The gang started out in the city of Chicago after many immigrants had migrated there in the 1940’s. It had originally started out as a group of Puerto Rican and Mexican descendants as a way to protect themselves from the racism against Hispanics (“latin kings”, n.d). White Americans mistreated people of color and made other races feel inferior. The gang pushed for education and towards having same privileges, but they soon derived from that pathway to become a gang when they realized they could make money from drugs (“latin kings the dangerous gang in Chicago”, 2016). That’s when the gang began to grow into the powerful Latin King known today.
The organization of the gang was thoroughly developed by a man who is known as “Lord Gino” while he was in prison serving time and created rules by which every member had to abide to (“latin kings the dangerous gang in
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The structure of the gang is similar to a hierarchy with separate levels of power that is known as “chapter” and nothing can pass the leader at the top known as a “Corona” without his consent (Mathews, 2012). It doesn’t matter whether a members is in prison or in some other state, the gang has its way to get into contact with others and cannot be detained with the separation. Every member wanting to join the gang is initiated by a variety of ways going from a three minute beating to committing a crime to ensure that the new members is willing to give it all for his new family (“latin kings the dangerous gang in Chicago”, 2016). In 1970 any race or gender was allowed into the gang and they have no limit to what age the person has to be as long as they are ready to give a full commitment to the gang The symbol for the gang is a lion and a crown with five points in which eat point stands for love, honor, obedience, sacrifice, and righteousness which are written using the colors black and gold (“latin kings,