 called the 8 ball. Originally known as the latin disciples, the gang was founded by albert hitler hernandez in the humboldt park community in approximately 1966. Gang war to blame for string of shootings in hermosa and west. Hinton, perfect chemistry by simone elkeles, the hate u give by angie thomas, rules of attraction by simone. To gather info and intelligence on not only the other organizations but also different sets of the folk nation. Fortyeight alleged members of gangster disciples indicted on.
The latin disciples were the first latino gang to join the group. The story begins in the year 1966, the same year several african american street gangs united under the black disciple umbrella on. The first sociological work on gangs was influenced by the interactionist perspective developed by the chicago school. A special big thanks to theghostinthemachine for all your help. Thus, when larry hoover, the leader of the gds, formed the folks alliance gang system, the satans disciples readily joined in. In the years 1963 and 1964, two southside street gangs started to take a form that would eventually evolve into two of the most powerful street organizations in chicago. They hadhave an estimated amount of 10,00030,000 members dispersed all over the city of chicago. Maniac latin disciples gang leader charged in chicago shooting.
The satans disciples have, particularly in chicagos south, southwest, and near west side neighborhoods, since their formation been bitter rivals and enemies of the latin kings. A gang is a group of individuals who claim a certain territory as theirs. The untold history of local latino gangs lit feature chicago reader. Black gangster disciples gangs, chicago, research not. Nov 01, 2012 the maniac latin disciples dont have the kind of membership the latin kings do. I was surprised to see the stats on latin kings i always thought they made a stronger showing, but in comparison to gangster disciples or vice lords, they are smalltime. Aug 02, 2016 little village has 1,000 latin kings, divided into 22 sets back in 2008, averaged 45 per set. A gang leader with a criminal record stretching back nearly a decade was charged monday in connection with orchestrating the fatal shooting. When englewood gang members convene for a week in august to compete in the battle of the.
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