OutLaw Gangster Disciples

OutLaw Gangster Disciples
Founded byDavid Barksdale
Larry Hoover, Charles "Big Chuck" Dorsey
Founding locationCabrini–Green Homes, Chicago, Illinois, United States
Years activeearly 1990s–present
TerritoryChicago
EthnicityAfrican American
Membership (est.)25,000–50,000 (2009)[1]
Criminal activitiesDrug trafficking, robbery, extortion, murder
AlliesFolk Nation, Crips, Zoe Pound Gang, Black Guerilla Family, and Black Mafia Family
RivalsPeople Nation, Ku Klux Klan, WPU (White Power United), and Black Disciples

The OutLaw Gangster Disciple Nation is a subset of the Gangster Disciples street gang. It was formed in the Chicago Housing Authority's Cabrini-Green public housing project on the Near-North Side of Chicago, Illinois in the early 1990s, by Gangster Disciple board member and Cabrini resident Charles "Big Chuck" Dorsey.[2] It has now branched out to the South-Side of the city.

Gangster Disciples in the military

Gangster Disciples have been documented in the U.S. military, found in both U.S. and overseas bases.[3] Graffiti characteristics of the Gangster Disciples have reportedly been spotted in U.S. military bases in both Iraq and Afghanistan.

Symbols, Signs, and Emblems

Like most major gangs, Gangster Disciples use a well-defined system of symbols to communicate alliances and rivalries. This system is a combination of symbols representing the Gangster Disciple Nation or the Folk Nation as a whole and symbols that rivals use to represent their organization, typically inverted to show disrespect.

References

  1. ^ "Appendix B. Street Gangs - National Gang Threat Assessment 2009". Justice.gov. Retrieved 2011-02-10.
  2. ^ Gang Leader Is Slain In His Tavern, Chicago Tribune, January 10, 1996
  3. ^ "Gangs Increasing in Military, FBI Says". McClatchy-Tribune Information Services. 30 June 2008.