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Search results for "Gangster Disciples" ...
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Military Gangs
This story reveals the growing problem of military gangs in the U.S. Armed Forces. It focuses on a soldier who died after being beaten to death by fellow gang members in Germany.
Tags: Gangster Disciples; Marine Corps; Criminal Investigative Unit;
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Winning a Gang War
Newsweek's Chicago bureau chief "reconstructs the entire seven-year (law enforcement) effort to demolish the biggest drug gang in the United States, the Gangster Disciples, who at their most powerful had 50,000 members in 35 states."
Tags: prison Larry Hoover drug cartel King Hoover Chairman Larry FBI DEA bugging surveillance
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No title (id: 13871)
This series probes an unprecedented law-enforcement effort to bring down what by many accounts is America's largest street gang, the 30,000-strong Gangster Disciples, and its alleged, multimillion dollar retail drug business. But the series goes well beyond the federal crackdown to explore in detail the gang's extraordinary grip on inner-city neighborhoods in Chicago, its far-reaching drug enterprise, and its bold efforts to gain political power and legitimacy. The series culminates with a surprising profile of the gang's enigmatic leader as he awaits trial. (March 28, April 8, July 15, Sept. 27, Dec. 31, 1996)
Tags: Scott Tyson Bringing down a gang Contest entry 25 pgs.
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No title (id: 10621)
ABC World News Tonight exposes a new political action committee that was recieving a lot of support and gathering significant political muscle; found out that "21st Century Vote" is actually a gang called the Gangster Disciples, Sept. 28 - 29, 1994.