[19] According to Humphries, gangs were a way for the working-class youth to respond to feelings of insignificance that came with living in a large, uniform industrial town with no way of escape. An Oral History of Working-Class Childhood and Youth 1889-1939, "DUP: Northern Ireland has 'more than 140 crime gangs', "Racist war of the loyalist street gangs", "Corporate Site - Organised Immigration Crime", "East Belfast attacks: PFNI says 'gang culture' must end", "Birmingham street gangs 'uniting with other cities to form supergangs', "Investigating Birmingham's 'Super Gang' - VICE - United Kingdom", "Burger Bar Boys and Johnson Crew behind up to 20 Birmingham shootings", "The Scottish Chicago? The gang culture prevalent in the older, central areas of the city such as the Gorbals[44] which became overcrowded and substandard in living conditions, did not disappear when these areas were cleared and redeveloped following World War II with many of the inhabitants rehoused either in clusters of tower blocks or in large peripheral overspill estates like Easterhouse;[45][46][47][48] instead, as the job opportunities became limited in the post-industrial age, the structural flaws, planning mistakes and related social issues became apparent in the schemes as the years passed, and heroin addiction spread throughout the city,[41] new gangs (in addition to some which remained in the original areas) formed in the modern environments and remained prominent for decades, particularly in Glasgow's many areas of deprivation and poor health where generations of young people suffered in childhood[49] and found themselves with little to occupy their lives as teenagers other than a cycle of thrilling but pointless collective recreational violence (usually fuelled by alcohol) against similar groups from neighbouring districts. Grow up for Christs Sake! On the top were the gang's leaders, Colin Joyce and Lee Amos, and below them were members controlling the supply and distribution of drugs to the street dealers at the bottom. Of the 2,800 gangs identified within the United Kingdom it is estimated that 60% are involved in drugs. [31][32] Following the truce, violent crime fell by 50% in the B6 postcode area and 30% in B21. For more information, please see our "And there's a reckoning for that.". [150], In other reports it has been suggested that Turkey replaced Pakistan and Afghanistan as the most important transit point for heroin, and it is estimated that 80% of heroin intercepted by British authorities belongs to Turkish gangs, which previously belonged to Pakistani and Afghan gangs[151] A recent spate of murders in London in 2009 have been linked to a heroin drugs war involving rival Turkish and Kurdish gangs in north London. [78][79] Pakistani gangs came to wider attention following the racially motivated murder of Kriss Donald by local men of Pakistani origin in 2004. The issues are exactly the same. FAT, BLACK SHORT, LITTLE DICK, SECURITY GAURD, UNATTRACTIVE, NO GAME, NO SKILLS, SCARY, COWARD, NO FRIENDS, NO HOBBIES, AND ALWAYS ON HERE TO VENT.
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