Facebook Twitter Pinterest The Almighty Gaylords are one of the oldest street gangs in Chicago. Woods explains that law enforcement typically splits gang activity into three groups: white supremacist prison gangs, outlaw biker clubs and criminal street gangs. He concluded that systemic racism often keeps white gangs categorized as prison and biker groups instead of street gangs – the category drawing the toughest charges and sentences. This means white gangs are not typically policed as stringently, he writes, and their members can miss interventions sometimes offered to more publicized gangs of color. Woods blames the media for underreporting white gangs.

Source: The Guardian April 05, 2018 09:56 UTC