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GANGS IN THE MIAMI VALLEY
Evidence of gangs shockingly clear
Miami Valley law enforcement agencies are seeing an increase in activity
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Sunday, February 17, 2008
DAYTON — Months after 16-year-old Anthony Dyer's naked and beaten body was found along Wolf Creek in 1997, homicide investigators pieced together charges against Dayron J. Talbott, whose gang name was "Psycho."
Talbott and six others charged in Dyer's death belonged to a Dayton-based street gang called Folks.
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Levy K. Smith, 23, of Dayton briefly escaped police custody last month after his indictment on federal charges of cocaine and firearms possession.
He is a member of Diamond Cut, an organization Dayton police identify as a gang.
Reginald "Reddy Baby" Battle, 25, of Dayton is a rapper under federal indictment on drug and weapons charges.
He admits to membership in a "street team" called Dope Boy Mafia or DBM. Battle says DBM is a nationally known rap group.
For more than a decade, law enforcement and civic leaders in the Miami Valley have debated, denied, downplayed and at times acknowledged street gang activity, often sending the public a contradictory message.
Seldom has the subject come up — even after a seemingly high profile gang-related crime — without an official cautionary statement that criminal gangs in the Dayton area are somehow less threatening than in other regions of the state or country, leaving the impression that the issue locally is less urgent.
A five-month Dayton Daily News examination of area gang activity tells a different story. Gangs are well-entrenched in the Dayton area. In the last decade, local law enforcement agencies have connected assaults, drug trafficking, shootings and homicides to more than a dozen local street gangs. One, the Greenwich Village Clique or GVC, is known to operate in the neighborhood around Waymire and Bohemian avenues, where the bodies of 17-year-old Tearron "Kool-Aid" Daniel and 16-year-old DeAngelo Jackson were found shot to death on the same corner three years apart.
The message "RIP Kool-Aid, GVC, 3/17/05" is still spray-painted in green on the side of a boarded-up house near where Daniel's body was found.
"It's what you would consider an epidemic," Henry Guy Jones III said of local gang activity. Jones, who served four years in prison on gang charges, is a former member of the Disciple House Gangsters, a Dayton-based offshoot of the famed Chicago street gang Gangster Disciples.
"The gang situation in Dayton is real," Jones said. "More new gangs are created in Dayton all the time."
Signs of a gang problem in Dayton are becoming harder to ignore. The Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction identified 316 gang members from Montgomery County who are inmates in the state's prison system — about 10 percent of those committed in a recent year.
Dayton police have identified local gang members who are as young as 11 years old — the equivalent of a fifth-grader — and they suspect there are girls forming and belonging to gangs.
At MySpace.com, police recently found photographs of local teens who identify themselves as high school students and "D-CUT" or Diamond Cut girls. They are quick to flash the D-CUT hand sign — middle and index fingers held tip to tip that form the shape of a diamond — that identifies them as members of Diamond Cut.
Gangs are also becoming more media savvy, camouflaging their activities and attracting the young by using affiliated hip hop groups, chatting on Internet social networks and communicating from text messages rather than through old-school coded graffiti that police and the FBI have learned to decipher.
In other words, they're becoming harder to catch.
"They're criminal enterprises and they are expanding their territory," Eric Thomas, FBI supervisory senior resident agent in the Dayton regional office, said of the gangs operating here. "People need to be aware of the situation."
A Who's Who of gangs
Periods of gang proliferation in this country are nothing new. A 1998 report by the U.S. Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency traced youth gangs in the United States as early as the 1780s, with spikes in gang activity usually observed during shifts in population or economic climate.
"I don't think too much has changed (in gang culture). Are gangs now more violent? No. Better weapons, yes," said A. Scott Washington, a former member of the Crips in Los Angeles who now is a special assistant in the office of Judge A. J. Wagner of Montgomery County Common Pleas Court.
The Ohio Revised Code defines a gang as group of three or more persons who have a common name, one or more common identifying signs, symbols or colors and "the person in the organization, association or group individually or collectively engage in or have engaged in a pattern or criminal gang activity." The code also says that participating in a criminal gang is a second-degree felony.
Harris Tay says the conditions that attract young people to gangs elsewhere are visible here.
"Really it comes down to a breakdown in community. (These kids) want structure and discipline so they'll find community somewhere," said Tay, who tutors mostly preteens at the Western Manor recreation center, 1718 N. James H. McGee Blvd. "If your father ain't there, you always got that brotherhood" that gangs seem to provide.
