List of peckerwood gangs

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Members of the Aryan Brotherhood prison gang in the United States, located in red. The prison gang controls one of the largest networks of peckerwood gangs. AB Members in Prisons of States US MAP.jpg
Members of the Aryan Brotherhood prison gang in the United States, located in red. The prison gang controls one of the largest networks of peckerwood gangs.

The following list of peckerwood gangs are defined as street gangs within the peckerwood subculture.

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Overview

The peckerwood subculture had its beginnings in Oklahoma where the word was used to refer to white inmates in the 1930s. During the Great Depression, a major migration of Oklahomans came to California's Kern County. This migration also established a newfound peckerwood subculture in California with gangs such as the Okie Bakers and Oildale Peckerwoods in Bakersfield. This subculture continued to establish among ethnic Whites in the rural farm towns of California. The peckerwood prison subculture had its beginnings in the desegregation of United States prisons. It spreads as far North as Sutter, Yuba, and Butte counties. Aryan Brotherhood had its beginnings in the California San Quentin State Prison (300 miles northwest of Kern County) in 1964 as a response to the newly formed black prison gang Black Guerilla Family. [1] [2] [3] The Aryan Brotherhood's alliance with the Mexican Mafia in the prison system set the foundation of street politics ever since, which also sometimes translates to the streets. The San Quentin State Aryan Brotherhood uses the gang Family Affiliated Irish Mafia (FAIM) for its street operated activity. [4]

The peckerwood subculture has established street gangs that mix elements from white power skinhead culture and conventional street gang activity, such as illegal drugs. These peckerwood street gangs generally form in lower-income or middle-class white neighborhoods, as well as Latino neighborhoods or "barrios". These gangs are the manifestation of a modern "white power" subculture that combines the elements of Sureños culture, extreme sports (surfing, skating, motocross) and cannabis smoking. [5] Stylistically these gangs combine elements of Latino gang culture (Pendleton flannel and baggy pants) and skinhead culture (Doc Marten boots, bomber jackets, and shaved heads). [6] In the 1980s the swastika was also used as a general decorative symbol, but also one for shock value, and used by white and sometimes Hispanic gangs. This was also considered to be relative to lack of education on its historical context. [7]

Many of these Peckerwood gangs in California are subservient to the authority of Nazi Lowriders, which includes the punk gangs Vicious Circle and La Mirada Punks, as well as Insane White Boys, Independent Skins, Orange County Skins, and a rigid alliance with Southern California Skinhead Alliance (SoCal Skins). [8] Leading the alliance with Nazi Lowriders, the peckerwood gang Public Enemy No. 1 (PEN1 ( /ˈpiːnaɪ/ )) was established in Long Beach, California during the late 1980s, and known for recruiting middle-class "latchkey kids" within the Southern California punk scene.

[6] [8] [9] [10] The smaller gangs such as Public Enemy No. 1 and Insane White Boys are considered "kids" within the Peckerwood gang world, whereas Nazi Lowrider groups are led by "seniors" who induct "kids" into membership. A kid can become a "junior", and a junior can become a senior if elected by three other seniors. [8]

Gang apparel

Skateboarder, surfer, and former peckerwood Jay Adams stated, "the Latino gangs used to wear the same exact thing that we surfers wore, but they wore it differently. We wore baggy Levis or Pinwheel cords, t-shirts and like a long button-down Pendleton, and these shoes called Winos. Well, the Latino and the African-American gangs, they wore the same exact thing we wore, except theirs were starch-pressed." Peralta went on to say, "And then, what happened is in the late-1980s, early 1990s when street skateboarding became very popular, there was a real symbiosis between inner-city gang life and skateboarding, where they were literally wearing the same clothes." [11] As well, peckerwoods generally identify with the color white and are known for wearing white caps and handkerchiefs. [12] The most common gang sign for Peckerwoods is forming the thumb, index finger and middle finger of the right hand to form the letter "P," and the four fingers of the left to form the letter "W". [13]

Arizona

California

It is well noted that the California Peckerwoods and Aryan Brotherhood has a strong alliance with the California Surenos gangs. Initially brokered with the California Mexican Mafia and Aryan Brotherhood. Strengthening their street ties and their prison gangs with their prison agendas. It's not rare to see California peckerwoods or California Aryan Brotherhood members with latina/ chicana girlfriends or wives and Mexican Mafia members with white girlfriends or wives.

