The gang had between approximately 50,000 and 90,000 members.
The Gangster Disciples are active in over 100 cities and 31 states, predominantly in the Midwestern and Southeastern United States, and remnants also maintain a significant presence in the U.S. The alliance consisted of Gangster Disciples, Black Disciples, Satan Disciples, Latin Disciples, Spanish Gangster Disciples, Ambrose, Two-Two Boys, Two-Sixers/Two-Six Boys, Simon City Royals, North Side Insane Popes, La Raza, Spanish Cobras, Imperial Gangsters, Harrison Gents, and the Latin Eagles.
In 1978, the BGDN began to splinter into three distinct factions: Black Gangsters, Black Disciples and Gangster Disciples, however Hoover (at the time incarcerated on murder charges) prevented it by quickly setting up an alliance of all street and prison gangs in his interest into one family.
Vice lords vs latin kings full#
Following his death, Hoover assumed full control of the Black Gangster Disciples. In 1970, Barksdale was shot in his kidney and later pronounced dead in a hospital at the age of 27 in 1974. By the early 1970s, the BGDN dominated the Chicago gang scene. This resulted in the creation of the Black Gangster Disciple Nation. In 1969, Hoover and Barksdale agreed to a ceasefire. For years, the Supreme Gangsters had an outstanding war with the Devil's Disciples, led by David Barksdale. The origins of the Gangster Disciples began in Englewood on the South Side of Chicago, Illinois, in 1964 when 13-year-old Larry "The King" Hoover joined a small street gang called the Supreme Gangsters. Since 1989, after a decline in leadership caused friction between the two gangs, the BGDN has divided into different factions known today as the Gangster Disciples and the other being the Black Disciples.Īs of 2022, the Gangster Disciples have no full leadership following Hoover's departure. The two rival gangsters united together to form the Black Gangster Disciple Nation ( BGDN). The Gangster Disciples (often abbreviated as the GD's, formerly GDN) also known as Growth & Development, are an African American street and prison gang, which was formed in 1969, by Larry Hoover and David Barksdale. Northeastern, Midwestern and Southeastern United States ĭrug trafficking, assault, firearms violations, fraud, homicide, money laundering
0 kommentar(er)
