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[quote=Anonymous]Anyone who used to live in DC in the 80's and early 90's knows the difference between a crew and a gang.  A crew is a common DC colloquialism for a group of kids from the same neighborhood.  Crews talk shit to each other on the basketball court and squabble about who's better at this or that in the hallways at school - that's what kids do.  Deadly violence is neither a prerequisite nor a common characteristic of crews.  Sadly it does happen on occasion - arguments escalate and people take stuff way too far - but crews for the most part interact with one another and co-exist with one another.  Gangs are a different story.
     
Back when the city was far from gentrified and crack cocaine was wreaking havoc on communities and families there were indeed gangs in DC but the gangs didn't interact with one another nor did they co-exist with one another.  Gangs were fighting over drug turfs and killing over those drug turfs and they were committing witness killings and retaliatory killings night in and night out to the extent that DC was known as the "Murder Capital" because of the whopping 400+ homicides a year.  Gangs weren't comprised of kids mostly talking shit to one another and occasionally taking things too far - gangs were comprised of hardcore criminals and killers out to get paid and take out anyone in their way.

I live in NW I have family in NE and friends in SE and in my journeys around these areas its very evident to me that the gang environment that was once prevalent in DC is no more.  Granted I see a lot of dumb ass kids out here who are in dire need of a clue and some common sense or at the very least a good a slap upside the head, but I don't see the gangs that once plagued our city.[/quote]

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