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Authorities: Gang crime activity increased last year over 2006

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Mar 13, 2008 1:00 AM (213 days ago) by Kathleen Miller, The Examiner
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WASHINGTON (Map, News) - Reported gang crime in Montgomery County shot up 29 percent in 2007, from 360 incidents in 2006 to 477 incidents this year, and was accompanied by a 20 percent increase in the number of known, active gang members, according to gang task force officers.

The spike in reported gang incidents includes nearly twice the number of assaults involving gang members, which increased from 49 in 2006 to 99 in 2007, and more than double the number of drug, rape and vandalism offenses compared to the prior year.

Nonetheless, gang crimes are only about 1 percent of all reported crime in the county, police said.

Police gang officials said there were 40 active gangs and 1,166 active gang members in Montgomery from July 2007 through year’s end, compared to 36 gangs and 1017 active gang members in the same period of 2006.

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“This is not so much that gangs are targeting kids, it’s much more that kids are looking for them,” Montgomery’s youth violence prevention coordinator Luis Cardona said. “They’re looking for a connection and a feeling of family.”

Montgomery Police Capt. David Gillespie said officials are concerned by a jump in the number of Hispanic gang members, which increased by 90 people, and that the notorious Salvadoran gang MS-13, appears to be reaching out to Latinos in general, regardless of country of origin.

Police report that many gangs are becoming “mixed-race” organizations and new members appear to be more concerned about prestige than actual criminal enterprise.

“We’re still at a stage where we are fortunate our gang membership is still somewhat less organized than national chapters and it is done more for status and protection than personal gain or profit,” Gillespie said.

He adds that the growth in gang crime statistics could stem from having more officers who are trained to identify gang-related crime.

The largely tranquil suburban county saw a two-week surge of high-profile incidents of gang on gang violence in November when three teenagers were stabbed and two teenagers were shot in four separate, but related incidents in Gaithersburg.

Officers arrested at least seven individuals in connection with the attacks and said they stemmed from feuding local gangs who identified themselves with the Crips and the Bloods.

Montgomery Council Vice-President Phil Andrews said the county’s gang problem is “significant, but not out of control.”

kmiller@dcexaminer.com

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8:14 PM MST on Fri., Oct. 10, 2008 re: "Anti-gang project working"

 curtis said:
hi i live in the baltimore metro area for the BALTIMORE FBI AND WE ARE GETTING more crip sets here the bultler blocc compton crips horbor city crips originail valley gangster crips gangster crips 83 rd street we are also getting more latino gangs primera flats krazyass mexicans kam longos north side t-town flats ttf these gangs are moving in to are area essex maryland harford county maryland catonsville maryland franford area of baltimore hamilton area of baltimore charles villege area of baltimore westview park area of baltimore these are gangs that are moving in to baltimore from the west coast and they are trying to move in but as the baltimore fbi and baltimore police we are on this and we are going to do are best to keep them out of here see more gangs are because of the drug trade that come from south american mexico dominican repblic new york city and the MEXICAN MAFIA IS BRINING DRUGS from mexico and texas to baltimore

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1:11 PM MST on Fri., Oct. 10, 2008 re: "Einstein students, parents note more gang presence in region"

 Examiner Reader said:
ms13 gang is getting bigger in baltimore highlandtown patterson park dundalk middle river essex maryland some parts of east baltimore woodlwan west baltimore santown area of west baltimore edmonson villege area they are not scard of black gangs they do not fight black gangsters over here in b.more but they will not run because they have guns to other latino gangs in baltimore vato locos dominicans ddp and the mexican mafia 18th street gang in the county m 18th street

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8:15 PM MST on Wed., Oct. 8, 2008 re: "Hundreds of gangs in Jessup prisons"

 joe cuz said:
eme x3 214 mexican mafia 18th street whats up homie see we roll hard in east towson white marsh middle river and essex maryland we have the mumber 18th street onthe streets of towson side walks middle river and on some streets in white marsh we are from dallas houston and mexico city we have some whites in are gang it is not a bout color it is a bout numbers we go to towson mall to a movie or eat but we have to wacth out of the county police because they are at the mall all the time but we still put in work we roll hard and will fight any body that comes to are areas but we go up to york pa allentown pa harrisbugh and pittsburgh to sale drugs and bring them back and make money in down town baltimore and harford county md

