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The Aryan Brotherhood, (also known as the AB or The Brand) is a prison gang numbering about 15,000 members in and out of prison.^[1] In March 2006, four leaders of the Aryan Brotherhood were indicted for numerous crimes, including murder, conspiracy, drug trafficking, and racketeering.^[1] According to the FBI, although the gang makes up less than 1% of the prison population, it is responsible for up to 26% of murders in the federal prison system.^[2]^[3] Image File history File links Links. ... The sprawling San Quentin prison complex San Quentin up close San Quentin State Prison is located on 432 acres (1. ... Official language(s) English Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Largest metro area Greater Los Angeles Area Ranked 3rd - Total 158,302 sq mi (410,000 kmÂ²) - Width 250 miles (400 km) - Length 770 miles (1,240 km) - % water 4. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... White supremacy is a racist ideology which holds the belief that white people are superior to other races. ... Also Nintendo emulator: 1964 (emulator). ... Prisons in the United States are operated by both the federal and state governments as incarceration is a concurrent power under the Constitution of the United States. ... Official language(s) English Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Largest metro area Greater Los Angeles Area Ranked 3rd - Total 158,302 sq mi (410,000 kmÂ²) - Width 250 miles (400 km) - Length 770 miles (1,240 km) - % water 4. ... Official language(s) English Spoken language(s) English 74. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... â€œWhitesâ€ redirects here. ... In the criminal law, a conspiracy is an agreement between natural persons to break the law at some time in the future, and, in some cases, with at least one overt act in furtherance of that agreement. ... Retail selling Street selling is the bottom of the chain and can be accomplished through purchasing from prostitutes, through cloaked retail stores or refuse houses for users in the act located in red-light districts which often also deal in paraphernalia, dealers marketing merriment at night clubs and other events... Organized crime is crime carried out systematically by formal criminal organizations. ... The Mexican Mafia (MM) or La eMe (eMe) is a Mexican-American criminal prison gang in the United States. ... Public Enemy No. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Aryan Nations (AN) is an international anti-Semitic white supremacist, Neo-Nazi organization. ... Members of the second Ku Klux Klan at a rally during the 1920s. ... The Black Guerrilla Family (also known as the Black Family or the Black Vanguard) was founded in 1966 by George Jackson while he was in San Quentin. ... Nuestra Familia (Spanish for Our Family) are a group of Mexican American (Chicano) street gangs with origins in Northern California. ... The blue bandanas worn by most Crip gangs. ... The Bloods are one of the Los Angeles, California street gangs. ... The Almighty Black P. Stone Nation (often abbreviated BPSN) is a Chicago-based street gang that was originally formed in the late 1950s as the Blackstone Rangers. ... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... Prison gang is a term used to denote any type of gang activity in prisons and correctional facilities. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... In the criminal law, a conspiracy is an agreement between natural persons to break the law at some time in the future, and, in some cases, with at least one overt act in furtherance of that agreement. ... Retail selling Street selling is the bottom of the chain and can be accomplished through purchasing from prostitutes, through cloaked retail stores or refuse houses for users in the act located in red-light districts which often also deal in paraphernalia, dealers marketing merriment at night clubs and other events... Organized crime is crime carried out systematically by formal criminal organizations. ... The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is a federal criminal investigative, intelligence agency, and the primary investigative arm of the United States Department of Justice (DOJ). ... Prisons in the United States are operated by both the federal and state governments as incarceration is a concurrent power under the Constitution of the United States. ...

Organization

The Aryan Brotherhood is separated into two main groups, one in the federal prison system, the other consisting of numerous factions of the Brotherhood in various state prison systems, notably California, which are loosely affiliated to a greater or lesser degree.^[3] Each faction is controlled by a three-man commission, which controls and supervises gang activities.^[3] These gangs in the state system, splinter groups or copycats, are usually tolerated by members of the federal prison or California factions, but intra-gang violence is not uncommon. Prisons in the United States are operated by both the federal and state governments as incarceration is a concurrent power under the Constitution of the United States. ... Official language(s) English Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Largest metro area Greater Los Angeles Area Ranked 3rd - Total 158,302 sq mi (410,000 kmÂ²) - Width 250 miles (400 km) - Length 770 miles (1,240 km) - % water 4. ...

Organization at lower levels varies from prison to prison. For example, in the Arizona prison system, members are known as "kindred" and organize into "families". A "council" controls the families. Kindred may recruit other members, known as "progeny", and serve as a mentor for the new recruit.^[4] Official language(s) English Spoken language(s) English 74. ...

