Comparing and Contrasting Gangs

A Security threat group (STG) is a group of individuals who are all associated with one another and usually participate in the same illegal activities. Mostly thought of as gangs, STGs usually hold there members to a different standard than a normal street gang would. A STG is more organized and most of the time more wealthy than a normal gang member. There is usually a more complicated or severe way to join in A STG and an even more severe way to get out of one. It is pretty much a punishment to get out of one. Some STGs don’t allow you to get out and death is the only punishment of trying to get out. Some STGs have an extreme initiation process to get in; being beat up, raped (females), or even killing a rival gang member are some of the harsh stipulations that some of the STGs require to get in. STGs are all around the world and they are made up of many different races. Five of the most notorious STGs are: The Aryan Brotherhood, The KU Klux Klan (KKK), The Folks (G.D), The Nation of Islam, and the MS 13. These groups have been around for Decades.
The Aryan Brotherhood (AB) was formed in 1967 in California's San Quentin State Prison. It was formed from the “old school” blue bird gang of the 1950s and 60s. The Aryan Brotherhood is concerned with White-Supremacy and self-protection from Black and Hispanic gangs. They hurt or even sometimes killed anything or anybody who was against what they stood for. It was thought that members were inspired by Nietzsche, Machiavelli, and Sun Tzu's "The Art of War." The Aryan Brotherhood was thought to have been made up by a group of Irish men so one of their distinct symbols, mostly displayed as tattoos, is shamrocks. Most of the time the shamrock is displayed with the letters “AB” inside it and the number 666 above it. Someone with just a 666 tattoo shouldn’t be mistaken for an Aryan Brotherhood member because the number alone is displayed by many other gangs. Some hire ranking members might not display the tattoo or symbols...