The gang lifestyle is not worth it
I come from
Southern California which is undoubtedly the gang capital of the world. There are over
150,000 gang members in So Cal alone, an absolutely staggering number. Unfortunately, Los
Angeles is a shining example of what happens when the problem of gangs is not dealt with
in a proper and effective manner. I believe many experts including police officers truly
believe that the gangs control Los Angeles and that there is nothing that can be done to
stop it. Gangs know no racial, economic, or social barriers. Don’t believe that the Nazi
Lowriders are any worse than the Crips or other minority gangs; they are all criminal
enterprises that victimize innocent lives. Kids who join or want to join gangs are fed
romantic notions about the gangster lifestyle. When you combine this with a natural
tendency for young men to be “machismo” with all of their hormones pumping, it
doesn’t take much for impressionable young people to buy into this “glamorous”
lifestyle. And that is exactly what the gang veterans and leaders want. After all, without
fresh blood the gangs would wither and cease to exist. I truly believe many young people
who join gangs have no idea what this ‘lifestyle’ is all about. They have no idea what
spending time in state/federal prison is like. Your “homies” in prison could
very well end up killing you for the smallest of reasons. You could be raped or shanked
without warning. You may be ordered to kill another inmate and if you hesitate, YOU will
be killed. I saw a documentary about gangs a while ago, and they interviewed this one
inmate. He said that you MUST do whatever the shot callers tell you to, and if that means
hiding a knife in your rectum until you can use it to stab an enemy, so be it. Is that
what you want to do with the rest of your life, always worrying if you’ll live to see the
next day and knowing that you may never do things that many of us take for granted? Things
like waking up and walking out the door, going to McDonald’s, taking your girlfriend/wife
to the movies? Sad
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