“A part of Brooklyn that few people see anymore, it is a battleground for police and young street criminals.”
Posts Tagged: Gangs
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Teenage Gangs Revisited
Here at the blog we love looking back over all the great content our contributors have posted since we launched.
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LA Placos, 1970s
Welcome to “Sur” (South, So.Calif). These photographs are of Chicano “placos” (wall writing) painted mostly in the 1970s by gang members.
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Los Angeles Gang Members, 1992
Venice Beach, CA, rival gangs the Bloods and the Crips, agree to make a peace treaty.
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Black Power, Christchurch
Froggy and Skeleton, club house meeting, Christchurch city.
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80 Blocks From Tiffanys
80 Blocks From Tiffanys is a 1979 documentary by Gary Weis following the lives of two gangs in the South Bronx, the Savage Nomads and Savage Skulls.
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Lords of Flatbush
The “Lords of Flatbush” move as a unit through Brooklyn — chasing girls, stealing cars, and playing pool.
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Teenage Gang Debs
“Kick-happy, thrill-hungry, always reckless, and willing….”
Teenage Gang Debs is a 1966 film about a Manhattan girl who moves to the mean streets of Brooklyn and joins The Rebels, “from back room binges to back alley rumbles, anything goes as long as it’s violent.”
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Punky and Nose Candy
I idolized my cousin Merrie when I was a kid.
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Edelweiss Pirates
A man named Jean Jülich died on October 19th, age 82, in his hometown of Cologne.