Violence In My Bloody Life By Reymundo Sanchez

Most of the violence we have is gang related especially in Chicago. Chicago is known to be one of the most dangerous cities in the U.S. A lot of shootings, rapes, robberies, and murders comes from gang violence. There has been 419 murders in Chicago this year. The murder rate of Chicago is about four times higher than New York City and 2.5 times higher than Los Angeles. There is a 25% increase of gang activity in Chicago as of 2009 to 2011. There are about 100 different types of gangs and a few of the most dangerous ones are in Chicago. For example you have the Latin kings, Bloods, Crips, Disciples, Folks, and many more. One of the most dangerous gangs in Chicago would be the Latin Kings. Each gang could have over 100 members or more in their

It was written by Reymundo Sanchez in the year 2000. The book was about a boy named Reymundo Sanchez growing up as a member of the Latin Kings. He lived in Puerto Rico with his mother and father, but also with very violent men. His father died when he was four and his mother would occasionally beat him. They soon moved to Chicago and there he started to hang around with the wrong people. He then became part of the gang after a hit on a rival gang. They fed him, gave him drugs and then they became his family. When Reymundo grew up he became more mature and noticed the truths behind the gang life. The youngest members risked their lives and sold drugs. While the oldest members lived peacefully on the profit and away from the fighting. He became aware of the lack of fairness of the gang life be he knew it would years before he saw way out. When he first joined the gang the kings were at war with other Latino gangs like the Spanish Cobras, Lords and Gangster Imperials. The Latin Kings later became one with the Gaylords, Vice lords, and Insane Unknowns to become the Peoples. Their enemies were the Cobras, Lords, and Imperial Gangsters called the Folks. Police would encourage gang wars by picking up members and leaving them at neighborhoods controlled by their rivals. Reymundo saw twice a gang leader pay off a police or detective. Any one that was living I the wrong neighborhood was fair game even if

It started back in the 1940’s by Puerto Ricans immigrants. Now it is mostly ruled by Mexicans. This gang was founded by Luis Felipe, AKA King Blood, who later moved to New York where he began a new chapter for the Latin Kings. He was later imprisoned in a New York state prison. Over the years the gang grew and Felipe directed theirs activities from his jail cell. He was convicted on 18 murders and attempted murders. Their gang colors are black and gold. Black represents death and gold represents life. They have an emblem that represents them which is the five pointed crown. Each point stands for something which is love, respect, sacrifice, honor, and obedience. The Latin Kings have several rivals such as the Folks, Latin Locos, Solidos, Elm City Boys, and the Nation. This gang are big on narcotics, weapons, assaults, beatings, stabbings, shootings, murder, and graffiti. Latin kings are known to traffic weapons such as the Mac-20’s and 9mm. This is what makes them the most dangerous and violent gang in Chicago. Besides that all the gangs have huge fights on territory. The more territory they get the more they own and have more control of. Each gang has their own street or neighborhood, but every day they are out there looking for more. The Latin Kings like to show their interpretation in drawings, paintings, and graffiti drawn around their neighborhood. They use a lot of the gang colors in