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7:42 PM MST on Wed., Oct. 8, 2008 re: "Baltimore committee releases report on gangs, aims to combat problem"

 moore johnson said:
say i live in phadephia and we have dominicans dont play gang almighty latin kings the neta gang ms 13 gang is out side of phia we the 18th mexican mafia gang in south phia bounty hunter bloods blvd piru bloods alley gangster crew tiny town homies ghetto hoody mob black wall street gang rollin 60s crips rollin 80s crips aveune block muder boys lych mafia mob crew all these gangs are in the city of brother love but we are working real hard to get gangs out of phiadelphia

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11:14 AM MST on Wed., Oct. 8, 2008 re: "City seeks injunction against Mission gangs"

 louis preaz said:
i am porto rican from boston that has been here for 5 years my wife and have 2 beautiful kids we live in overlea area of baltimore i work with kids that are in gangs the sad thing is we have girl gangs here as well as boys the hood mafia girls alley ghetto girls cherry hill gangster crew girls blvd mafia girls greenmunt ave crip girls we also have latino girl gangs as well but the thing that i do is teach these young girls that gangs are not good for no one i help them get jobs and let them know a education is the best thing that they can have so they can make good money and take care of thier families

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5:47 PM MST on Tue., Oct. 7, 2008 re: "Hundreds of gangs in Jessup prisons"

 rambo said:
i represent the king brown we been in md 4 about 15 yrs we had problems with alot of people but we never hated nobody .i keep it real for ever my homies turned there back on me it made me sad i was hurt they wanted to kill me i ask myself why i am the realest they didnt feel the same now i have my own family a wife adauhter and i will never forget the street family the king brown i miss you nueve pancho chapparro rata were ever you are i forgive you all and i got your back.

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2:07 PM MST on Tue., Oct. 7, 2008 re: "Anti-gang project working"

 orlando said:
dominicans ddp gang whats popin ddp we are in suitland morining side maryland froest heights lanham rock ville blue red and white we are even in south east dc over on alabma street we have homies from the bronx queens and coney isand area of brooklyn we have fights with some dc crews but we still run other neighborhoods yeah we may not be as strong here like we are in newyork but we do not run from any one but see pg county police they are all over in the hoods now so we do not wear a lot of gang colors that munch but we still put in work we know that the washinghton dc area has a good number of us dominicans here we and cental american ms 13 xlll do not like each other at all we will jump them up in takoma park because they are just take man when we see them at the metro train we will run up to them and most of the time ms 13 will run from dominicans they can not fight at all

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12:49 PM MST on Mon., Oct. 6, 2008 re: "Anti-gang project working"

 lou said:
vato locos gang is a mexican and cental americans and gang is in east baltimore brooklyn park howard county lansdowne maryland essex maryland dundalk the dundalk and brooklyn park area of baltimore is getting the most of the latino gang stuff going on baltimore city latino population is only 46,000 cental americans mexicans dominicans also some MS 13 GANG MEMBERS HAVE MOVED in to the baltimore inner city area of west baltimore and east baltimore area most of ms 13 gang members are on the broadway dundalk rosedale middle river essex maryland highlandtown upper fells point area MOST OF THE MS 13 GANG MEMBERS ARE FROM THE WASHINGHTON DC AREA BUT HAVE BEEN MOVING OVER TO THE BALTIMORE AREA THE LAST 3 AND 4 YEARS NOW BUT THEY HAVE ASLO BEEN MS 13 GANG MEMBERS FROM LOSANGELES AREA THE PICO UNION AND WEST LAKE AREA OF LOSANGELES AREA WITH THE NUMBER 13 ON THER HANDS AND ARMS AND HEADS THE MEXICAN MAFIA 18TH GANG IS HERE IN BALTIMORE COUNTY MIDDLE RIVER WHITE MARSH ESSESX

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9:21 PM MST on Sun., Oct. 5, 2008 re: "Bill seeks to alleviate school gang tensions"

 tommy said:
some baltimore crip sets wearing newyork yankee caps and more baltimore crip gang members are living in parksville maryland howard county maryland baltimore crip gangs are also in to the betting sports game and the pimp game the mexican x3 214 mexican mafia gang is also in to the pimp game the mexican mafia 18th gang members here in baltimore are FROM DALLAS HOUSTON AND MEXICO CITY the mexican mafia gang is working in the downtown area of baltimore but they also have white girls that make money for them some of these mexican mafia members are taking these girls from baltimore area up to allentown pa harrisbugh pa and pittsburgh pa to work the sex trade

