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  2. Armed with rifles, a ‘mudroots’ Detroit group wards off crime

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    Lt. Ernest Holloway, a state police officer, stops a member of the Black Panther Party armed with a rifle at the entrance to the State Capitol in Sacramento, Calif., on May 2, 1967. (Getty Images ...

  3. Black Mafia Family - Wikipedia

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    The Black Mafia Family ( BMF) is a drug trafficking and money laundering organization in the United States. It was founded in 1985, in Southwest Detroit by brothers Demetrius Edward "Big Meech" Flenory and Terry Lee "Southwest Tee" Flenory. By 2000 it had established cocaine distribution sales throughout the United States through its Los ...

  4. Young Boys Inc. - Wikipedia

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    Young Boys Incorporated, also known as Y.B.I., was a major drug organization in Detroit, Michigan, who were among the first African American drug cartels to operate on inner-city street corners. The Young Boys were innovative, opening franchises in other cities, promoting brand names, and unleashing extreme brutality to frighten away rivals. [1]

  5. Gangster Disciples - Wikipedia

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    Duke Deuce. Foogiano. Zach Randolph. The Gangster Disciple Nation (often abbreviated as the GD's, formally GDN ), also known as Growth & Development, is an African American street and prison gang which was formed in 1968 by Larry Hoover and David Barksdale. The two rival gangsters united together to form the Black Gangster Disciple Nation ( BGDN ).

  6. 1967 Detroit riot - Wikipedia

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    23 killed [2] The 1967 Detroit riot, also known as the 12th Street Riot, and the Detroit Uprising, was the bloodiest of the urban riots in the United States during the "Long, hot summer of 1967". [3] Composed mainly of confrontations between black residents and the Detroit Police Department, it began in the early morning hours of Sunday July 23 ...

  7. Detroit Partnership - Wikipedia

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    Detroit Partnership. The Detroit Partnership (also known as the Detroit crime family, Detroit Combination, Detroit Mafia, Zerilli crime family, and the Tocco–Zerilli crime family) ( Italian pronunciation: [dzeˈrilli]) is an Italian-American Mafia crime family based in Detroit, Michigan. The family mainly operates in the Greater Detroit area ...

  8. Category:Gangs in Detroit - Wikipedia

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  9. African-American organized crime - Wikipedia

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    Criminal activities. Drug trafficking, weapon trafficking, robbery, contract killing, money laundering, racketeering, extortion, illegal gambling, murder, prostitution. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, African American organized crime emerged following the first and second large-scale migration of African Americans from the Southern ...