Black disciples

The Black Disciples. The Black Disciples BDs are the Chicago "folks" gang that gained international notoriety in by black disciples its eleven-year-old member "Yummy". While the GDs are structured like a corporate enterprise, black disciples, the BDs are structured more like a religion where gang leaders are called "ministers".

The gang is considered extremely violent and is known to engage in drug trafficking and distribution, in addition to other criminal activities. Its colors are blue, red and black. The Black Disciples are part of the Folk Nation Folks alliance of street gangs but are known to engage in violence with other Folks gangs such as the Gangster Disciples. The BD's also have a long standing rivalry with the Black P. In the mid's, the groups splintered off from the BGD's all having their origins from the original Devil's Disciples street gang from the 's. As of is was estimated that there may be as many as factions of the BD's throughout the Chicago area. Each group typically has 30 to 40 members, and is identical in the format of its organizational structure.

Black disciples

His righthand man Kenneth Brown suffered a graze wound. Whoever shot them sped off. Last September, federal agents seized 10 kilograms of cocaine from a South Side storage unit Brown was renting, according to the affidavit. The informant got probation on the drug charge; the gun case was dismissed, court records show. In a secretly recorded gang board meeting in May , a month after McMiller got out of prison, he talked about having the backing to become the next leader, prosecutors say. They say McMiller was caught on a wiretap boasting in September he held sway over factions of the Black Disciples in the southern United States. At the time, one theory about the motive for the killing was that younger gang members were unhappy Loggins was centralizing his power. The Black Disciples once boasted of at least 4, members in Chicago, according to the police. In recent years, the gang has splintered into autonomous, drug-dealing factions, according to the police department, which says the gang has been responsible for scores of killings over the years. Loggins, 46, was freed from prison in after doing time for the murder of Gregory Freeman in Lowe Park on the South Side. The Black Disciples were founded in the s under David Barksdale. Freeman went to prison in on a drug conviction, and Marvel Thompson became de facto leader of the Black Disciples on the streets until the FBI arrested him in a drug conspiracy case in

During black disciples initiation ceremony several members present will place their three finger gang hand sign to touch the head of the new member as a "blessing", black disciples. House parties are also occasions to honor the birthdays of area BD leaders.

Since , after a decline in leadership caused friction between the two gangs, the BGDN has divided into different factions known today as the Gangster Disciple Nation and the other being the Black Disciple Nation. As of , the Gangster Disciples have no full leadership following Hoover's departure. This resulted in the creation of the Black Gangster Disciple Nation. Barksdale died of kidney failure in , at the age of In , the BGDN began to splinter into three distinct factions: Black Gangsters, Black Disciples and Gangster Disciples; however, Hoover at the time incarcerated on murder charges prevented it by quickly setting up an alliance of all street and prison gangs in his interest into one family. The Gangster Disciples are active in over cities and 31 states, predominantly in the Midwestern and Southeastern United States , and remnants also maintain a significant presence in the U.

His righthand man Kenneth Brown suffered a graze wound. Whoever shot them sped off. Last September, federal agents seized 10 kilograms of cocaine from a South Side storage unit Brown was renting, according to the affidavit. The informant got probation on the drug charge; the gun case was dismissed, court records show. In a secretly recorded gang board meeting in May , a month after McMiller got out of prison, he talked about having the backing to become the next leader, prosecutors say. They say McMiller was caught on a wiretap boasting in September he held sway over factions of the Black Disciples in the southern United States. At the time, one theory about the motive for the killing was that younger gang members were unhappy Loggins was centralizing his power. The Black Disciples once boasted of at least 4, members in Chicago, according to the police. In recent years, the gang has splintered into autonomous, drug-dealing factions, according to the police department, which says the gang has been responsible for scores of killings over the years.

Black disciples

CHICAGO WLS -- When alleged Black Disciple street gang leaders and operatives were scooped by federal agents in Chicago, the round-up was heralded as a new day for law enforcement and a new awakening for a crime group that has dominated drugs and guns in some parts of the city. Court documents make clear that the takedown relied on an old-school style of police work, involving human-power, patience and eyeballing alleged bad guys in the act. Last week's complaints filed against 23 alleged Black Disciple gangsters, include similar pictures -- higher-definition versions of the old grainy photos seen years ago in the heydey of the Chicago Outfit, snapped by agents waiting hours in darkened vans. There is no substitute for that. We just augment with training, science and technology to help us focus those resources onto the right places. Among the technology, periodically for nearly a year federal law enforcement used covert aerial cameras to keep an eye on the suspected gangsters. Although not specified in the charges, the FBI and other law enforcement agencies are known to use both surveillance aircraft and high-altitude drones to zoom in on criminal activity happening on Earth. Soffer tells the I-Team that while the cost is high for aerial surveillance technology and for human resources to watch suspected criminals at work, there's almost no better evidence for a jury.

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See also: Folk Nation. As the families began moving in the early 60s the Disciples grew stronger in Englewood and gradually a new headquarters was set up at 63rd and Stewart in the year because many homes were razed at 53rd and Kimbark in Hyde Park and the Kimbark Shopping Plaza was built over half of Disciple headquarters. It has meetings, parties, and reaches into many non-contiguous geographical areas. There are two known historical truths about the persistence and continuity of criminal gangs that have so much support they can be likened to social laws. This coalition effectively slowed down gang violence between these three organizations even after CVL INC went defunct in the fall of The Disciples also spread into the south suburbs in Harvey, Dixmoor, Phoenix, Chicago Heights, Robbins and Ford Heights communities for the same reasons as on the further south side to deal with racial conflicts that ended up turning into more of a rivalry with Blackstone Rangers that were settling in these communities as well. Members with rank in the gang clearly stand out. At the top of the Star of David will be "King" and at the bottom of the star "David". The BD picnics sound like a lot more fun from a gang member point of view. The funeral was for a victim killed a week prior, and was allegedly involving a dispute between two Gangster Disciples factions. The BDs are similar to other gangs in Chicago like the GDs in that the BDs hold large scale "picnics" for their members at least once a year. At the time of her death she was engaged to be married to Lee Faulker and they were parents of a son, Derrick three months old.

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If they live in the same area, the reciprocal ties that develop help to ensure that the gang does not steal their car parts, or harass them, in fact, quite the obverse, they may in the spirit of modern drug pushing "protect their customers". This is common for most gangs like the BD's that qualify as being a formal organization. Kenneth Velo said. I shall especially be conscious of my environment, its elements and dangers therein, and shall secure myself and each righteous member of our organization from the dangers and pitfalls before us. On August 7, , the Black Disciples murdered three members of the Gangsters Disciples in cold blood on that hot August Wednesday night. Leaving simply involves an agreement not to join any other gang in the future. Loggins, 46, was freed from prison in after doing time for the murder of Gregory Freeman in Lowe Park on the South Side. The living top boss of this mob is "King Shorty", also known as the "crowned king" Jerome Freeman. It is the equivalent of a kind of Mardi Gras for the BD's. Many times, over the decades money-making big-time Disciples would buy houses here making this sacred lands for the Disciples.