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WHEN 12-YEAR-OLDS ATTACK

 London Mayor Rescues 
 Woman From Tweens 

Big Boris rides by at the right time

Nov 4, 09 1:11 PM CST
(Newser) - London Mayor Boris Johnson came to the rescue of a woman beset by a group of “feral” 12-year-old girls. “One of them had an iron bar in her hand,” the woman recalls to the Guardian . “It was as big as her.” Just then, the... More »

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London • cycling • gangs • England • bicycle • Boris Johnson • tween • street crime

2016 Olympics

 Gangs Down 
 Police Chopper 
 as Rio Burns 

But Brazil says it's working on security issues for 2016 Games

Oct 18, 09 9:35 AM CDT
(AP) - Brazilian officials are insisting security won't be a problem for its just-won 2016 Olympics despite drug-gang violence that plunged Rio de Janeiro into a day of bloody chaos that saw gangs shoot down a police helicopter, killing two cops and injuring four. The hourslong turf war between rival gangs in... More »

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Brazil • gangs • Rio de Janeiro • helicopter • 2016 Olympics

 Chicago Student's 
 Beating Death 
 Caught on Tape 

Police beef up patrols after savage gang melee

Sep 28, 09 4:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - Chicago police are stepping up patrols today at a high school where a 16-year-old honor student's gruesome beating death in a gang melee was captured on video. Students scream in horror as Derrion Albert crumples to the ground and covers his head in vain as he's repeatedly pummeled with wooden... More »

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high school • Chicago • crime • murder • gangs • video • death • gangsters • honor student • Derrion Albert

 Infant Killed 
 in LA Gang 
 Shooting 

Baby boy killed as he's fed in a parked car

Sep 28, 09 3:09 AM CDT
(Newser) - A 4-month-old baby boy was fatally wounded in a gang confrontation as he was being fed in a parked car in Los Angeles, police said. Andrew Garcia was rushed to a local hospital where he died. A pregnant family friend who was feeding Andrew was wounded. A teen with criminal... More »

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crime • murder • gangs • Los Angeles • baby • infant • shooting

Director of Gang Documentary Shot Dead

French filmmaker falls victim to violence he recorded in El Salvador

Sep 4, 09 7:22 AM CDT
(Newser) - The director of a documentary about the brutal gang life in El Salvador was himself the victim of gang violence, shot dead in a car 10 miles outside San Salvador, the Independent reports. Christian Poveda, a 52-year-old French filmmaker, directed La Vida Loca, which aired locally and hits France this... More »

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murder • gangs • documentary • gang violence • film director • El Salvador

 Bold Gem Heist 
 Gang Is Toast 
 of Serbia 

'Pink Panthers' blamed for over 100 daring robberies worldwide

Jul 29, 09 4:03 AM CDT
(Newser) - A 200-strong gang of global jewel thieves has become the bane of Interpol and heroes to many in their native Serbia, the Los Angeles Times reports. The "Pink Panthers" live among the many refugees from the Balkan wars scattered around the world. They are blamed for at least 100... More »

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Serbia • theft • gangs • criminal • Interpol • Serbs • jewel heist

 LA Fights Park Crime 
 With Midnight Lights 

Even gang members invited to summer nights of food, music

Jul 12, 09 1:41 PM CDT
(Newser) - Los Angeles' rundown parks used to be hotbeds of gang violence that scared away law-abiding neighbors after dark, but a new program has brought both a sense of community and a reduction in crime, the New York Times reports. The solution, which has already seen an 86% drop in homicides... More »

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gangs • Los Angeles • homicide • light • gang violence • public park

(Newser) - "You know who we're looking for." With that, two gunmen in ski masks opened fire on a group of teenagers waiting at a bus stop in Detroit, hitting seven of them and leaving three critically injured, reports the Detroit News. Witnesses say the shooting may be the extension... More »

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Detroit • gangs • shooting rampage • shooting • bus stop shooting • bystanders

(Newser) - Lion prides display the behavior of human gangs not to hunt more efficiently, but to defend their turf, researchers have discovered. The larger the prides, the more successfully lions keep out interlopers, reports the BBC. Scientists have long been stumped by why lions are singularly sociable among cats and what... More »

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gangs • lioness • lion • territory • gangsters • survival • lion pride • street gangs

French Kidnap, Torture Gang Goes on Trial

Group allegedly targeted Jews, killed 23-year-old in 2006

Apr 29, 09 8:04 AM CDT
(Newser) - A French gang accused of kidnapping, torturing, and murdering a Jewish man has gone on trial in Paris, reports the BBC. Presumed ringleader Youssouf Fofana—who allegedly ordered his accomplices to target Jews—faces charges of premeditated murder and committing "acts of torture and barbarism" over the death... More »

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torture • crime • Jews • kidnapping • murder • gangs • trial • Paris • anti-Semitism • Youssouf Fofana