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9:02 PM MST on Sun., Oct. 5, 2008 re: "Baltimore committee releases report on gangs, aims to combat problem"

 tommy said:
LATINO GIRL GANGS IN BALTIMORE THE BARRIO hood posse tiny alley crew and the ghetto crew these gangs are part of ms13 cental american girl gangs they have the number 13 ms on their neck and arms in dundalk patterson park and highlandtown ms 13 gang members are in to the dope game here in baltimore city they do move drugs up to new jersy down to north carolina and some times down to tampa fl and they will send girls to tampa and new jersy to make drug sells

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2:02 PM MST on Fri., Oct. 3, 2008 re: "Baltimore committee releases report on gangs, aims to combat problem"

 roberto said:
their are dominican communtyies in lanham maryland suitland maryland greenbelt maryland educated dominicans that work for the dc police doctors own their own homes dominicans also live in landover captol heights hyattsville maryland rockville maryland silver springs maryland northern va gaithers burg maryland we have been living in the washinghton dc metro area for the last 15 years we have families that have moved here from the dominican replic we have youth baseball teams but when it gets cold here in dc area we go back home or down to miami

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2:30 PM MST on Wed., Oct. 1, 2008 re: "Baltimore committee releases report on gangs, aims to combat problem"

 little joe said:
florencia 13 gang we hate black gangs here in baltimore homie we do not run from blacks yeah this baltimore so what we hard to baltimore blacks think they are so hard homie yeah we might be small in numbers but we are growing homie we have sets in brooklyn park maryland essex maryland middle river white marsh maryland north east baltimore like i said we do not run from tree top pirus the l street gang see we have sets in dc area to we are from mexico LOS ANGELES TEXAS we are not cental americans we are mexicans blacks here in baltimore we will fight them and will go in the the hood we do not care a bout them we fight any black gangster one on one .

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9:04 PM MST on Sun., Sep. 28, 2008 re: "Baltimore committee releases report on gangs, aims to combat problem"

 rockey said:
say man iam black and porto rican love blacks and latinos see we are people from god we love people their is a lot of hate in these city but we have lots of good whites and blacks to see more latinos are living in the african areas of woodlwan and randallestown in small numbers most of them work hard they want a good life just like any body we have to get a long i am latino but i have white frineds and black i love people man just like to have fun life is to dam short to hate

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2:45 PM MST on Fri., Sep. 26, 2008 re: "Baltimore committee releases report on gangs, aims to combat problem"

 JOSE said:
say man dominicans jamaicans and cental american are in the drug game here in baltimore yeah the latino population is only at 46,000 in baltimore city but most of us latinos are not even in the drug game here in baltimore we work try to do better but baltimore has to bring better paying jobs here if they want people to stay here

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1:58 PM MST on Fri., Sep. 26, 2008 re: "Officials: Bloods gang may look to kill one of their own"

 MANNY JACKSON said:
MANNY JACKSON BALTIMORE BLOOD GANG SETS TREE TOP PIRUS GHOSTTOWN GANGSTER PIRUS NINE TRE PIRUS 135 PIRU BLOODS CEDAR BLOC PIRUS PURPLE CITY PIRUS THE EAST SIDE BOUNTY HUNTERS these gangs are in baltimore city and baltimore county harford county and small numbers in howard county the washinghton dc area has many bloods sets to but baltimore blood sets do not go over to washinghton dc area and dc area bloods do not come over here to baltimore most gang members are from baltimore metro but you are now getting LOSANGELES BLOOD GANG MEMBERS IN BALTIMORE and washinghton dc area they only stay for a short time if they do not go to jail some baltimore blood sets wear red and black some wear brown that is brims which is bloods also

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10:34 AM MST on Wed., Sep. 24, 2008 re: "Hundreds of gangs in Jessup prisons"

 kenny moor said:
HI I LIVE IN baltimore city pimico area and their is good people over here we it is a poor neighborhood but people do work and college we are getting more latinos that living here mexicans but we need more jobs over here we a movie house we need are area to be a safe neighborhood because baltimore gangs are out of hand their are gangs in east baltimore bloods crips west baltimore south baltimore north baltimore over their by morgon state we have to work real hard with baltimore police to stop gangs

