Gang violence in America has been a problem for over eight decades. Since as early as the 1900s people of the African American race organized small gangs in the streets to protect their neighborhoods when segregation in America was still a big social and ethical problem. Originally gangs where not organized to be violent and to commit crimes. These smalls crews where founded and established to provide peace and protection to the African American community during the civil rights movement. Even before the civil rights movement the African American citizens practiced spiritual principles like love, and truth to teach their youth a better life than what they knew.
The citizens of America during the early 1900s lived during a time of segregation …show more content…
The black people in America would claim they were only trying to protect themselves and their neighborhoods from the oppression of the racial discrimination going on during that time. In doing so small groups of blacks where labeled as gangs and public enemy number two with drugs being public enemy number one.
To try and establish peace in the communities around the Chicago area the government decided to conduct a social experiment. The government created housing development projects to provide affordable living expenses and homes for the less fortunate during the 1930s. Chicago, Illinois is a city where the government built these housing developments called projects because of the social experiment being conducted by the government.
At first the housing developments in the city of Chicago where originally designed to create a peaceful environment for everyone. That was its original purpose and the way things were intended to be. That’s the way things seemed to be at first. During the first ten years or so the neighborhoods took pride in keeping the community clean and safe for the citizens that lived in that …show more content…
They also where in competition for the most profitable neighborhoods where they made the most drug sales. These neighborhoods and blocks where gang members operated and did business was called the gang members turf. There were turf wars where people were shot and killed in the street. This caused the crime rate in America to rise and gang violence became more recognized. In order for gang members to keep control during these turf wars they often had to find new recruits for their gangs to stay strong in their street politics. Criminals where arrested and charged in most cases although many murders and other criminal cases go
The citizens of America during the early 1900s lived during a time of segregation …show more content…
The black people in America would claim they were only trying to protect themselves and their neighborhoods from the oppression of the racial discrimination going on during that time. In doing so small groups of blacks where labeled as gangs and public enemy number two with drugs being public enemy number one.
To try and establish peace in the communities around the Chicago area the government decided to conduct a social experiment. The government created housing development projects to provide affordable living expenses and homes for the less fortunate during the 1930s. Chicago, Illinois is a city where the government built these housing developments called projects because of the social experiment being conducted by the government.
At first the housing developments in the city of Chicago where originally designed to create a peaceful environment for everyone. That was its original purpose and the way things were intended to be. That’s the way things seemed to be at first. During the first ten years or so the neighborhoods took pride in keeping the community clean and safe for the citizens that lived in that …show more content…
They also where in competition for the most profitable neighborhoods where they made the most drug sales. These neighborhoods and blocks where gang members operated and did business was called the gang members turf. There were turf wars where people were shot and killed in the street. This caused the crime rate in America to rise and gang violence became more recognized. In order for gang members to keep control during these turf wars they often had to find new recruits for their gangs to stay strong in their street politics. Criminals where arrested and charged in most cases although many murders and other criminal cases go