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- Chicago is considered the most gang -occupied city in the United States, with 150,000 gang-affiliated tenants, representing more than 100 gangs.
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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.
Jan 1, 2020 · In short, African American gangs in Chicago today are relatively small, generally leaderless collectives rooted in neighborhood identity and a shared reverence for fallen comrades.
Chicago is considered the most gang -occupied city in the United States, with 150,000 gang-affiliated tenants, [1] representing more than 100 gangs. [2] Gang warfare and retaliation are common in Chicago. Gangs were responsible for 61% of the homicides in Chicago in 2011.
Jul 31, 2020 · In a press conference earlier this month, Superintendent Brown said there are more than 117,000 gang members in the city, broken into 55 major gangs, with 747 factions and 2,500 subsets of those factions. Is his characterization of the size and scale of gangs in Chicago correct?
Interactive map of Chicago's 2020 gang boundaries for public awareness and transparency.
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.