Dayton doesn't have the same kinds of gang problems that plague cities like Detroit, Chicago, Los Angeles or even Columbus. In fact, some community activists blame most local gang-related crime on kids imitating gang life.
"A lot of this (gang) stuff is overblown," said the Rev. Tommie Stewart, who heads Northwest Weed and Seed. "Most of these kids are just wannabe gang members."
Still, the Dayton-based gangs identified by state prison investigators represent a Who's Who of street gangs that make headlines in big cities across the country: Aryan Brotherhood, Crips, Bloods, Folks and People Nation. They also identified 18 independent gangs from Dayton and Montgomery County.
Since most inmates eventually come home, prison gang ties can become neighborhood gang ties. Between Jan. 1 and Aug. 14 of last year, state prisons released 142 gang members back to the county.
FBI agent Tim Ferguson said some of the local gangs that operate here originate in places like Chicago and Los Angeles
"We do have (individuals) that are claiming to be Bloods who come from (Chicago)," he said.
Tracking gang activity
As recently as October 2004, Dayton police continued to publicly deny organized gangs were a problem. When media reports at that time suggested people were being mugged downtown as part of gang initiations, retired Dayton Police Director Julian Davis, then Deputy Director Wanda Smith and others downplayed the information.
"There is no evidence that gang activity exists downtown," Lt. Matt Carper, who commands the Central Business District, told the Daily News at the time. "If you think there is, show me the evidence."
Two years later, law enforcement agencies began working behind the scenes to deal with street gangs.
In the summer of 2006, Dayton police received a $98,533 Anti-Gang Initiative grant from the Justice Department, part of a $30 million pool to support new or expanded anti-gang efforts nationwide.
The grant application the department submitted revealed a level of gang activity that hadn't been discussed publicly.
"In recent years, the city of Dayton has seen a resurgence in activity of national and local motorcycle gangs including: The Outlaws, Black Pistons, and Renegades," the 2006-08 Anti-Gang Initiative application stated. "Also, we have identified members of MS-13 in the city of Dayton with the growth of our Hispanic and South American population."
MS-13 is a notorious — and ultraviolent — Los Angeles-based street gang.
"All these gangs deal in narcotics, vandalism and violence including murder," the application stated.
Thanks to the grant, police can better track gang activity. Dayton Police Detective Chad Knight, who heads the Dayton program, said police are photographing gang graffiti, cataloging distinctive tattoos on suspected gang members, collecting biographical information and regularly monitoring chat rooms and Internet traffic.
"We have started doing special assignments in areas where gang activity has been reported by using gang grant funding," said Knight's supervisor, Maj. Mitch Davis.
Police say gang-related violence here tends to erupt over drug turf, rivalries or, in some cases, false information about someone's involvement in another incident. By focusing on patterns of activity, police can identify which gangs congregate in a particular part of town.
For example, Dayton police say members of Dope Boy Mafia hang out in the Fifth Police District, an area bounded by North Main Street, Salem Avenue, James H. McGee Boulevard, Riverview, Gettysburg and Siebenthaler avenues. Police have connected numerous incidents at Third and Main streets downtown to members of the so-called Gangster Disciples. The GVC seems to operate in an area west of North Gettysburg Avenue in the city's northwest quadrant.
Over time, they hope to use the information to make a dent in gang-related street crime.
Gang activity hasn't only been identified in the city. Last May, the FBI started the Miami Valley Gang Initiative, which helps Miami Valley-area police agencies better coordinate efforts to suppress gang activity.
"They start out as wannabes and then over time, they grow," Trotwood Sgt. Erik Wilson said of local youth joining gangs. "With the initiative, we're going to stop them from growing to being where we have a major gang problem out here. When I say here, I'm talking Miami Valley."
Color codes and T-shirts
Just before 2 p.m. on Sept. 14, a fight broke out on the first floor of Dunbar High School. As police could best tell, four young men trespassed onto school property and attacked a 17-year-old boy. There were reports of guns.
Nobody was hurt and no guns were found, but the incident was a reminder that gang activities don't happen only on streets and in neighborhoods. They also happen in schools.
Staff and school security told police the fight was gang-related. When the school at 2222 Richley Ave. let out for the day, students lingering in the parking lot became disorderly. There were hard looks and stares as vehicles loaded with non-students pulled into the lot, according to police.
When the situation became more heated, police hastily left the scene with the suspects in custody "to help defuse the situation," police said.
