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Memphis, Tennessee serves as the Southern headquarters for gangs in the United States. According to the Shelby County Sheriff’s Department, there are approximately 182 gangs with 8,400 gang members in the county. Major gangs like Goonsquad, KingGate, YoungMob and FastcashBoys have a strong presence, with a growing presence of Latino gangs like La Raza Nation, MS-13, Mexican Mafia, Latin Eagles, Maniac Latin Disciples and Latin Kings. In 2010, 26 gang members faced deportation after they were arrested with ties to the Vatos Locos and Sureno-13 gangs.〔(ICE works with local law enforcement to arrest 26 gang members in Memphis )〕 Gangs in the Memphis area are concentrated in high crime neighborhoods like Hollywood, Hickory Hill, Parkway Village, Westwood, Raleigh, Frayser, Orange Mound, Whitehaven and Binghampton; but their presence is also felt in the suburbs of Tipton County, Tennessee, and DeSoto County, Mississippi. After a series of gang related robberies at Tom Lee Park on the river bluff in downtown Memphis, the Memphis Police Department said that "they often feel powerless to control these out-of-control teens." In May 2013, high school students warned Memphis City Schools against a proposed school merger of Booker T. Washington High School and Carver High school. "It's like putting the Crips and Bloods together in a national convention." == Cops in gangs == In 2012, 22 officers of the Memphis Police Department were arrested for being gang members. And in 2013, Memphis City Council and Memphis Mayor A C Wharton cut funding for Blue CRUSH, the gang division of the Memphis Police Department. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Gangs in Memphis, Tennessee」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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