This from ABC, one million gang members nationwide and it seems like the authorities have yet to find a meaningful solution.

One striking thing is the success of Christian programs particularly those involving ex Gs but it’s a little too politically sensitive to flag wave a Christian solution to the problem while there’s so much money to be made from grants and many of these organizations have a vested interest in the continuance and growth of gangs as it provides their income. So while that’s the case we can look forward to another article in the near future telling us there are 2 million members.

Gangs Blamed for 80 Percent of US Crimes
ABC News – USA
By JASON RYAN As many as 1 million gang members are believed responsible for as much as 80 percent of crime in America — and the gangs are spreading across …

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Updated January 25th, 2009

New Gang related articles on the site this week

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• Girls and Gangs Beaten Blind
• Gang Positive Tip Become a drug and alcholo counselor.
• Gang Articles Darkness by King Kato
• Gang G Spot the Hip Hop Mindset by Mike Ramey

Remembering…

• Gangs RIP. Remembering those lost to street gangs. 4,153 names have been added since we started.
  This week we remember…Remembering: Big Charles, Demetrus, and Recco, rafael aka Vagre from 831, BLUE, TRON, FEW BABY AKA MOON, projekt, a-wack, og stonet, hamster, lil-bird, tim, mike lok, s-bear1&2, kleptoe dee, sticks, ZION, albert aka lil shorty”.

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This from Donnie Sebreros over at gangtalkchannel.com:

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This from the UK where gang violence is escalating:

Schoolchildren are wearing stab-proof vests in class because they fear knife attacks, a report has revealed. The study of gang violence also found that some pupils bring weapons into school and hide them in the grounds in case they need to defend themselves.

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Hillsboro Argus – OregonLive.com – Hillsboro,OR,USA
by Maxine Bernstein; The Oregonian Brent Wojahn, The Oregonian

After standing vigil at three recent gang-related funerals, longtime gang outreach worker John Canda spent 3 1/2 hours today standing at a busy corner of Northeast Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. and Killingsworth Street, carrying a large sign around his neck to get people to think about what’s needed to help stem gang violence.

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The site was recently contacted by someone in South Africa talking about the gang activity there.

“There are the live gang shootouts that happen in their suburbs in broad daylights. At one time we would hear almost everyday of little kids being killed in crossfire. These gangs have absolutely no respect for even little kids. They just go on rampages no matter what happens. I know that currently there is a gang problem that is beyond boiling point in one of our Cape Flat suburbs (SA colloquial term for the lower income areas to which people were forced to move to in Apartheid days). I have not heard more of it but I know it is a situation that needs alot of prayers. I used to live in the suburbs and many nights we would hear gunshots going off in the more gang infested areas.”

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This article from Portland outlining the rise in gang violence there in the last year.

Gang violence rising?
Gresham Outlook – Gresham,OR,USA
By Mara Stine Gresham’s New Year’s Eve double homicide could be a ripple effect of Portland’s record-breaking year for gang violence. …

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• Gang Articles Wannabes, Truth an anonymous posting and a nuthah painfull secret by myriikal
• Girls and Gangs Hard Day by Dana, How Can I Hold On? by the Kryz, and To all those young girls out there by babygirl_rodriguez18
• Live and Learn Me and My Brother by Lady STunn, Living in a Nightmare by OG Re and ADVICE FROM A REAL O.G. by O.G. Bat
• Gang Articles He’s A Taker by Craig Fletcher a.k.a. G Fletch, ESP, and Both sides lose by C Bob
• Gang Nicknames – Some OGs and their gang nicknames
• Gangs Art and Life – Check out work by the Airbrushas
• Gang G Spot the Hip Hop Mindset by Mike Ramey

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