Harry Frisby, security chief for Dayton Public Schools, said Dunbar banned red and black T-shirts because they started seeing large groups of students coming to school wearing those colors. The color of a T-shirt can be viewed as a gang membership card.
"The principal felt it was a safety issue," said Frisby, who spent 20 years as a Cincinnati police officer and detective before a 10-year stint as security chief for Cincinnati Public Schools.
Police say even local gangs have their own colors: black and white for Dope Boy Mafia, black for GVC and red for Diamond Cut. Frisby said some students layer themselves with multiple colored T-shirts, peeling one off when in a certain part of town.
Officials aren't concerned only about gang activities involving high school students. Police reports indicate that many members of the GVC attend Fairview Middle School, 2408 Philadelphia Ave., which has grades six through eight.
Because of gang problems in schools, Ohio Attorney General Marc Dann last year developed the Ohio Criminal Gang Prevention Curriculum for high schools, with a separate curriculum for elementary schools. The guide provides information on gangs and suggestions for helping students choose a different path.
Recent studies indicate gang members outnumber police nationwide 2.3 to 1 (10,000 police for every 23,000 gang members), according to the attorney general's report. It estimated that 780,000 gang members were on U.S. streets in 2000, and another 700,000 in jails and prisons.
"Young people really miss the point of how dangerous gangs are," Frisby said.
But, "We have a handle on what's going on. Our students should not have to learn in fear. We will prevail over this whole situation."
'It's like a movement'
Gang programs have come and gone through the years. Montgomery County Prosecutor Mathias Heck Jr. began a regional gang effort in the late 1990s, but he said it ended in 2002 as a separate state gang initiative began and no local reports of gang activity came to his office.
Dayton's gangs, Heck said, are more loose-knit than some of those in bigger cities. Although his office has prosecuted few gang cases, when police present them, he said, "We'd be glad to cooperate."
Federal investigators have intensified their gang efforts in recent years, in part because of grants from the Justice Department.
Thomas said the FBI has five to 10 sealed indictments locally in conjunction with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms that allege charges stemming from drug trafficking to federal firearms violations involving 20 to 30 individuals who belong to multiple gangs.
Ten federal indictments in two separate cases last year alleged drug dealing among members of two suspected local gangs: Dope Boy Mafia and Diamond Cut.
In the Diamond Cut case, Dayton police busted a drug house in the 2700 block of North Main Street.
A grand jury indicted six people, each sporting a gang tattoo featuring "D-Cut" written in script on their left wrist.
In the second case, four suspected Dope Boy Mafia members were indicted on charges related to maintaining residences in Dayton and elsewhere to distribute crack cocaine. Police seized nine firearms.
Diamond Cut's founder, Clarence "Chaos" Winn, vehemently denies his group is a gang. "It's like a movement," he said.
Dope Boy Mafia members — some of them musicians — also deny their group is a street gang. Police believe DBM and others use the music industry to camouflage illegal activity.
Comments
By leprechaun
July 30, 2009 12:11 AM | Link to this
first off this is leprechaun people have to be real with themselves. life is rough for young black men and we turn to eachother for love honor and respect. we as a nation need to stand up for one another and be role models. when i made the choice i made years ago it was because i got the love i didnt get from my father who was always in and out of prison. dont look down on us we are just trying to make it. young black men stay strong and stay focused. 1 love leprechaun
By anonymous
July 18, 2009 10:43 AM | Link to this
No, they’re black and as ugly as they look. They hang out on our city porches smoking and dealing crack. A real nuisance and problem; i.e. loitering; soliciting; disturbing the peace. beat their asses black and blue thats what they deserve! Oi; oi; oi;
By Mark
May 6, 2009 8:22 PM | Link to this
We, too are disparaging of the violence that accompanies the rank poverty spurred on by the donimant society’s unwillingness to grant access to minorities seeking to better their station. Redlining, blackballing, white flight and socialogical racism are the seedbeds which gave rise to today’s minority urban gang cultures across America.
By Mark
May 6, 2009 8:15 PM | Link to this
It’s a shame society has created such a destructive gang/thug culture. The city planners have cultivated furtile soil for this activity here in Dayton. They’ve manufactured the very thing white society once feared in absentia when black migrated from the south. However few 20th century whites are even able to take into account that there were black people in Ohio in the 18th century (mine for one) before many of them. Who were never slaves, owned land with established lives and cultures.
By anonymous
March 8, 2009 10:54 AM | Link to this
TO YOUNG KING…
By anonymous
March 8, 2009 10:53 AM | Link to this
TO YOUNG KING…
By Anominous
February 18, 2009 6:56 PM | Link to this
My friends allmost died by walking into the middle of a gang fight in Daton. We were all suronded it was pure hell. we were lucky to get out of there alive.
