Gang Member’s Guide to joy in poverty

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What are the top 10 gang affiliated hats? This from Complex.com

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This from Brother Doulos…

•More than half of all black men in the nation’s inner cities drop out of high school.
•More than 70 percent of black male high school dropouts in their 20s were out of work in 2004.
•By their mid-30s, 60 percent of high school dropouts have served time in jail.
The scholars cite many reasons for this deterioration. Primary among them are bad schools, absent parents, racism, structural changes in the economy and a subculture that glorifies gangsterism.

We can really apply this to most racial or socio-economical back ground, Satan is targeting our men cause they are the Leader of families.

We need you to get the Word out:

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This from Bro Mike…

Over the course of my writings, a few brave souls have asked where I hang my keyboard. Well, I reside in a quaint little burg known as Indianapolis, Indiana. We have the Super Bowl scheduled to arrive here in about 18 months or so.

Things in my home city have been getting quite interesting lately.

Around the beginning of summer, we had a 15 year-old boy try to ‘insert’ himself into an arrest attempt by our local police department. When one–regardless of their age–attempts to stick their noses into an arrest situation and fancy themselves to be a ‘street corner lawyer’, they may get some bumps and bruises–or worse–from the police.

The teen–got schooled.

Now, the official term is ‘resisting arrest’. The unofficial term is curbside justice. No, the teen didn’t deserve to get the lumps and bruises he got. Furthermore, in record time, out of the group of officers involved, the department recommended that one be fired and one be reprimanded. The investigation findings would also be turned over to the U. S. Attorney’s Office in our district for further review.

The cops–got schooled.

No charges were filed against the teen.

THE DRAMA EXPANDS AND CONTINUES:

A few weeks went by. Soon, it became time for the 40th annual Indiana Black Expo Summer Celebration. Rev. Al Sharpton came in for the kickoff church service. He spoke out about the assault on the 15 year-old (who was in the crowd and on camera by the way). But, Sharpton noted that, while the community should take a stand against ‘police brutality’ whenever it happens, it should also take a stand against the ‘thug’ element in our communities. An element–I must sadly admit–becoming more and more emboldened each and every time some soft-headed preacher or self-appointed ‘retread’ community leader decides that the realities of life are ‘not fair’ to an individual who decides that they are above the laws which govern the rest of us, regardless of race.

Well, a few days after Sharpton spoke, there was a march around police headquarters in downtown Indianapolis. The 15 year-old was there, still unrepentant. So were members of the local, socially-active cadre of churches. Media reports counted about 300 individuals involved in the march. The marchers demanded all of the cops that were involved in the ‘brutality’ incident to be fired.

Later during the same week, it was revealed by the police that various teenagers in the community were ‘taunting’ the cops to treat them the same way that the 15 year-old was treated. He got off–and the rest of the teen thug element thought that they could ‘cash in’ and take their chances in getting off too!

DOWNTOWN THUGGERY AND HEROIC COPS:

The weekend of July 17th saw the annual Black Expo downtown event which was aimed at the teens of our city. There were more than 350 police officers on duty in the downtown area as night fell. The teens were having a good time, and all was going well. Until another teen–allegedly gang-associated–decided the time was right for either a gang initiation or some gang-oriented payback by shooting into crowds of teens in at least two areas of the downtown. When the smoke cleared, nine children were shot, including a ten year-old boy. Another alleged unknown shooter was responsible for the wounding of another teen in another location our downtown.

The marching social preachers and self-appointed leaders–got schooled.

Our Indianapolis cops were true heroes that July night. Not only did they keep the shooting count from going higher, several risked their lives to protect teens caught in the line of fire. Further, within 48 hours after the shootings, police had a suspect in custody.

It turned out to be a 17 year-old Black teen–with a lengthy juvenile record.

After the bullets flew and the ambulances ran, there was plenty of finger pointing, press conferencing and a big sense of denial over the gang problems that have been going on in our city for a number of months.

The City of Indianapolis & Indiana Black Expo–got schooled.

A MATTER OF ‘THE CLIQUE’ OVER ‘THE REAL DEAL PEOPLE’:

Whenever an incident of tragedy happens in a community, whether it’s a ‘Columbine’ or a ‘Katrina’, there are those who are outside of the ‘meet-eat & greet cliques’ who usually spot trouble before it happens and sound an alarm. Many of these individuals have faith in God, believe in the Bible and the real Christian church.

I call these folk: ‘The Real Deal People’.

When the going gets tough, and trouble is brewing, these are the people who are the straight talk and upright living folk that you WANT to have on board with you.

Then, you have ‘the clique’. Be they political, educational, racial, or religious–they give the guise of attempting to ‘work’ with ‘all’ and ‘receiving’ advice. However, when the cameras are shut down and the microphones taken away, the clique will continue to uphold their ‘status quo agenda’–even if bodies are the end result of their willful ignorance. Yes…even in the African-American community, among ‘our folk’.

My column began with a Black teen who didn’t receive the right home training in how to talk to those in authority (the police) and my column ends with another Black teen not receiving the right home training to NOT pack a gun and fire into a crowd (of fellow teens) in public to ‘rep’ his gang.

One has two choices when schooling happens. The first: learn the lesson and change. The second: continue in ignorance until the next time of tragedy, harm and death. Brothers, I trust that your home city has learned the first choice. In my neck of the woods, the second choice appears to be winning the day: meet, march, eat and greet–to our own defeat.

RAMEY is the Pastor of The Forward Church, Indianapolis, Indiana. THE MANHOOD LINE appears on fine websites and gracious blogs around the world. To correspond, email manhoodline@yahoo.com. © 2010 Mike Ramey/Barnstorm Communications.

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Continuing our look at gangs around the world. This video looks at gangs in London.

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Hey i am 17 and i have been in gangs since i was 12 and its not a great life once your in your in and the only way out is to get beat out and its not like a high school fight, it will put you either in hospital, paralyzed or even dead.

i have been a sureno 13 from seattle washington for 5 years plus and i dont plan to get out soon, but heres my advice for those who want to join DON’T DO IT!!! and for those who just joined get out quickly i have 3 of those 5 years in jail and half a year in prison its not worth it, it has wrecked not only me but also my family who had no part in any of it…

thank you for reading this and i hope you make the right choice with your life.”

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This from one of our originals Jey…

flames lick my eyes wide, pupils on blast,
head in the clouds, ride flows on gold wax,
kick rhymes for the G’s, til the days get dark,
an cascade like the clean ****, that raise these charts,

my hearts in the flow, an my fingers reach,
for the stars, an the moon, from a shark filled beach,
used to talk like a man, no hair on my chin,
now I’m old an these kids, actin like i did,

riddles i spit in the days of my youth,
each breath held a rhyme, each tooth held the truth,
i used to rock chains, got brains from the game,
still, lookin back, seems like aint **** changed,

change like obama, wont cave like osama,
catch me on the beach chillin, my peers dont say nada,
a lotta cats slaughtered, for the modern day robber,
my moderate views honest, i’m proper with my honor,

the longer i wait, gets me closer to past,
light the match in the storm, an im puffin the hash,
smash tracks with the baddest, cats who live lavish,
might see me on the street, an i still look average-

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This from The Hammond PD in Indiana, a good overview of gangs and their organization.

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What to Look For and What You Can What to Look For and What You Can
Do to Deal With Them…this from Kentucky Schools

View the presentation here.

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This from Thug Mentality Exposed

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