By Steve Hackman
ISBN-10: 190385492X
ISBN-13: 9781903854921
Britain is in the course of an explosion of gang crime. younger males armed with weapons and knives are locked in lethal 'postcode' feuds. The kill, maim and rob, and carry complete groups of their grip.
When pupil Steve Hackman used to be imprisoned for drug-dealing, he came upon himself surrounded be this new breed of gangbanger. He seized the chance to delve into their harmful international and discover the reality approximately their lives. With first-hand examine and interviews, he chronicles the present new release of violent crews, from significant conurbations reminiscent of London, Manchester and Glasgow, to smaller cities and towns comparable to Halifax, Lancaster and Preston.
With debts of the lawless exploits of mobs corresponding to the fireplace city team, the Fallowfield guy Dem, the Demolition group, the Burger Bar Boys and the terrifying Shielders, younger weapons is a stunning trip into the stark fact of gang existence this present day.
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This gave rise to the Calton Hammer Gang (CHG), a subdivision of the Tongs. Most of the CHG hailed from the area around Well Street, a notorious part of Calton known locally as ‘Nightmare Alley’. They were, in effect, the financial wing of the Tongs. Whereas the rest of the gang concentrated on defending their territory, the CHG were strictly profit-orientated and carried out a prolific spate of commercial burglaries across the city. The CHG are a rarity on the streets of Glasgow, in that they seem motivated by money.
When the police arrived, they were pelted with missiles. When questioned about the night’s events, the residents of Southowram claimed that they were not in the least bit surprised, as gangs had been fighting in the village for years. Many said that they felt under siege and that their quality of life had been destroyed: what was once a peaceful village had been reduced to anarchy by a few individuals determined to cause trouble. Although Halifax and the surrounding areas are not in the same league as cities like Sheffield in terms of gang activity, serious violent crime is beginning to take hold in small towns and villages.
Half of what they said in their articles was bullshit. ’ Another source close to the gang confirmed this. ‘Trust me,’ he said, ‘there’s things that the papers didn’t report. ’ Even though they were no longer officially a gang, Teck 9 and their affiliates were sticking to their code of silence. The truth was hidden behind an impenetrable wall of fear: talking to the press was a form of ‘dry snitching’, or informing via gossip. Whatever the reasons for the gang’s actions, they had left a young man lifeless and another with a lengthy jail sentence.