By (CFK) KR!M$T3R (CFK)
January 24, 2009 2:44 PM | Link to this
Nahh peepz, i so hate haters , live from AMSTERDAM cfk cfk cfk !
F**k ALL CRITICS DIAMOND CUT they just bustin lyrics and aint that a b***h , the one’s that talkin shouldn be walking no mooooooo cuzzz he a snitch,now aint that a b***h!
All that crap talkin just some jibberish, support diamond cut to the fullest.
Come see GANGS in AMSTERDAM CFK CFK CFK CFK CFK Then throw up ya critics bout DIAMOND CUT an s**t in the CFK neighnourhoods!
F**k yall critics let a man get his paper!
By Ayuda
January 17, 2009 5:55 PM | Link to this
cont…you will hollow them out and thus put them out of existence.
By Ayuda
January 17, 2009 5:54 PM | Link to this
I work with kids from these areas, and yes, Dayton does have gangs.
The Surenos, i.e., MS-13 (Sur-13) are in Dayton. I don’t believe to such an extent as a previous poster has suggested, but it wont take long for your children to be sucked into this horseshit. Parents! Take an interest in your kids! These kids go there to run from bullies and to feel a part of something that will protect them. Streets ban together and watch your kids. If you cut off the gang “supply” of young children….
By Joseph Pettaway
January 10, 2009 10:50 AM | Link to this
Repent for the remission of your sins and be converted. Much love!
By Vona
December 31, 2008 4:21 PM | Link to this
It’s so funny to see how white people think of the black man. You all ought to be ashamed of yourselves! But on another note, not in any way, shape, or form is DIAMOND CUT a gang.
By ME
December 27, 2008 10:21 AM | Link to this
The person killed in this article is my cousin. Anthony “Gooch” Dyer.. dont attempt to disrespect him or my aunt.. Gangs are everywhere and have been around a long time, most people join them 2 belong to something or be aprt of something..
By young king
December 23, 2008 6:05 PM | Link to this
READ WHAT AMERICA THINKS ABOUT US.THIS IS WERE WE LEARNED IT FROM………………
By zach
Fkin worthless a niggers need to get a fking life. Motherfers think that they are some kind of big rap stars or something. I think they are all a bunch of punk a* pussies who can’t fight without carrying a gun. Faggots fkers need to get a job and a life and get the fk of of welfare. It’s funny to see these piece of sh* monkey’s jumping around like a bunch of baboons in their stupid a* looking cars.
By zach
December 18, 2008 2:10 PM | Link to this
Fkin worthless a niggers need to get a fking life. Motherfers think that they are some kind of big rap stars or something. I think they are all a bunch of punk a* pussies who can’t fight without carrying a gun. Faggots fkers need to get a job and a life and get the fk of of welfare. It’s funny to see these piece of sh* monkey’s jumping around like a bunch of baboons in their stupid a* looking cars. Bunch of wanna be’s GET A LIFE NIGGERS!!!!! YOU AINT SH*!
By young king
December 16, 2008 6:32 PM | Link to this
as long as there is police there will be gangs.The goverment is the most dangerous gang in the world. There will never b peace 4 African americans. Even with a black president in office.Its almost 2010 and this is a modern slave world. So do whatever i have to 2 survive………..
By danyelle
December 16, 2008 5:00 PM | Link to this
i think this is a touching story its a really sad thing that this inocent family lost a love one over a little boy tryin to be a gangster and people think its all cool to go around and kill people well these little f**kin imature boys and girls need to grow up go home see your own family your loved too and you see where this boy is dead itll happen to you too f**k all the worthless time with gangs on who burned this color of rag shut up go to your family wats really important
By cHRIS
December 2, 2008 9:16 AM | Link to this
D-Cut iza movement datz ALL!!!!!!!!!!
By cHRIS
December 2, 2008 9:16 AM | Link to this
D-Cut iza movement datz ALL!!!!!!!!!!
By kelli
November 25, 2008 12:20 PM | Link to this
… Dayton does have gangs. For someone to think of Dayton of not having gangs, that makes them uneducated as well. The Crips and The Bloods are not the only gangs sweetie. Lets not forget there are racial gangs, black and white, and all over the city of Dayton. Do not stereotype a gang, that will only get you no where in the end. Lastly, if you want to be affiliated with a group, but not labeled as something, make sure you know who is in the group and what they are about.
