Street gangs thrive online
p2p news / p2pnet: Sexual predators aren’t the only ones drawn to social networking sites such as Rupert Murdoch’s MySpace.com.
George W. Knox, director of the National Gang Crime Research Center, is quoted by the Associated Press as saying as saying he’s trained “hundreds of police officials” on, “how to cull intelligence on gang membership, rivalries, territory and lingo from these Web pages” and Chicago police arrested a teenager who’d, “allegedly sprayed his gang nickname on a church by tracing the moniker to his Myspace.com account.
“His online profile included his address, photo and real name.”
And earlier this month, “two teens charged with beating a boy into a coma could be tried as adults after prosecutors showed photographs of the two from Myspace.com,” says AP. “In the images, they flashed the hand signs of a local gang.”
Notorious street gangs have gone online, “showcasing illegal exploits, making threats, and honoring killed and jailed members on digital turf,” says AP.
They’re posting potentially incriminating photos of members holding guns, messages taunting other gangs and boasts of illegal exploits on personal Web sites and social networking sites, it states.
And XV3Gang isn’t alone. Crips, Bloods, MS-13 and other gangs are online, says the AP story, going on, “Knox and others fear gangs are using the Internet to recruit new members, who can be influenced by the secret handshakes, clothing and slang of gang cultures.”
Meanwhile, “www.XV3Gang.com is fully copyrighted,” says the 18th Street site.
“Absolutely NO Linking, NO Printing, NO Downloading, NO Copying of any materials found here is permitted. Government and law enforcement employees are forbidden to view any part of these webpages or participate in following links.”
“LAZY NSXV3ST – Your Two Cents… : THERE`S NOTHING SWEETER THAN EGIHTEEN STREETER///SOLO RIFA LA (LA,P,D) LA, PURA, DISIOCHO WORLD WIDE
“EL PINCHE LOKO DEL SPaRkY – Your Two Cents… : QVOLE, CUANDO VA A ESTAR LISTA TU PAGINA ESE? YO SOY DE OAXACA Y RIFO KaLLE DiESi8, AL RATO WWW.GO.TO/18STREET.”
(Thanks Officer Krupke)
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Also See:
Associated Press – Police Nationwide Train In Analyzing Gang Websites, July 6, 2006
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July 7th, 2006 at 2:37 pm
not really surprising is it , most of em cant even count beyond 5 (their iq)
September 5th, 2006 at 2:35 am
sorry to see that stupidity and narrow minded people still continue to censor free speech.
to list all those topics into one article is not only retarded, but short sighted.
and to even think that police are putting even a dent on gangs , well, you all know the truth about that topic.
June 15th, 2007 at 6:55 pm
Every group you can imagine that’s even remotely societally unacceptable is going to be “drawn” to socializing forums. It happens with IRC, IMs, chat rooms, “social networking” sites, web forums, E-mail…no matter what the medium, someone distasteful will end up using it.
Reports like these seem more ridiculous if used in the same context in a different way: “Street gangs, sexual predators, and normal everyday people all use talking to communicate. We need to regulate what kind of people are able to talk to others. Gang members and predators shouldn’t be allowed to use talking to communicate.” It’s the same thing as MySpace, except it’s analog instead of digital, and it even sounds absurd and stupid–because IT IS.