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| About
Gangs |
Chillin's had lots of reaction to the special report on
gangs.
Lots of you feel it's a problem and wanna talk about it.
What
d'you reckon? Tell us using the form below
( you don't have to give your name).
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i think that it is rediculous that police have to carry
machine guns round moss side, how has the gang problem
got so bad
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half of these guys arent in gangs they've just got a bunch
of mates who they hang about with and they like to think
of themselves as part of a gang.
being in a gang isnt just about hanging on the streets
and having a couple of fights every week.
im in with salford iknow guys with the gooch and doddinton
im not mates with them but i got respect for them and
u ask them if walkin down the street and fearin death
is nice and u know the answer. thats wot being a gangster
is not the crap some of yous is sayin
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All these people who say they're in gangs don,t know what
is like to living in area where there is a shootin every
other day.
try living in a area like moss side,longsight,levenshulme
and gorton these are areas that are getting worse all
the time.
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Makes me sad to read all this c**p, same vicious circle
where-ever you look. I wanted to go to England, not
now. Now I know its gonna be the same bull we have here.
Except here kids die every day, gunned down in innocence
while gang elders talk nonsense. Its the gang elders who
are weak, insecure and pathetic. Break the cycle it sucks
for ever.
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respect from Chardinay and Chinzano
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u ave 2 b in a gang nowdays if u wanna b safe,our gang
stick up 4 each other and makes sure every member is well
protected. We ave a fight almost every day but only coz
were stickin up 4 each other, it's always nessary 2 stick
up 4 u and ur crew. the lads we hang around wiv r solid
and no 1 messiz wiv em except 4 idiots who like hospital
food. uz girls only go wiv the lads in our crew other
wise they'll knock the lad were sein out. It's part of
life get wiv it!
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"Where I live you have to be in a gang man...it
ain't safe to be on your own know what I'm sayin?
You can't be on the streets by yourself 'cos that makes
you vulnerable man - there's too many people who wanna
make trouble for you." |
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"I'm worried about the little brothers 'cos it's
them that seem to be the ones who want to get into gangs
and guns and that...I have a cousin who's twelve and he's
been told that his life will be easy if he does things
for this gang on his estate." |
"I've been in a gang since I was 10.
I work for my crew and I respect them.This is my family
you know we look out for each other.
I don't expect people to understand me and what I do,
but this is my life man and it's how it's worked out.
I've been in jail and it was no big deal I got on with
it you know when I came out my mum didn't want me back
so I live with my crew now.
I got money and I make my own way.I don't miss my
mum and my old family 'cos I have this one.This is real
for me.
I know that it might get dangerous man but it's the choice
you make.
I made my choice.
Respect."
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in a gang 'cos I wanna be safe and popular...I don't wanna
be different." |
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"You don't understand man...it's too hard to
be on your own...you go to school scared and you go out
on the streets scared.If someone sez they're gonna hurt
you...they mean it...they don't mean they're gonna just
hit you they mean they're gonna put you in hospital."
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"I like bein' in a gang I know I'm gonna be protected.The
lads who run our crew look after the younger ones - especially
the girls - we know that when we go out we're not gonna
get hassle - especially from other lads.
You do worry as a girl about other lads from other gangs
'cos they come onto you knowing that it's gonna cause
trouble." |
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"I went out with a boy who wasn't from my area
and it caused a load of trouble.His gang came up to where
I live and started a fight with our lads - they brought
girls as well - the police came and it was really frightenin'
I had to finish with him." |
"You don't understand what it's like to be a
kid nowdays - bein' a teenager is hard.
You get your head blagged all the time from everybody
- teachers , parents other kids.
I don't wanna go to school 'cos it's too much pressure...I
feel good when I'm with me homies...safety in numbers
you know..." |
"Girls have their own gangs now and they fight
like lads.There's a girl at my school and she's just been
excluded for stabbin' someone with a pen...but I know
she carries a knife when she's out.
I get on with her but I wouldn't want to fall out with
her....I'm in a small gang...well it's just a group of
mates really but I suppose you could call it a gang...."
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"Everyone round here carries a weapon man...you
have to..it don't mean you're gonna use it - but you might
have to know what I mean?" |
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"I don't wanna be in a gang but I'm scared to
be on my own - at our school there's loads of bullyin'
you get picked on if you don't have the right Rockports
or stuff and I got laughed at the other day 'cos I had
a supermarket's own name crisps and not Walkers..it's
stupid but it's just the way it is." |
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"Race is a problem with gangs where I live not
blacks against whites so much but Asians against everybody
else...you can't go out with an Asian boy - but I do have
Asian friends." |
"It's about bein' safe we get so much
trouble where I live just 'cos we're Asian - people don't
even ask what country we come from they just say oh he's
Asian so he must be a trouble maker.
I'm in a gang so that when I get attacked I can fight
back." |
"I think it has alot to do with America and what
young people see on the television.
I'm not in a gang 'cos I'm a mosher but I suppose when
people see us hangin' out at the Triangle they think we're
a gang.
Actually I suppose I am in a gang kind of...we do have
our chains and that and I suppose some people might use
them if they had to protect themselves." |
"I think it's really sad.
I'm not in a gang and I'm not very popular either.
That's because I don't want to be like the people in my
school who make people's life miserable because they don't
have the right shoes for example.
It's really pathetic.
I don't have that many friends but the friends I do have
are like me.
it's really sad that being young is so much pressure."
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"Look man it's necessary ok?
Don't make it like it's a big thing...you wanna be safe?
You want people to respect you this is the way it has
to be.
Would I carry a gun? I can't answer that man." |
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"If there's a group of you you're a gang.People
hate teenagers...they don't understand them...but then
we don't understand them..." |
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 Chillin's
guide to stayin' safe on the streets
Why
you shouldn't be too worried about crime
Don't
forget that if you're affected by any of the issues raised here
you can get help
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