Who is Christopher Coke and Why Does the U.S. Care?
The United States is attempting to have alleged drug lord and gang leader, Christopher "Dudus" Coke, extradited from Jamaica. The announcement by the Jamaican government, Sunday, that they will...
View ArticleChicago Gang Life: A Former Gang Member's Own Take
We're following up on a story we did yesterday, from the perspective of Chicago funeral home owner Spencer Leak Sr., about the challenges Chicago is facing in combatting gun and gang violence. On...
View ArticleThe Battle for Haiti
A year ago, when the monumental earthquake of January 2010 hit Haiti, 250,000 people died, even more were injured, and roughly one million were left homeless. But the tragedy didn’t end there. At the...
View ArticleHow To Stop Gang Violence: Lessons From Chicago for the UK
How should the United Kingdom combat the violence that's raged across the country all week? British Prime Minister David Cameron says the country needs to learn a few lessons from America on how to...
View ArticleCameron Recruits US 'Supercop' to Advise on UK Gangs
British Prime Minister David Cameron has responded to last week's riots by bringing in outside counsel. On Saturday, Cameron announced that he’ll be seeking advisement from Bill Bratton, an American...
View Article'Don't Shoot': David Kennedy on Ending Violence in Inner-City America
Gang violence erupted in cities across the country in the late 1980s and early 1990s, and the youth homicide rate skyrocketed along with the crack epidemic. The government attempted to solve the...
View Article'Interrupting' Chicago's Gang Violence
In 2010, 66 children died of gunfire in Chicago, and hundreds more were injured. Staggering statistics like this show that gang violence in the Windy City has grown out of control. CeaseFire, a...
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The Real Sons of Anarchy: Inside the World of Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs
In the final season of the hit FX show "Sons of Anarchy," the lead character asks if every member of his biker gang is willing to die. While it's a stirring scene for a televised drama, that scenario...
View ArticleAutobiography of a Recovering Skinhead
Frank Meeink tells how he was drawn into America’s Nazi underground and how he ultimately triumphed over drugs and hatred. In Autobiography of a Recovering Skinhead he talks about what made him easy...
View ArticleGang Presence in NJ Becomes More Widespread, Say Cops
Gangs are present in all 21 counties in New Jersey and extends to urban, suburban and rural communities, an analysis by the state police revealed.Four in 10 towns reported gang presence, and of the 565...
View ArticleNewburgh Latin Kings Face New Murder Charges
Federal prosecutors have brought new murder charges in an ongoing crackdown against members of the Latin Kings gang in Newburgh. Eighteen members had been charged last May in an investigation dubbed...
View ArticleThe Interrupters
Producer-director Steve James and author-turned-producer Alex Kotlowitz talk about their creative partnership and the documentary “The Interrupters,” inspired by Kotlowitz’s New York Times Magazine...
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Reformed Ex-Con Tries to Intervene on Gun Violence in Harlem
As the sun was setting over Central Harlem on a recent evening, 33-year-old Dedric Hammond, better known as Beloved, was getting ready to start his work day.The two-time felon and reformed gang member...
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Authorities Make Strides Against MS-13, Long Island's 'Baddest' Gang
Before dawn on a balmy December day, about half a dozen Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents swarmed in front of a ranch house on a quiet block in Brentwood, Long Island, and knocked on the door...
View ArticleGang Intervention: Keeping Watch in City Schools
A month after a take-down involving 19 alleged gang members in Central Harlem, community leaders are pointing to data showing an increasing number of school-age kids are showing gang allegiances.The...
View ArticleSeveral Indicted in Brooklyn Gang Crackdown
Forty-three members of two feuding gangs who “terrorized” Brownsville were indicted on several charges, including murder and conspiracy to murder, on Thursday, the Brooklyn District Attorney’s office...
View ArticleLeader of NY-based Folk Nation Gang Arrested
Federal authorities say they've arrested a fugitive leader of a violent New York City gang linked to a series of armed robberies and shootings.The U.S. attorney's office in Brooklyn said Wednesday that...
View ArticleNYPD Nabs Crown Heights Gang Linked to String of Burglaries, Assaults
Brooklyn prosecutors have indicted 14 members of the so-called Brower Boys, a Crown Heights street gang accused of a series of burglaries, assaults and robberies near Brower Park in Brooklyn. The...
View ArticleGang Members In Alleged Drug Ring Near Public Housing Indicted
Nineteen members of two East Harlem gangs have been indicted for selling crack cocaine in the vicinity of public housing.The 11 month investigation by the NYPD and the District Attorney’s Office had...
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