Membership generally (though not exclusively)^[1] consists of white male prisoners and operates on a "blood in, blood out" system.^[2] That is, a candidate for membership of the Aryan Brotherhood must assault and kill another prisoner to enter the gang. Membership is for life, and those who attempt to leave the gang may likewise be assaulted or killed by other members. Members of both the federal and state level organizations swear the same oath: "An Aryan brother is without a care/He walks where the weak and heartless won't dare/For an Aryan brother, death holds no fear/Vengeance will be his, through his brothers still here."^[3] Prison gang is a term used to denote any type of gang activity in prisons and correctional facilities. ...

Like most prison gangs, Aryan Brotherhood members mark themselves with distinctive tattoos. Designs commonly include the words "Aryan Brotherhood", the acryonym "AB", 666, SS lightning bolts, spiderwebs near the elbow, shamrocks, and other Nazi and/or Celtic iconography.^[2] This article is about the tattoo, a design in ink or some other pigment, usually decorative or symbolic, placed permanently under the skin. ... This article is about the year AD 666. ... â€œSSâ€ redirects here. ... Spider web with morning dew enhancing its visibility. ... The Shamrock Oxalis acetosella as The Shamrock The shamrock, an unofficial symbol of Ireland and Boston, Massachusetts, is a three-leafed old white clover, sometimes (rarely nowadays) Trifolium repens (white clover, known in Irish as seamair bhÃ¡n) but more usually today Trifolium dubium (lesser clover, Irish: seamair bhuÃ). However... National Socialism redirects here. ... Muiredacha Cross. ...

Ostensibly organized as a white supremacist group, the AB has since focused on the economic activities typical of organized crime entities, particularly drug trafficking, extortion, and murder-for-hire. According to a recent federal indictment, the Brotherhood has partnered with Asian gangs to import heroin from Thailand. While incarcerated in Marion Federal Penitentiary in 1996, John Gotti is known to have asked Aryan Brotherhood members to murder a fellow prisoner, although the hit was unsuccessful.^[2]^[5] White supremacy is the variety of white nationalism that believes the white race should rule over other races. ... Organized crime or criminal organizations are groups or operations run by criminals, most commonly for the purpose of generating a monetary profit. ... Retail selling Street selling is the bottom of the chain and can be accomplished through purchasing from prostitutes, through cloaked retail stores or refuse houses for users in the act located in red-light districts which often also deal in paraphernalia, dealers marketing merriment at night clubs and other events... Extortion is a criminal offense, which occurs when a person either obtains money, property or services from another through coercion or intimidation or threatens one with physical harm unless they are paid money or property. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... In the common law legal system, an indictment (IPA: ) is a formal charge of having committed a most serious criminal offense. ... U.S. Penitentiary at Marion, Illinois. ... Year 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar). ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

The overwhelming majority of Aryan Brotherhood members were originally sent to prison for crimes not motivated by racial bigotry, such as robbery, drug dealing, and assault, and join the Aryan Brotherhood out of a need for protection or camaraderie.^[3] However, members are expected to continue AB activities after being released, and are known to commit hate crimes after joining the gang. Retail selling Street selling is the bottom of the chain and can be accomplished through purchasing from prostitutes, through cloaked retail stores or refuse houses for users in the act located in red-light districts which often also deal in paraphernalia, dealers marketing merriment at night clubs and other events... A Jewish cemetery in France after being defaced by Neo-Nazis. ...

History

Until the 1960's, most prisons in the United States were racially segregated. As prisons began to desegregate, inmates organized along racial lines.^[3] The Aryan Brotherhood is believed to have formed in 1964 at San Quentin State Prison.^[1] It may have been derived from or inspired by a previous entity, the Bluebird Gang.^[1] In the early 1970s, the Aryan Brotherhood began working closely with the Mexican Mafia^[2] and began focusing on drug trafficking and other economic activities.^[1]^[2] Racial segregation in the United States is the history of racial segregation of facilities, services, and opportunities such as housing, education, employment, and transportation along racial lines. ... The sprawling San Quentin prison complex San Quentin up close San Quentin State Prison is located on 432 acres (1. ... The Mexican Mafia (MM) or La eMe (eMe) is a Mexican-American criminal prison gang in the United States. ...

In 1973, the California branch of the Aryan Brotherhood rejected Charles Manson when he asked them for protection against black inmates, because he had murdered a pregnant woman. The Aryan Brotherhood considered this dishonorable and turned him down initially. However, the Aryan Brotherhood eventually realized that Manson's followers could be exploited, and the AB began to provide protection for Manson while his followers smuggled drugs and weapons into prisons. Charles Milles Manson (born November 12, 1934) was the leader of what came to be known as the Manson Family, a commune that is often termed a cult and that began to form around him in the U.S. city of San Francisco in 1967. ...