By kelli
November 25, 2008 12:16 PM | Link to this
First of all, if this so called “gang” was doing something oh so great, then why would members choose to act like uneducated young people? Why would someone trying to make a difference let anyone fall back? I do not think this is a gang at all. When I think of a gang, I think of men or women of any age having each others back for anything, and a group of individuals ready to help someone in the gang when its needed. There is always something better to do than break the law.
By UNKNOWN!!!
September 28, 2008 11:31 AM | Link to this
NO DAYTON DOES NOT HAVE GANGS COME ON THINK ABOUT IT IN CALI WHEN CRIPS SEE BLOODS ITS A SHOOTOUT IN DAYTON ITS JUST FRIENDS AND U REO WHAT U LOVE IN DAYTON THAT IS WHAT U R CLASSIFIED UNDER I MEAN YEA THEY KILL BUT THATS ONLY IF SOMEONE DID SOMETHING TO SOMEONE ELSE!!
By UNKNOWN!!!
September 28, 2008 11:30 AM | Link to this
NO DAYTON DOES NOT HAVE GANGS COME ON THINK ABOUT IT IN CALI WHEN CRIPS SEE BLOODS ITS A SHOOTOUT IN DAYTON ITS JUST FRIENDS AND U REO WHAT U LOVE IN DAYTON THAT IS WHAT U R CLASSIFIED UNDER I MEAN YEA THEY KILL BUT THATS ONLY IF SOMEONE DID SOMETHING TO SOMEONE ELSE!!
By Robert
September 15, 2008 12:17 AM | Link to this
It’s not that THEY (Us) see something wrong in a gang, it’s WE (persons) who see a whole generation of white, black, or brown, youths being caught-up in crime as a meaningful pastime, or hobby. Crime means not-legal, anti-social and illicit use of freedom. The repercussions of glorifying crime, contempt for women, and salacious mentality will take years to fade out of young minds. Thanks for the memories…gangsters.
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By Ms. D
August 7, 2008 12:29 AM | Link to this
It’s about the choices people make,it’s not weather your a gang or not, its what you do !! THEY(the white man) see you as a gang because THEY dont know any better, all THEY (the white man) see is the bad in a few, but don’t see the good in others. Watch who you call your friends and surround yourself with,because what they do sometimes reflected on you, regaurdless if your a good person or not, in case you havent noticed, black men can never do any thing right in the white mans eye !!
By a Dayton Voter
August 6, 2008 3:59 PM | Link to this
Where the heck have the police been on this? I just read phil plummer talking about gangs. where have they been in harrison twp on this problem? No where, why because it is election come up he starts talking gangs? No gang before election? Dayton is working gangs, is the sheriff? I see gangs up and down n-dixie all the time, never see a sheriff
By bigg daddy
August 6, 2008 2:41 PM | Link to this
this gang thing;it doesnt matter if it is or not!in the long run it wont be stopped anyway!i say let these people who are trying to do something with thier lives in this city where there is nothing,be free to be d cut!in whatever aspect of the group it is its their choice!so go ahead yall do the damn thang!
By Seriously
August 6, 2008 11:37 AM | Link to this
Gangs?? Really?? Is this LA in 1997 or something? These people need to grown up, gangs are so out of style. How stupid can people really be?
By Seriously
August 6, 2008 11:36 AM | Link to this
Gangs?? Really?? Is this LA in 1997 or something? These people need to grown up, gangs are so out of style. How stupid can people really be?
By Hope I am Wrong
August 6, 2008 11:29 AM | Link to this
Is this why Markelle Roston, the young man who was robbed at Gold 4 Ya Mouth, was killed? I pray that his affiliation with Diamond Cut was not the reason.
By Me
August 6, 2008 10:14 AM | Link to this
Mr. Billy (little willy) White, you sound like a real live a-hole and somebody need to gun you down.
By Ms. Renee
August 6, 2008 4:08 AM | Link to this
cont. I hope that Chaos the Community Serv-a does not falter with his music aspirations. I also hope that any other rapper or musician affilitated with this organization is able to go beyond the sterotype and achieve all their goals and dreams. And for those FEW members of Diamond Cut who wish to do nothing but drag the name of this group in the ground, kick rocks barefoot lames. All haters fall back..
By Ms. Renee
August 6, 2008 4:04 AM | Link to this
cont. I was very saddened to see that Diamond Cut was mentioned as a “gang” when certain young men who are affiliated with the group were arrested recently. Just because some members of an organization may have participated in these activites does not and should not classify the entire organization as a gang, if EVERYONE in this organization sold drugs it STILL does not classify it as a gang! I am praying for the MEN who represent Diamond Cut.