White House Adds Troops to Mexico Border Drug Fight

US will beef up presence on border

Mar 24, 09 2:02 PM CDT
(AP) - The Obama administration says it is sending more agents and equipment to the southwestern US border to combat Mexican drug cartels. Speaking at the White House today, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said officials were still considering whether to deploy the National Guard to the border. She plans to meet... More »

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Hillary Clinton • drugs • Mexico • National Guard • gangs • violence • drug cartel • Janet Napolitano • border • Obama administration

Mexican Soldiers Charged With Protecting Cartel Capos

Blow dealt to president's plan to use soldiers to wipe out drug gangs

Mar 6, 09 4:40 AM CST
(Newser) - Mexican authorities have arrested a dozen soldiers accused of working with one of the nation's murderous drug cartels, reports Reuters. The development deals a serious blow to President Felipe Calderon's strategy to use soldiers to fight the gangs and clean up corruption in the police force. The troops have been... More »

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drugs • Mexico • gangs • corruption • Felipe Calderón • troops

 In Japan, Sun Sets 
 on Yakuza Mob Scene 

Japan's criminal gangs are losing their semi-legitimate status

Feb 28, 09 5:24 AM CST
(Newser) - The role of the yakuza in Japanese society has always been hard for Westerners to understand. Since the 1950s the mafia-like organization has been tolerated by government and the public, trusted to run gambling and prostitution rackets with a modicum of respect for social order. But as a tough economy... More »

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crime • Japan • organized crime • Yakuza • gangs • protection • cybercrime • gangsters

glossies

 Gangbangers 
 Struggle to 
 Leave 'the 
 Life' 

On road to rehabilitation, even success stories are bumpy

Feb 8, 09 4:56 PM CST
(Newser) - Job-hunting and laser tattoo removal are painful parts of leaving an LA street gang, but nothing compared to the lure of going back, Newsweek reports. Gabriel, 29, wandered into a gang rehabilitation center to leave "the life," but only stopped getting "G'd up" with his homeys... More »

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crime • Laura Bush • gangs • Los Angeles • tattoos • gangsters

Rising Gang Violence
Sparks 80% of US Crime

Groups increase presence on web, school campuses

Jan 31, 09 6:34 PM CST
(Newser) - Growing by the year, US gangs boast about 1 million members and are responsible for up to 80% of crimes across the country, a new federal report says. Law enforcement crackdowns have helped, but gangs remain resistant. "They evolve and adapt,” said an FBI official. “They know... More »

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FBI • drugs • crime • gangs • gang violence

16 Killed in Dramatic Philippines Shootout

Officers tailed robbery suspects, who 'fired at everyone in sight'

Dec 6, 08 7:56 AM CST
(AP) - A suspected robbery gang armed with automatic weapons and grenades fired on Philippine police officers who were tailing them, leaving at least 16 people dead in a fierce shootout in a Manila suburb, officials said. Officers were following the suspects when the gunmen sensed the surveillance and opened fire, triggering... More »

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robbery • gangs • Philippines • Manila • shootout

 Feds Seize Gang's Identity 


Oct 21, 08 7:05 PM CDT
(Newser) - Federal agents punctuated a raid against a notorious California motorcycle gang today with an unusual twist—they took the group's logo. In addition to making dozens of arrests, the feds are trying to seize ownership of the Mongols' trademark name and insignia—a Genghis Kahn-like figure riding a chopper. If... More »

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gangs • Los Angeles • motorcycle • motorcycle gang

ACLU Blasts Town's 9pm Teen Curfew

Wave of shootings prompts Hartford
to crack down

Aug 14, 08 5:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - Connecticut ACLU officials are blasting a blanket 9pm teen curfew in Hartford and are considering challenging the crackdown in court, AP reports. The month-long curfew is due to begin tonight. The city announced the curfew after weekend shootings left one dead and 10 wounded. ACLU lawyers say the move violates... More »

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gangs • ACLU • American Civil Liberties Union • Connecticut • gang violence • curfew • Hartford

NFL Looks for Gang Signs on Game Tapes

Experts scour footage, but some say gestures could be anything

Jul 16, 08 2:51 PM CDT
(Newser) - The NFL is hiring experts to pore over game tapes looking for players flashing gang signs, the Los Angeles Times reports. “There have been some suspected things we've seen,” said a league security official; one former player's not so sure: "People have got signs for their kids,... More »

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NFL • Roger Goodell • gangs • football • Paul Pierce

LA Mourns Slain High School Football Star

19-year-old gang member charged
with capital murder

Mar 12, 08 3:10 AM CDT
(Newser) - Mourners packed the funeral of a Los Angeles high school football star yesterday as police charged a gang member with capital murder in his death, the LA Times reports. The shooting of 17-year-old Jamiel Shaw only three doors away from his home was the latest in a spate of killings... More »

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gangs • Los Angeles • Antonio Villaraigosa • LAPD • gang violence • shooting

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