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12:06 AM MST on Tue., Sep. 23, 2008 re: "Hundreds of gangs in Jessup prisons"

 antino said:
MS 13 GANG IS in highlandtown brooklyn park maryland as well as catonsville arbutus overlea maryland essex maryland parks ville maryland they are even in the edmoson villege area as well in the south east baltimore area hartford county maryland howard county maryland they are slowly moving into the randallestown and woodlawn area they do have girls in the gang with the letter MS 13 ON THEIR arms some the MS 13 GANG MEMBERS ARE FROM THE PICO UNION AREA OF CENTAL LOSANGELES and some are from the the washinghton dc area baltimore county police cheif SAYS THE POLICE HAVE PUT A HOLD ON THE GANGS IN the schools but not really he donesnt know how real latino ms 13 gangsters work we out smart the baltimore county and city police homes

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11:49 PM MST on Mon., Sep. 22, 2008 re: "Hundreds of gangs in Jessup prisons"

 RAYMOUND said:
white gangs are in baltimore county the polar bear family gang is in brooklyn park maryland dundalk maryland middle river maryland hartford county maryland cental american ms13 gang is getting bigger in the baltimore prison to

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10:26 PM MST on Mon., Sep. 22, 2008 re: "Baltimore committee releases report on gangs, aims to combat problem"

 lewis said:
the mexican mafia 18 pico locos grand view locos are in laurel maryland varrio tortilla flats mexican mafia gang is in hyttsville maryland florenica 13 gang is in leagly park maryland these gang members are part of the mexican mafia some of these gang members are from THE LOS ANGELES area they have the number 18 x3 on the side walks in hyatts ville maryland laurel ma legly park maryland florenica 13 ss f 13 gang is also in silver springs maryland and northern va as well the washinghton locos AKA SWASHINGHTON boys wnls/ wnbs/

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2:47 PM MST on Mon., Sep. 22, 2008 re: "Einstein students, parents note more gang presence in region"

 joe cuz said:
say home boy EME mexican mafia gang x3 we are from the south west dallas and houston baltimore county we are in the white neighborhoods of towson east side rosedale middle river and white marsh we have the number x3 18th street mexican mafia gang

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2:47 PM MST on Mon., Sep. 22, 2008 re: "Einstein students, parents note more gang presence in region"

 joe cuz said:
say home boy EME mexican mafia gang x3 we are from the south west dallas and houston baltimore county we are in the white neighborhoods of towson east side rosedale middle river and white marsh we have the number x3 18th street mexican mafia gang

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7:33 PM MST on Fri., Sep. 19, 2008 re: "Baltimore committee releases report on gangs, aims to combat problem"

 louis prez said:
BLUE AND RED WE DOMINICANS DONT PLAY GANG WE DOMINICAN ARE LATINO we are lovers and fighters we are coming to baltimore to set up AD3 THAT IS ARE GANG LETTERS WE ARE FROM bronx washinghton heights in upper manhatten in harlem we are coming to the cherry hill area in south b.more overlea rose dale area of baltimore we cant stand MS 13 CENTRAL AMERICAN GANG OR TREE TOP IURUS BLOODS SO HEAR US OUT baltimore gangsters talk to munch man we dominicans will see you tree top piru girls in the baltimore streets or in the clubs girls we bang hard .

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6:29 PM MST on Wed., Sep. 17, 2008 re: "Authorities: More than 1,000 gang members active in Montgomery County"

 Examiner Reader said:
yo 1st of all Bloods dont dsay 031 lol u mark

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2:09 PM MST on Wed., Sep. 17, 2008 re: "Officials: Bloods gang may look to kill one of their own"

 Examiner Reader said:
First and foremost (031) to all my BLOODS and no we should not kill each other but love is love and we need that money ! we need to bonnect up and take it all over .BEEEE Easy to all my Fam ! AVP BH and TREY8 all day

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1:13 PM MST on Mon., Sep. 15, 2008 re: "Authorities: More than 1,000 gang members active in Montgomery County"

 marlow cuz said:
more of us DOMINICANS ARE living in takoma park maryland silver springs germantown lanham maryland greenbelt maryland landover hills hyattsville maryland we are living here for work school the dc area has been mostly cental american and south american but over the last three four years dominicans from the isand have BEEN MOVING HERE wahinghton dc area is a tough place but good place if you work hard good things will happend say thir more latino clubs starting up in rockville sutland maryland and lanham these clubs will be nice to go to i know one of the people that will have the club down rockville he is a dominican from new york city