By Ms. Renee
August 6, 2008 4:01 AM | Link to this
For everyone who has left a comment I’d like to first recommend a tool called SPELLCHECK.. We are perceived as ignorant because we sound ignorant. Secondly. I do not believe that Diamond Cut is a gang. I know SEVERAL members who represent D-Cut and whereas they may have come from non-desirable communities I do not feel they should be called a gang. The purpose of D-Cut was Music, first and foremost. Anything else that stemmed from the collection of youth was purely coincidental.
By Ms. Renee
August 6, 2008 3:59 AM | Link to this
For everyone who has left a comment I’d like to first recommend a tool called SPELLCHECK.. We are perceived as ignorant because we sound ignorant. Secondly. I do not believe that Diamond Cut is a gang. I know SEVERAL members who represent D-Cut and whereas they may have come from non-desirable communities I do not feel they should be called a gang. The purpose of D-Cut was Music, first and foremost. Anything else that stemmed from the collection of youth was purely coincidental.
By evidently part of the problem
August 5, 2008 3:46 AM | Link to this
i just happened to see pillsbury dopeboy. funny thing is i am the creator of that whole ghetto products t-shirt trend including the dopeboy here i ATL my dopeboy was selling little bicuits in baggies.
but anyway its funny how things take on a life of their own.
By chaos
July 22, 2008 1:37 AM | Link to this
It really sickens me to know the whole city is now based upon “D CUT” BEING A GANG!! i just want to let the bloggers and readers know, as the founder, ceo of diamond cut, i have every intent to rid all of this ridicule. I’m willing to reach out to ANYONE; schools COMMUNITY CENTERS(if theres any left) to educate them not only about how important it is to stay in school but also about DIAMOND CUT AND OTHER “LOCAL GANGS”.i would like DETECTIVE CHAD KNIGHT to give me the opportunity to do so.
By britt
July 20, 2008 4:20 PM | Link to this
BTW…I was reading a blurb about the King of Krunk. He bragged that it stood for drunk on crack. along with his violent life stle leads for a great role model. Did the scholl do any research at all here?
By britt
July 20, 2008 4:20 PM | Link to this
BTW…I was reading a blurb about the King of Krunk. He bragged that it stood for drunk on crack. along with his violent life stle leads for a great role model. Did the scholl do any research at all here?
By niece
July 13, 2008 7:42 PM | Link to this
i hate that the city sees our young people this. young men that have nothing else in this city claim an organization and are automatically portrayed as thugs and drug dealers. the problem truly lies within the city. they are closing our school, no more funding for city events, no parks, no movies, no malls and the wonder why these young men kill, steal, and destroy? that, of course, is no excuse, but in a city where every body knows some body that knows somebody. you tend to get this effect.
By britt
July 12, 2008 1:59 PM | Link to this
The whole thing sickens me!. Hearing about these poor kids being profiled for dress, hait or tattos is a joke. Period!!!! If it looks like a thug, quacks like thug or waddles like a duck w its pants hanging below its a thug. The whole rap culture is a slap in the face of all thats decent. The sooner you kill yourselves the better for all. At least when you shoot eachother your not out snagging a seniors purse or selling dope to kids. I despise you and wish all things evil upon you.
By britt
July 12, 2008 1:59 PM | Link to this
The whole thing sickens me!. Hearing about these poor kids being profiled for dress, hait or tattos is a joke. Period!!!! If it looks like a thug, quacks like thug or waddles like a duck w its pants hanging below its a thug. The whole rap culture is a slap in the face of all thats decent. The sooner you kill yourselves the better for all. At least when you shoot eachother your not out snagging a seniors purse or selling dope to kids. I despise you and wish all things evil upon you.
By MidnightMan53
July 11, 2008 2:17 PM | Link to this
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May 6, 2008 11:10 AM | Link to this
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May 6, 2008 10:47 AM | Link to this
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Ask any Cop which are the busiest precincts with the most violent crime… Dayton has a BLACK Crime problem AND this is an epidemic around the country
75% of black births are to single moms now, thats a crisis
Far as Im concerned, the Black community needs More gun stores & more Liquor stores.
Operation Neighborhood Cleanup. Let them kill on another.
Dont blame the media, or the schools, or the government, or Bush or the alien space invaders. Blame the Parents, & parenting or lackof
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