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Gangs and the Military presentation at the Northwest Gang Investigators Association , Missoula, Montana. October 2007 by Al Valdez, Ph.D. University of California - Irvine & Carter F. Smith, J. D., Austin Peay State University
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Gangs and the MilitaryGangs and the MilitaryPresented at
Northwest Gang Investigators AssociationOctober 2007
Al Valdez, Ph.D. UCI & Carter F. Smith, APSU
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Zoot Suit RiotsZoot Suit Riots
• Hispanic gangs
• Sailors
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Gangs and the Military - HistoryGangs and the Military - History
• (“Pissed Off Bastards of Bloomington”)
www.hellsangelssudbury.com/
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1970s – 1980s1970s – 1980s
• Post Vietnam mentality– Drafted, to Boot Camp – Left military incompatible with gang lifestyle
• Groups of unit members hanging out– Primarily unit members, not criminals– Otherwise met contemporary criteria
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19921992
• Allen King and children (Ft Lewis)– Hacked to death by gang members
• 1 active duty
Thought he was a police informantThought he was a police informant
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19951995
• On December 7, PFC James Burmeister, PFC Malcolm Wright, and SPC Randy Meadows, commit a random murder of a black couple to earn their spider web tattoos.
• Meadows testified against Burmeister and Wright, who were sentenced to life in prison.
• Another 19 Fort Bragg paratroopers were discharged for participating in neo-Nazi activities.
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Secretary of the Army Task ForceSecretary of the Army Task Force
SECARMY Togo West
Gangs and the MilitaryGangs and the Military