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12:26 AM MST on Sat., Sep. 13, 2008 re: "Authorities: More than 1,000 gang members active in Montgomery County"

 ALLEN said:
SAY I LIVE IN PALMER PARK MARYLAND OUT SIDE OF WASHINGHTON DC AND IAM DOWN WITH THE PALMER PARK BLOODS WE DO NOT GET A LONG WITH ANY CRIP SET IN PG COUNTY we denver lanespirus bloods bounty hunters pirus 151 compton pirus we have bloods in SEAT PLEASNT MARYLAND SEABROOK LANHAM AREA NEW CARROLLTON MARYLAND SUITLAND MARYLAND HAS BOUNTY HUNTERS hyattsville has fruit town piru bloods crabs are over in hyattsville maryland landover hills cheverly maryland marlow heights maryland has marlo heights crips what i am trying to say THAT OUT HERE IN THE WASHINGHTON DC AREA MOST OF US BLOODS AND CRIPS ARE FROM HERE IN THE DC AREA BUT LOS ANGELES HOMIES HAVE BEEN COMING HERE for the last three to four years los angeles bloods are cool as hell they are real it is a bout making money with them that is it we even have latino mexican mafia gang members FROM LOS ANGELES OUT HERE BUT THEY STAY IN THE OTHER LATINO AREAS LIKEHYATTS VILLE LANGLEY PARK TAKOMA PARK MARYLAND AND BLADENSBURG MARYLA

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9:05 PM MST on Fri., Sep. 12, 2008 re: "Baltimore committee releases report on gangs, aims to combat problem"

 sam said:
say i name is sam i work for the baltimore city police dep i work with the gang unit AND MAN WE DO HAVE CRIP SETS 187 MAFIA GANGSTER CRIPS THE CASH FLOW MAFIA GANGSTER CRIPS THE rollin tens crips and the 59th street west side hoover gangsters believe it or not we do have EME THE 18TH STREET MEXICAN MAFIA GANG MS13 THE VATO LOCOS THESE GANGS ARE FIGHTING FOR THE drug trade here in baltimore we also have white pride hate gangs in harford county and westminster maryland we have to work real hard to get the gangs out of here we ALSO HAVE AFRICAN DRUG DTO JAMAICAN DRUG DTO CENTAL AMERICAN DTO BALTIMORE CRIME OVER ALL HAS GONE DOWN 35 prcent we all have to work hard to make baltimore a better city

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8:10 PM MST on Fri., Sep. 12, 2008 re: "Baltimore committee releases report on gangs, aims to combat problem"

 jackson said:
MS 13 WE ARE ALL OVER THE BALTIMORE AREA WE SETS LIKE MARA 18 WE IN CATONSVILLE MARYLAND ESSEX MARYLAND ROSEDALE MARYLAND WE ROLL HARD WE HAVE GIRLS THAT CAN FIGHT WHITH BLACK GIRL BLOOD GANG MEMBERS WE ARE IN PARKVILLE MARYLAND PATTERSON PARK HERE IN BALTIMORE CITY WE ARE EVEN IN BROOKLYN IN SOUTH BALTIMORE we roll in white and blue we have 108 members here in baltimore area we are even in randallestown maryland and woodlwan maryland

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6:56 PM MST on Sun., Sep. 7, 2008 re: "Baltimore committee releases report on gangs, aims to combat problem"

 little joe said:
my name is little joe 18TH STREET MEXICAN MAFIA GANG WE ARE IN ROCKVILLE MARYLAND takoma park maryland northern va north west washinghton dc lanham maryland suitland maryland west va we are in baltimore county and city see we are getting bigger we like big time money we go back home to dallas houston and mexico and put in work we know that baltimore and the dc metro area is afican american we do not care a bout that all we care a bout is making money they are a lot of bloods gangs here in maryland but in baltimore area the LATINO GANGS ARE GETTING BIGGER WITH ms 13 vato locos they are in washinghton dc and here in baltimore city east side and are going in to west baltimore we have ties to the big boss in mexico and texas more homies are in baltimore from dallas houston mexico we work with vato locos and ms 13 beacuse we know that the baltimore latino population is small thats why we work with other gangs so we can take over blood sets neighborhoods over

