Infiltrating the Mongols Modern “outlaw motorcycle gangs” (OMG’s) are just as sophisticated, organized and dangerous as traditional Mafia families. They have spread around the globe, with chapters as far as Mexico and Europe (Mongols). Like the Mafia, they form an impenetrable society; the distinction being the deliberate violence these biker organizations create. Where the Mafia hides its illegal activities in legitimacy, OMG’s proudly wreak havoc while identifying themselves as Hells Angels, Pagans, or as in the subject of this particular undercover investigation - Mongols. William Queen, a veteran Special Agent with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms and a U.S. Army Special Forces Vietnam veteran was fed up with the hassle of desk work.
The gang members will continue to perfect their deviance by fighting, or waging wars for other gang’s streets. Streets are the gang’s scares resource, the more streets a gang has the more powerful they seem to be (they have the ability to sell more drugs from streets that they claim). They have to be able to control these streets though which brings into play the gang ranks and structure in order to control the internal working of the
you greaser!” In society’s view Los Angeles police department is thought to be bias against blacks, Mexicans, and Hispanics. They are known to beat civilians other than whites, after a crime, and use the excuse they were resisting arrest. Many suits have been filed against the Los Angeles Police Department, Not many won. Los Angeles is a very racial area of our country. The gangs of L.A. kill each other everyday and run the streets.
to the hatred of blacks shared by white and Hispanic prison gangs” (3). Rivalries include the Bloods, Crips, Nortenos, Black Guerrilla Family, Nuestra Familia, and the Los Angeles crime family. “Most research indicates that the skinhead groups are loosely organized…join together to commit violence against anyone they do not like or approve of” (Kinnear 15). Influences outside of prison are portrayed around the gangs “8 Keys” or “8 oaths” they each must adhere too. They include, but are not limited too, “I as a Nazi Low Rider, hear by swear…upon the throne of god almighty,…whatever is necessary to deliver our people from the Jew and bring total victory to the Nazi Low Riders,…let me bear witness to you, that if one of you should fall in battle,…that one of you should be taken prisoner,…that should an enemy agent hurt you,…let us be his battle axe and weapons of war.
Police officers turn bad to gain wealth, power, and rank in most law enforcement agencies. The extent of police corruption goes as far as officers ripping off drug dealers and even dealing drugs themselves for an increase in wealth. Police officers in some cases try to cover up their corrupt behavior by murder, torture, and even acts of brutality on their victim. Police corruption is a major problem in many law enforcement agencies in the United States. Police misconduct is a major problem among officers in various law enforcement agencies in the United States.
The next type of gang is the delinquent gang they are based on getting money from delinquencies. The members look towards each other for help and motivation. They depend on a leader. The leader does all the planning and committing crimes which are mostly stealing, but the delinquent gang tends to be the most emotionally stable even though they spend time planning and are involved with criminal activities. The last type of gang is the violent gang.
He was the longtime director of the FBI and spent much of his career gathering intelligence on radical groups and individuals, “subversives” Martin Luther King Jr. being one of his favorites. Hoover’s methods included infiltration, burglaries, illegal wiretaps and planted evidence and his legacy is tainted because of it. His stance or controversial tactics against black was unspeakable. He name Martin Luther king Jr. the most dangerous Negro in the future of this nation, and he was so afraid of Marcus Garvey that he called him a notorious negro agitator and began searching for any that would allow this guys to be charged with a crime. Hoover used COINTELPRO to initiate around the clock surveillance on king, hoping to find evidence of communism or sexual deviance.
Smaller gangs, usually made up of youngsters, are also normally swallowed up by larger, more prominent gangs who then use the youngsters to commit the crimes for them. This is evident in the number of youngsters being arrested for murder and possession of illegal firearms. It must also be noted that there are females in gangs as well. Girls on drugs, or those prostituting for gangs sometimes class themselves as gang members. They may form their own gang, which is regarded as an “affiliate” of the main, male-dominated gang.
The police force is a recruiting “pool” for the cartels and many police officers become violent murderers working closely with the cartels to slaughter innocent people at the request of their cartel bosses (Padgett, T. (2011)). Many people, not just police officers, work for the cartels in order to make more money to provide for their needs, and the needs of their
Many of these groups engaged in illegal activity such as selling drugs, trafficking, gambling, and even murder. They bribed and blackmailed law enforcement into being on their side and contributing to activities like bootlegging and drug dealing. Midway through the 20th Century mafia influence crested in the United States (u-s-history.com). Criminals during this time began to form close knit groups that did not trust law enforcement. Some of these groups were immigrant organizations known as mobs or mafias.