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Jan 1, 2020 · In-depth interviews with gang members from Chicago’s South Side reveal how the end of the crack epidemic, the demolition of public housing, and the incarceration of scores of gang leaders in federal prison undermined the coherence of the city’s African American street gangs, as drug revenues dried up, gang territories were thrown into ...
Aug 31, 2021 · Over the past 30 years, most of Chicago’s historic gangs have deteriorated because of federal racketeering and drug prosecutions. The breakdown in leadership structures — and the city’s destruction of public housing projects — resulted in gangs splintering.
- Lakeidra Chavis
Jan 8, 2021 · Chicago’s not-so-random gang violence: Just 6% of gang ‘factions’ tied to most shootings studied. An especially violent 18 days last summer might have seemed like a gang free-for-all. It wasn’t, researcher finds. He’s aiming to use those findings to help stem the violence. By Frank Main. Jan 8, 2021, 3:00pm PDT.
- Frank Main
- fmain@suntimes.com
Apr 16, 2019 · Gangs in Chicago have changed dramatically in recent years, but our violence intervention strategies have not. The old hierarchical super-gangs, fighting citywide over control of drug trafficking, are largely gone.
Jul 5, 2024 · And ONS knows it's a different world than the one they grew up in. Organized gangs are now splinters and factions and are more violent than ever. Brandon said old-style street gangs no...
- Charlie Wojciechowski
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Jun 11, 2018 · Chicago has 59 active street gangs, with more than 2,000 semi-autonomous factions. Police estimate 100,000 gang members are in the city. More than half are in three gangs — the Gangster Disciples, Latin Kings and Black P Stones.
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Dec 9, 2021 · Gangs have changed in the decades since ‘West Side Story’ first came out – they are deadlier, and their demographics are different – as are the means law enforcement use to control them.