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10:06 PM MST on Sat., Sep. 6, 2008 re: "Baltimore committee releases report on gangs, aims to combat problem"

 hetro cuz said:
iam part of flornecia 13 mexican gang here in baltimore area we are mexicans that do not care a bout bloods or crips we fight any blood set here in b more maryland we are strong in dundalk maryland east towson maryland patterson park white marsh maryland and middle river md we go to middle schools high schools parks malls looking for black gang members to jump we are mexicans we are new to baltimore area we roll hard we are also in brooklyn park maryland we the number 13 on the side walks in big letters in towson dundalk patterson park white marsh and middle river maryland we do not play around with blacks or whites we are from dallas houston and mexico see down in texas we fight with bloods and other latino gangs but up here in baltimore we fight WITH TREE TOP PIRUS GHOSTTOWN PIRUS BLOODS WE HAVE HAD FIGHTS WITH BLACKS IN DOWN TOWN BALTIMORE AND AT THE CLUBS BALTIMORE POLICE better becaful because we have guns to and oh we roll in the blue colors

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2:52 PM MST on Sat., Aug. 30, 2008 re: "Hundreds of gangs in Jessup prisons"

 dead man inc said:
u already know how we roll

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11:48 PM MST on Fri., Aug. 29, 2008 re: "MS-13 gang leaders found guilty, could spend life in federal prison"

 Examiner Reader said:
could a black person join

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4:48 AM MST on Mon., Aug. 18, 2008 re: "Bloods rising?"

 Ashley Baker said:
the Ubn false Bloods of a New York City housing projects lived in fear of The Vampires, the brutal gang that continually terrorizes them because of what the Ubn used to do to innocent people like slice kids faces Things change after alot of years passed by nomore random razor attacks by the false Ubn Bloods and we all have to thank the Vampires who saved our City but i always wonderd were they went i guess now i know in Maryland ?

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4:26 PM MST on Sun., Aug. 17, 2008 re: "Bloods rising?"

 real LA Blood said:
1st of all The Vampires are not Bloods they are a original NEW YORK gang they have thier own Roots plus we have them in LA we Bloods have respect for them but maryland oficials have it confused Black mob is a crip gang and there is no such thing as of a east coast blood we dont aprove of them plus piru isnt Blood get your facts right

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2:25 PM MST on Fri., Aug. 15, 2008 re: "Bloods rising?"

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Where is the Clergy, We have these Mega Churchs poping up all over. The Grass root healing should start right there. Every Church should have a gang prevention out reach program.

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1:58 PM MST on Fri., Aug. 15, 2008 re: "Baltimore committee releases report on gangs, aims to combat problem"

 jose said:
BALTIMORE POLICE COMMISSIONER dones not know how gangs really work i am from west coast florencia 13 we yeah we are new to the baltimore area but we know how la ca police try to stop us MEXICAN MAFIA BUT THEY have a hard time doing it because we do not tell on each other like other gangs do because they know if you tell the police you will get jump are beat up and have to move out of town we now that cental american ms 13 are one of the biggest gangs in the dc and baltimore area but we do not care a bout that we are smart we no how the drug game is ran

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1:06 PM MST on Fri., Aug. 15, 2008 re: "Bloods rising?"

 raymond cuz said:
whats homie down eme mexican mafia 18 th street gang we have sets in baltimore and pg county and northern va we are new to the dc and baltimore area we are from dallas texas houston texas long beach ca INGELWOOD CA AND EAST LOS ANGELES BARRIO WE have members from the baltimore area and the dc area that used to live in southern ca but have moved out here a bout ten years ago but we are here to party make money and will fight for are hoods if we have to homie we go to west va north carloina altlanta and back out to la to bring drugs back east we know that baltimore and dc area is differnt than back home in southern ca but we can make it any where because we are hard and strong we are a bout big time money that is it

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12:03 PM MST on Fri., Aug. 15, 2008 re: "Bloods rising?"

 Examiner Reader said:
Easy solution.. build a bigger jail. Then hit em with injunctions and rico. Call it a day...

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6:38 AM MST on Fri., Aug. 15, 2008 re: "Bloods rising?"

