Without a conviction, without an arrest, police can add a gang flag to someone's name in their database, putting that person on what amounts to a secret suspects list.

Portland police pledged in October to halt their longstanding practice of formally designating people as gang members in response to community concerns, yet the bureau still keeps a list of the ...

Rank-and-file members of the gang are referred to as “brims” or “hats.” Most Bloods sets also have a “first lady” who acts as the secretary and manager, according to the filings.

ICE List Shows How Tattoos and Clothing Are Used to Label ... as an “Alien Enemy,” including allowing ICE officers to declare tattoos and items of clothing as containing gang signs. ...

Among the criteria: being seen with gang members, dressing like a gang member, using a gang hand sign, having a gang tattoo, an informer saying you're a gang member. Before 1996, the law had an ...

WHITTIER – Members of the city’s biggest gang can’t bring weapons, throw gang signs, tag or loiter in a section of town they’ve historically claimed. On Thursday, Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Ruth ...

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Official reports say three-quarters of those on the national gang list are Māori, who make up less than 20% of New Zealanders, and that 80% to 90% of those in two of the most notorious gangs are ...

WICHITA, Kan. — A federal court in Kansas sustains the due process claim and a First Amendment claim brought by a class of people listed on the Wichita Police Department’s “Gang List,” a purported ...

A constitutional challenge to the Wichita Police Department’s gang list will result in at least two-thirds of the people on the list being removed immediately. The 3,517 people previously ...

Sixty percent of people on the gang list are Black and 25% are Hispanic, while only 6% are white. Lawyers for the plaintiffs argue the list disproportionately targets racial minorities.