How have gangs changed over the history of America?
Bad Times
In a time where you would get into a whale sized amount of trouble just for looking at the wrong guy. Where people held such power that you could be put in jail for life if you say the wrong thing to the wrong person. A place so ugly you want to stare into a black hole rather than look at the world around you. This time was the time of GANGS.
There were many criminal gangs in the past and there are still a lot in the present. Some of the most feared gangs were gangs that smuggled alcohol during the Prohibition and the Italian-American Mafia. Gangsters have been a big problem in the society of America. In this site, we will highlight some of the most infamous gangs and times that were defined by crime.
"The gang is an institution in New York. The police deny its existence while nursing the bruises received in nightly battles with it that tax their utmost resources. The newspapers chronicle its doings daily, with a sensational minuteness of detail that does its share toward keeping up its evil traditions and inflaming the ambition of its members to be as bad as the worst. The gang is the ripe fruit of tenement-house growth."
The paragraph above is an excerpt from Jacob A. Riis's book How the Other Half Lives. It explains how some gangs are kept secret by the news and some police officers. They are doing something wrong by helping the gangs carry out their evil tradition and betraying their jobs. They are greedy and the gang members are bad people. The gang members get rich out of crime. It says that gangs are usually formed by people who grew up in a bad environment. You can read more of How the Other Half Lives here.
There were many criminal gangs in the past and there are still a lot in the present. Some of the most feared gangs were gangs that smuggled alcohol during the Prohibition and the Italian-American Mafia. Gangsters have been a big problem in the society of America. In this site, we will highlight some of the most infamous gangs and times that were defined by crime.
"The gang is an institution in New York. The police deny its existence while nursing the bruises received in nightly battles with it that tax their utmost resources. The newspapers chronicle its doings daily, with a sensational minuteness of detail that does its share toward keeping up its evil traditions and inflaming the ambition of its members to be as bad as the worst. The gang is the ripe fruit of tenement-house growth."
The paragraph above is an excerpt from Jacob A. Riis's book How the Other Half Lives. It explains how some gangs are kept secret by the news and some police officers. They are doing something wrong by helping the gangs carry out their evil tradition and betraying their jobs. They are greedy and the gang members are bad people. The gang members get rich out of crime. It says that gangs are usually formed by people who grew up in a bad environment. You can read more of How the Other Half Lives here.