 Examiner Reader said:
DC is a great place for the blood gangs to start, they know that DC residents feel sorry for criminals and that they will not be convicted

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4:41 PM MST on Thu., Aug. 14, 2008 re: "Bloods rising?"

 foius said:
Unfortunately, the Bloods, Crips, El Rukhens, and other nationally syndicated gangs will only get bigger and more violent in our communties unless there are viable alternatives such as college education,living-wage jobs, and strong mentor programs which are inclusive for our black youth who have so few alternatives to the lure of gangs and their immediate inclusive relationships that embrace the youth and gives them a sense of family. It is a travesty that our so-called leaders in the community don't come forward and ask the residents to join them in combatting this problem of gang growth. Try and put yourself in the position that our young people are in right now. What do you do? Who do you turn to for help? How will you survive when they confront you with joining them? What are your alternatives? You think the answers to those questions are easy? How do we help our youth to resist these efforts at recruiting them? Live in a gang infested neighborhood and find out.

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12:05 AM MST on Wed., Jul. 23, 2008 re: "Police dismantle branches of the Crips organization in Md."

 jackson said:
LA CRIPS ARE IN SOUTH EAST DC HOOVER GANGSTER 52 CRIPS ANACOSTIA EAST side piru bloods in fairmount heights maryland bounty hunter bloods rollin 60s crips seat plesant insane gangster pirus bloods with the muder town crew mob takoma park md has ms 13 18th street eme mexican mafia and latin kings north east dc has 7th and o street crew with the triniadad mob crew south west dc ddp dominicans dont play gang this by the dc police gang unit latino gang members from los angeles are living in the dc area tortilla flats latino gang is in langly park they are also in rockville maryland florencia 13 gang is also part of the mexican mafia is in the college park area greenbelt area lanham maryland has ms 13 dominicans dont play with the hide out posse crew and the broadway gangster crips 112th in baltimore latino mexican mafia 18th street gang is in east towson maryland white marsh maryland middle river maryland other latino gangs that are moving in to the baltimore area

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1:57 PM MST on Tue., Jul. 22, 2008 re: "4 alleged gang members hit with indictment"

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if you look at nice towns like towson maryland itis mostly white but the EME MEXICAN MAFIA 18TH STREET GANG IS IN EAST TOWSON THEY ARE Also in white marsh middle river maryland rosedale maryland this gangis mexicans not cental americans they are very smart a bout what they do you are not going to see them on the streets they go out of town to put in work but they do go down town baltimore loking for girls they are new to baltimore they are from west dallas and houston and they are part of the drug trade here inbaltimore area and more are cominig from dallas and houston to bring drugs from texas and mexico

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1:48 PM MST on Fri., Jul. 18, 2008 re: "Baltimore committee releases report on gangs, aims to combat problem"

 melvin said:
SAY I LIVE IN lower park heights we as african brothers and sisters have to take pride in this area we have to go down to city hall as strong african brothers and sisters and tell city hall that we are not going to stand for the any thing any more we have been in this area for years the jewish area of park heights gets any thing they want but when it comes to are african american brothers and sisters you city hall just trun your backs on us and that is not right ok. are kids need more fun things to do in park heights we need jobs better play grounds for young kids to play those people in upper fells point fedral hill in south baltimore get what they want if you want are young kids to stop killing and hurtting other people than help them get jobs and the crime will go down and slowly we are getting more latinos in the african american areas of cental americans mexicans and dominicans which i do not have a problem with at all black and brown have to love each other as one

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2:42 PM MST on Fri., Jul. 11, 2008 re: "Police chief: Gang members who shot kids are ‘cowards’"

 kevin said:
say this not no inter net talk at all if you read the news or look it the t.v look i do not care want any body says a bout the latino gang problem here in in the baltimore some might say it true some might not and that is ok but the real deal is this baltimore never had latino gangs but want people do not know is that back in the early 90s small numbers of latinos were moving to the baltimore area but now more latinos are living here from cental america and mexico just because you do not see them on the streets that they are not here wake the hell up baltimore they are not just in the city yeah thir in small numbers but they are getting bigger hell we have 108 ms 13 gang members in the baltimore metro area and thir are other latino gangs vato locos and the eme mexican mafia 18th gang they are moving out side of baltimore like in to the areas of towson maryland dundalk maryland rosedalle maryland white marsh maryland and you might say no and that is ok but they are here

