Gang warfare is the conflict between differing groups of people identifying themselves as gangs. A gang may be formed based on city district boundaries, common ethnic background, common belief, such as white pride/white power gangs, or for personal protection in situations such as incarceration or widespread poverty. Gang warfare is commonly held over turf boundary disputes, the takeover of an area in order to bring in narcotics to push on the streets, personal rivalries, or simply the fact that the opposing group is different in some way. Gang warfare takes a huge toll on cities, families, and communities involved, especially in cities like Los Angeles, which can have over 40,000 violent crimes yearly, a large percentage due to gang violence.
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Gangs as most people think of them probably began to be recognized by the general public around the nation with the birth of the Los Angeles gangs in the early seventies.
If a gang member witnesses a fellow member failing to dis a rival gang through hand signs, graffiti, or a simple "mad dog" or stare-down, they can issue a "violation" to their fellow posse member and he/she can actually be "beaten down" by their own gang as punishment.
Gangs are certainly a community problem, and the community must galvanize to properly respond by dealing with those already involved and offering alternatives to those who accept.
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