By 1980, the gang had split into two distinct factions, one within the federal prison system and one outside of state prison systems. In 1982, an anonymous source gave information to the FBI implicating the Aryan Brotherhood in two high profile murders in the California state prison system.^[6] The FBI investigated the gang and its activities through 1989, but no prosecutions followed. For other uses of the initials FBI, see FBI (disambiguation). ...

On June 23rd, 2005, after a 20-month investigation, a federal strike force raided six houses in northeastern Ohio belonging to the "Order of the Blood", a criminal organization controlled by the Aryan Brotherhood. Thirty-four Aryan Brotherhood members or associates were arrested and warrants were issued for ten more.^[3] Official language(s) None Capital Columbus Largest city Columbus Largest metro area Cleveland Area Ranked 34th - Total 44,825 sq mi (116,096 kmÂ²) - Width 220 miles (355 km) - Length 220 miles (355 km) - % water 8. ...

Also in 2005, culminating an eight year investigation, federal prosecutors indicted forty members of the organization, thirty of whom were already incarcerated, for a wide variety of crimes. Prosecuting the gang has been historically difficult, because many members are already serving life sentences with no possibility of parole, so prosecutors were seeking the death penalty for twenty-one of those indicted but have dropped the death penalty on all but five defendants. By September of that year, the nineteen indictees not eligible for the death penalty had plead guilty.^[3] The first of a series of trials involving four high level members ended in convictions in July of 2006. Two of the four went through a death penalty hearing and the jury deadlocked. Before sentencing federal prosecutors filed a request that once the sentencing was over, the four would live out their sentences in solitary confinement, banned from communicating with anyone except their attorneys. The judge refused to rule on the request, telling prosecutors to file it with the US Attorney General and they immediately withdrew. One was sentenced to four life terms, two were sentenced to three life terms, all without the possibility of parole, and one has yet to be sentenced. Some members are still awaiting trial.

Relations with other gangs

The Aryan Brotherhood has had a close relationship with the Mexican Mafia since the early 1970s. The gang also has close ties to biker gangs, and non-AB White supremacist prison gangs, such as Public Enemy No.1 and the Nazi Lowriders. The AB is believed to have links with active White nationalist groups, such as the Aryan Nations and Ku Klux Klan, as well as various other groups espousing the theology of Christian Identity).^[3] The Mexican Mafia (MM) or La eMe (eMe) is a Mexican-American criminal prison gang in the United States. ... The concept of an outlaw motorcycle club came about after an incident in Hollister, CA over the July 4th weekend. ... Public Enemy No. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Aryan Nations (AN) is an international anti-Semitic white supremacist, Neo-Nazi organization. ... Members of the second Ku Klux Klan at a rally during the 1920s. ... // For the general identity of an individual with certain core essential religious doctrines, see Christianity. ...

Because of their alliance with the Mexican Mafia, the Aryan Brotherhood is antagonistic towards the Mafia's rivals, such as Nuestra Familia and Mara Salvatrucha. They are also hostile towards all gangs with a predominantly nonwhite membership, such as the Black Guerilla Family, the Crips, the Bloods, Black P. Stones, and Mara Salvatrucha. Nuestra Familia (Spanish for Our Family) are a group of Mexican American (Chicano) street gangs with origins in Northern California. ... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... The Black Guerrilla Family (also known as the Black Family or the Black Vanguard) was founded in 1966 by George Jackson while he was in San Quentin. ... The blue bandanas worn by most Crip gangs. ... The Bloods are one of the Los Angeles, California street gangs. ... The Almighty Black P. Stone Nation (often abbreviated BPSN) is a Chicago-based street gang that was originally formed in the late 1950s as the Blackstone Rangers. ...

References in popular culture

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See also

Barry Byron Mills is a leader of the Aryan Brotherhood (AB) prison gang. ... A gang is a group of individuals who share a common identity and, in current usage, engage in illegal activities. ... The Mexican Mafia (MM) or La eMe (eMe) is a Mexican-American criminal prison gang in the United States. ... Michael Thompson is a former leader in the Aryan Brotherhood (AB) prison gang. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Nuestra Familia (Spanish for Our Family) are a group of Mexican American (Chicano) street gangs with origins in Northern California. ... Prison gang is a term used to denote any type of gang activity in prisons and correctional facilities. ... Public Enemy No. ... There are very few or no other articles that link to this one. ... This is a list of street gangs operating or formerly operating in California. ...

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