Exciting Gang new in Davis!

[nafe.livejournal.com]

This is for everyone who calls Davis home:

About 8:30ish this evening (Thursday), I was walking home and passed Hodgkins Park , and in the play-ground on the corner of Holland and Paulina there were a bunch of kids (early teens) all dressed in red, and red caps, loitering about after having spray-painted "Bloods" all over the jungle-gym slides and whatnot.

I called the police to notify them, but I suspect the kids left before they showed up. So...if we could all keep a watchful eye out on the park, and give a friendly shout out to Somerville's finest if we see this happening, perhaps we can nip a really irritating problem in the bud before it gets any worse.

Comments

[amethystmoon.livejournal.com]

FYI, that's no small-town, easy to nip in the bud, bored kids gang. It's a long-running, nation-wide thing. Stay far away and definitely call the cops if seen anywhere near a group of kids in all blue.

[mattdm [typekey.com] (from livejournal.com)]

How do you know it's not a bored-kids gang that's heard the same thing you have?

[amethystmoon.livejournal.com]

It could very likely be bored kids, and if so, they're probably soon to get their asses beat. I'd personally rather play things safe then assume they're bored kids. Nevermind that it seems generally like a good idea to avoid and report gang-looking activity, regardless of what they're calling themselves. Anyway, this isn't 'ooh, I read on the interwebs that there's a big bad gang', this is I had a friend that the Crips tried to recruit.

[nafe.livejournal.com]

Yeah, was thinking along similar lines. I'm not sure if they're posers or the real deal. Doesn't matter though, really, because even if they are posers, if they're allowed to become entrenched, they'll attract the real deal soon enough.