LATIN KINGS AND TWO SIX GANG CRACKDOWN IN LIL VILLAGE CHICAGO

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Why teens join gangs?

Why do teens join gangs? Gang members are from both poor and wealthy neighborhoods and from big cities and small rural towns. What causes some teens to join gangs?

1. Most teen gang members have been forced to join a gang, they have no choice most of the time its either to join a gang or get hurt or killed
2. Teens join because they have no support at home, and they just want to find a family for themselves
3. Teens also want to be accepted and respected, they think that no one values them as who they are
4. Sometimes it's because they just something to do
   
5. Teens also think gangs will give them something to value, like expensive sneakers, leather jackets, gold rings, etc.Gangs take advantage of all this to get innocent teens to join them, gangs also promise teens that they will take them in and take care of them just like a family. But the reality is that gangs only offer false promises, because if they would actually care they wouldn't ask teens to do the following:

Here are some real things gang members are often asked to do:

1. Hurt or kill innocent people
2. Perform heterosexual or homosexual acts, or both
3. Allow yourself to be beat up in order to join the "family"
4. Put yourself in danger of injury, disease, prison, and death

Would a caring family ask you to do these things?

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What is a gang? What do gangs do? Statistics..

A gang is usually a group of teens and young adults who spend most of their time together. They often plan how to carry out different activities that usually involve using violence. Gangs are known by particular names. They are organized with leaders and followers. Gangs usually claim a particular area of a city or town which they call their “turf”. They spend most of their time recruting new members and protecting their "turf" from the rival gangs and to keep them out of their territory. A gang usually makes money by doing illegal things. They get most of their money by dealing illegal drugs, forcing people to pay them money for protection, robbing people and stores, selling those stolen things, and trading illegal weapons.

Statistics:

• About 7 percent of teens say they belong to gangs


• Gang members usually range in age from 12 to 25 years old


• The average ageto be in a gang is 17


• Many large gangs have members of several age and ethnic groups


• About 20 percent of all teens know someone who was killed or injured by a gang member


• In some cities 70 percent of teens are killed by guns or a gang member


• Gang members steal or destroy school property