America is ran by multiple groups: political, religions, good and bad, but street gangs have been destroying america for 143 years. There are 1.4 million people criminally active in gangs today. Many people would say that gangs are symbols of family, unity, love, respect, and dominance. Gangs are taking the nation by storm, becoming more active by the second, instead of of decreasing they are multiplying. Gangs consist of all ages, genders, shapes, colors, shapes and sizes. Gangs gain these people by recruiting them through seduction, deception, and the most common way is self recruitment. Many people join gangs because they feel as if they can rely on them for protection. Many gangs aim for people ages 14-21 because it has always been easy …show more content…
The most dangerousviolent gang in the us known in the streets and prison as MS-13. every MS member show their love for the gang through body art as shown above.
As of today gangs are responsible for 80% of America’s crime. Vandalism, murder, robbery, drug and gun trafficking, fraud, extortion, and prostitution rings are the most common crimes committed by gangs. The most common Crime committed towards another gang or an enemy is murder . Some members are hired to kill people by members that are higher up and usually you have “no choice but to accept or the members would automatically think you 're a rat or a punk” and if a gang put you in that category chances are they’re going to pay to have you murdered. Many gangs go to great extents to hurt the opposing gang members like beheading, burning and hit and runs and more
Gangs are becoming a huge part of America. Instead of subtracting they 're multiplying, there are currently 33,000 street gangs today.FBI and the police are making a conscious effort to bring down all 1.4 million people active in gangs. Gangs are single handedly tear america apart. Some might say that gangs are a great way of showing family, loyalty, and hustle but is it worth the high death rate and killing off a great population of