We've had gangs before. But I don't know that we've ever had any gangs that are either this organized or this nihilistic. Pre-Katrina gangs were all neighborhood and housing project outfits, not necessarily connected to anything bigger. These guys might be a different story.
It is my understanding that St. Bernard Parish was, for the most part, destroyed in the flooding. Is it just territory these newly-arrived gangs are looking for? Do you have any insight on just what is attracting them?
Help me out on this. I have been gone a long time. By gangs do you mean just the run of the mill hoodlums that roamed the city terrorizing every neighborhood? What about the drug dealers? Is that another story? I have long heard that they were big-time and very organized ... not just boyz from the hood at all ... Just wondering.
Last week, I saw a segment on Court TV Cops, about these gangs. The arresting officers found dozens of local high school rings in the car of one of this gang members.
He said the gang members stole and wore them to blend in.