91. The bill also would make it a federal offense to recruit a juvenile to a street gang. 92. The court will also hear arguments on the validity of an anti-loitering law enacted by Chicago to combat street gangs. 93. The club was emptying out, and while patrons were milling around, words were exchanged between the Syracuse contingent and local residents reportedly involved in a street gang. 94. The election is being watched as a test of the political power of street gangs. 95. The gangs also have begun recruiting members of teen-age street gangs to help them run criminal enterprises, including drug trafficking, outside of prison. 96. The goal, Arcila says, is simply to find a way for his followers to make peace with eight street gangs in their small corner of Medellin. 97. The gangs mostly cooperated for fear of retribution by la Eme and to protect fellow street gang members in prison. 98. The gang is one of several in New York City that call themselves Bloods, after a well-known street gang in Los Angeles. 99. The neighborhood had scholars and street gangs, famous musicians and winos, good blocks and bad blocks. 100. The mayor recalled meeting a month ago with a group of block club leaders who insisted residents did not have to be intimidated by street gangs. |