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Early street gangs
Broadway boys street gang as created right after revolutionary war -
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Hispanic gangs begin
Many Mexican gangs began to form along the west. The infamous Latin kings gang is created in Chicago -
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African American gangs
Gangs such as Crips and bloods are starting to form in Los Angeles during the civil rights movement. Many more form towards the 90s as the cocaine epidemic rise aswell as riots begin to form. -
Ms-13
The infamous Salvadoran gang MS-13 is creates -
Gang members is at a all time high
By 2008 there are now over 17,000 gang members in the northeast. -
Gang costs
Gang violence costs the US over 100 million dollars in 2023