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7:15 PM MST on Thu., Jul. 3, 2008 re: "Baltimore committee releases report on gangs, aims to combat problem"

 jack said:
hi i work for the baltimore county poice gang unit and i will tell you that we do have latino gangs no they are not no where like the west coast but belive it or not the latino gang member ship in the baltimore area is growing thir is 108 ms 13 GANG MEMBERS here in the baltimore area as well as vato locos the 18th street mexican mafia they members from from dallas and the houston area they are in towson maryland rosedal maryland white marsh maryland and the haford county maryland they are also in the highlandtown area the latino gang like ms 13 most of them are cominig over from the washinghton dc area they the biggest of them all but the mexican mafia they have sets like the the 38th street gang the wild chicanos these gangs are working the drug trade here in the baltimore area we are working real hard with the FBI UNITED STATES GOVERMENT TO STOP THESE GANGS MEXICAN GANGS DID NOT USED TOcome all the way out the east coast but they are in the boston area new jersy new york

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10:46 PM MST on Sat., Jun. 21, 2008 re: "House committee doubts impact of gang bill"

 mike said:
i am african american and porto rican i am educated i live in hyattsville maryland i work with a computer company in northern va and love it you know are kids have to get a great eduction to make it in this world to day are kids have to be smart not go the streets and sell drugs or gang bang we have to teach are kids how to love not kill because i come from a diffrent neighborhood because that is what i see going on in these gang crews and it is real sad man yo kids have to stop gangs my brother works for the gang unit here in pg county maryland and he tells me that we have dominicans dont play is a big time gang in newyork city and is slowly getting bigger in the dc area with the black and gold latin kings gang gang members are also from new york city we also have bloods crips with just other neighborhood crews but it is all bad we have to wake up please wake the hell up come on lets take are neighborhoods back clean them up make it safe for all people

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3:51 PM MST on Thu., Jun. 12, 2008 re: "Anti-gang project working"

 juan said:
say i live in park heights and most of the people here work go to college and church most of the kids are goood kids it is that thir is nothing for the kids to do we need fun things for the kids like football baseball block party for the people man look we need good things for are area like they have in baltimore co park heights is jewish african american we are getting a bigger latino population like central americans some mexicans but we do have gangs like bloods crips and ms13 gang and that is sad

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6:41 AM MST on Thu., Jun. 12, 2008 re: "Police chief: Gang members who shot kids are ‘cowards’"

 Greg from Bawlmer said:
If the police department truly wants communities to get involved with fighting crime in their area, the police should get involved with the communuity. My suggestion is get the police out of their cars and onto the street, they cannot prevent crime when they just drive thru at 40mph. Get the police walking the beat, like in the old days. If the same cops are in the community everyday the residents may feel that they are going to be protected when they give info about the bad guys in their area. It also gives the police a chance to get to know the people they are supposed to protect and serve. It seems to me when I have dealt with the police that they feel they are superior to the persons in the community they are hired to serve. There will never be trust between a community and the police if the police treat the public with contempt.

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3:41 PM MST on Wed., Jun. 11, 2008 re: "Police chief: Gang members who shot kids are ‘cowards’"

 Examiner Reader said:
It's ok they only shot to little kids! Police will not do anything because their hands are tied by stupid laws that will let these bad guys off. We need to be hard on these animales, if they get ruffed up by the police then so be it or if they get killed by the police I don't care, lets get hard. Police probly don't come to your rescue because you stand there with a dumb look on your face and say I don't know who did this, or your on your camera phone trying to catch the poilce banging up a turd so you can get 5 min of fame or some money. Oh stop blaming the police because the people of Baltimore can't take care of their hood, start snitching and maybe the police can get these thugs off the street. You can blame the justice sustem because they let the thugs walk the streets.

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1:27 PM MST on Wed., Jun. 11, 2008 re: "Police chief: Gang members who shot kids are ‘cowards’"

 Examiner Reader said:
Well first of all i live in a ok part of East Balto and we have one house on the block that is the cause of anything bad happening in our neighborhood and we DO CALL THE DAMN POLICE who never show up we do care for our children aand TRUE we need to address crime but APPARENTLY WE ARE NOT AS IMPORTANT AS SOME PEOPLE BECAUSE THE POLICE DONT COME TO OUR RESCUE IF YOU HAVE ANY SUGGESTIONS PLEASE SEND THEM!!!!!

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