Gang violence
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“Crazy!”
~ Oscar Wilde on Gang violence.
“Cool!”
~ George Orwell on Gang violence.
“Crazy!”
~ Oscar Wilde on Gang violence.
“Cool!”
~ George Orwell on Gang violence.
“dahn- dah, dah -dahn, dah dah dah dahn”
~ Chorus on Gang violence.
“THEY HAVE THE BOMB!”
~ Jack Bauer on Gang Violence.
Gang violence is defined by the United States Department of Justice as "any hostile physical interaction between (or among) two (or more) gangs,". The violence frequently takes the form of elaborate dance routines choreographed and excuted with painstaking accuracy and precision. Such encounters take place, usually, because of competition for territory, longstanding feuds, or simple boredom.
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[edit] History of Gang Violence
The first recorded instance of gang violence occurred in 1961, between the Jets, a Polish-American street gang of New York City, and the Sharks, a Latino-American gang from the same region. The conflict arose, apparently, from the Sharks being mercilessly teased for their inability to pronounce their own name, though one wonders why they did not just simply call themselves los Tiburnós.
This new level of brutality quickly caught the attention of the mainstream media; soon gang violence spread like wildfire. Feuds appeared across the country like pimples on a pubescent Macaulay Culkin: the Farmers fought the Cowmen; the Pekes battled the Pollicles, who to this day are proud and impeccable, passionate foes; and the Socratics fought the Sophists.
This is not to say, however, that gang violence began in 1961. Rather, simply it was the first time it had ever been so well directed and widely covered in the press. There had been poor quality episodes of gang violence such as the St. Valentine's Day Massacre, however the musical arrangements and choreography of these events, and the magnitude to which they sucked, divided them from the common understanding of the word. Such episodes are commonly identified as "mob violence" instead. Similarly, the range wars of the 1800s are listed as a feud.
[edit] Anatomy of a Gang Fight
There are four recognized stages of a gang fight, in each stage tension and violent tendencies increase on both sides until they erupt, these stages are often categorized by actions of the gangs.
[edit] The Incitement
Gang fights frequently start over minor disputes such as who owns what territory, or by impolite comments frequently involving a rival gang member's mother. In sociomelodic terminology the stage of a gang fight encompassing these remarks and the first few minutes of verbal exchange afterward is called the incitement.
[edit] The Escalation
The incitment is rapidly followed by the escalation. In this stage the movements of the two opposing gangs begin to include well known dance maneuvers. These maneuvers, however, are basic and not particularly harmful to others. It is not uncommon for a period of escalation to last several hours and only feature a few infrequent chassés and pliés. There is no imminent danger of bloodshed and intervening police officers or other law enforcement officials may still stop the fight without significant difficulty.
[edit] The Confrontation
If a fight is not interrupted in the first two stages, it quickly approaches the critical point at which violence is almost inevitable. In the confrontation stage of gang fights, dancing intensifies and the speed and emphasis of the moves preformed increases drastically. Maneuvers are now performed en dedans and the more hot-headed members of a gang will begin to make threats toward one another or use ethinic slurs. It is customary, though not required, to have two lovers on opposing sides of the gang war sing a song about love and hope.
[edit] The Part where People Go Totally Fucking Beserk and Kill Each Other
The relations between the two (or more) gangs engaged in confrontation reach a point of instability that no intervention can prevent violent outbreak. The most extreme moves are employed to ruthlessly slay an opponent. Gang memebrs move almost entirely en pointe in chaînés with liberal epaulement. The participants shoes are turned into lethal
