Decepticons (gang)

Decepticons or Decepts or Hammer Gang were a 1980s street gang based in Brooklyn, New York named after the villains in the Transformers franchise, the Decepticons.[1]

History

The Decepticons were founded in 1985 at the elite high school Brooklyn Technical High School. [2] At one point in the 1980s, the Decepticons were the largest gang in New York City.[1] Five Decepticons were arrested on a violent attack they committed. In 1988 the Decepticons were charged with 43 robberies, mostly of jewelry and clothing.[3] Their ages varied from 15 to 22.[3] Despite the fact that the gang consisted of fewer than 60 members, their presence in New York City was described as mythical.[3] The leader of the decepticons was eventually shot in the head.[4]

Violence

The Gang was known to play the one punch Knockout game, and rob numbers of people at once. [5]

Deceptinettes

Female members of the gang were known as Deceptinettes.[6] ISIS SAPP-GRANT was a founding member of the Deceptinettes. [7] Isis later went to become a Social Worker, working hard to give a chance to other gang girls.

Terminology

Brooklyn was referred to as Cybertron (the place of its founding).[8]

Members included

References

  1. 1 2 "A Gang Gives a Name to Students' Fear: Decepticons". 1 March 1989.
  2. ↑ http://www.nytimes.com/1989/03/01/nyregion/a-gang-gives-a-name-to-students-fear-decepticons.html?pagewanted=all
  3. 1 2 3 "A Gang Gives a Name to Students' Fear: Decepticons". 1 March 1989.
  4. ↑ http://www.suerussellwrites.com/girlgang.html
  5. ↑ http://nypost.com/2000/08/17/one-woman-gangbuster-former-teen-terror-trying-to-steer-kids-away-from-crime/
  6. ↑ http://www.suerussellwrites.com/girlgang.html
  7. ↑ http://nypost.com/2000/08/17/one-woman-gangbuster-former-teen-terror-trying-to-steer-kids-away-from-crime/
  8. ↑ "AllHipHop » The Decepticons: The Modern Gang Reprise". AllHipHop.
  9. ↑ "AllHipHop » The Decepticons: Gangs Of New York Part 2". AllHipHop.
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