California North Coast (Northern California)

Del Norte County

Pelican Bay State Prison has factions of the Aryan Brotherhood [14] [15] and the Nazi Lowriders. [15]

Butte County

The Butte County Gangsters or known as BCG is a peckerwood street gang in Butte County mainly found in Chico and Oroville. [16]

Humboldt County

The Humboldt County Gangsters are a peckerwood street gang in the general Humboldt County region [1]

Mendocino County

The North Coast Vikings (NCV) are a surf/skate Peckerwood street and prison gang, gaining traction and numbers inside county jail and state prison. North Coast Vikings was started by white jail inmates from the coastal town of Fort Bragg, on California's northern coast [1]

Lake County

The Barbarian Brotherhood a peckerwood street gang, also active in Sonoma county. [17]

San Francisco Bay Area

Marin County

The first chapter of the Aryan Brotherhood was formed in San Quentin State Prison, and has been described as the origin of modern peckerwood culture. [2] [1]

Sonoma County

The Barbarian Brotherhood a peckerwood street gang, also active in Lake county. [17]

Contra Costa County

The Contra Costa County Boys (also known as CoCo County Boys or Co Co Boyz) is a peckerwood street gang in the general Contra Costa County, California area. [1]

The Family Affiliated Irish Mafia (FAIM) is a predominantly Irish-American peckerwood gang based in Rodeo, California, which was formerly used by the Aryan Brotherhood to organize street-level transactions throughout low income white neighborhoods in the San Francisco Bay Area, spreading from Rodeo, the gang formed strongholds in Antioch, Crockett, El Sobrante, Martinez and Pittsburg during the mid-1990s. [4] [18] [1] Coby Phillips was one of the four men who founded FAIM in the mid 90s, as a response to what he saw as a death of good role models in the "white pride" movement. Later, while in prison and awaiting trial for the murder of fellow Aryan Brotherhood member Daryll Grockett, Philips read about Auschwitz in Elie Wiesel's Night and discussed Nazism with a Holocaust survivor. After this, his opinion changed, and he no longer condones the use of Nazi symbols. [18]

Sacramento Valley

Sacramento County

Gangs in the Sacramento, California area are:

  • The Sacramaniacs a peckerwood gang active in the CDCR and on the streets of Sacramento. [19]
  • The Sacto Skins a peckerwood gang active in Sacramento. [20]

Sutter County

Gangs in the Yuba City, California area are:

  • The New Order a peckerwood gang active in the Yuba City. The gang is affiliated with the Nazi Lowriders and Aryan Brotherhood prison gangs. [21]

Yuba County

Gangs in the Yuba County, California area are:

  • The New Order a peckerwood gang founded inYuba City,since then spread to Yuba County. [22]

San Joaquin Valley and Sierra Nevada

Kern County

Gangs in the Bakersfield, California area are:

  • The Oildale Peckerwoods, a peckerwood gang in the Northern area of Bakersfield aka Oildale [23]
  • The Southwest Peckerwoods, a peckerwood gang in the Southwestern area of Bakersfield
  • The 88 WHITE POWER GANG, a peckerwood gang in the South Side area of Bakersfield. Most common tags are: 8WP8, SS (Thunderbolts), 23, 88, and WB125
  • The Eastside Peckerwoods, a peckerwood gang in the East Side area of Bakersfield.

Fresno County

Gangs in the Fresno, California area are:

  • The Fresnecks, a peckerwood gang in the general Fresno area [24]
  • The Highly Insane Criminals gang, a peckerwood gang in the general Fresno area.

Kings County

Gangs in the Corcoran, California area are:

San Joaquin County

Gangs in the Stockton, California area are:

  • The NorCal Peckerwoods (NCP), a peckerwood gang predominantly found in the San Joaquin County Jail (Pods, ADSEG & French Camp Honor Farm), who (unlike other Peckerwood gangs like the Aryan Brotherhood, PEN1 and Nazi Lorwiders, who traditionally side with Southern California Surenos / Mexican Mafia (La EME) Mexican gangs in situations dealing with jail/prison politics), ncp, will stand alone.
  • The Wolfpack Skinheads a peckerwood gang affiliated with United Society of Aryan Skinheads (USAS) [26]

Stanislaus County

Gangs in the Modesto, California area are:

  • The Modesto Hardcore Skinheads (HARD CORE), a peckerwood gang from Modesto. [27] [28]

Tulare County

  • The Superior Minded Aryan Skinheads / SMASH / SMASH Team 88 (SMASH 88 / ST88) [29]
  • The ESP - East Side Porterville [30]
  • The Rebels [30]

Owens Valley

Inyo County

California Central Coast (Southern / Northern California)

Santa Barbara County

  • Haskull's Locals
  • Mesa Rats, a Peckerwood gang from the Santa Barbara area.

Ventura County

Gangs in the general Ventura County area are:

Gangs in the Ventura, California area include:

  • The Pierpont Rats (PPR), a peckerwood surf, skate, and punk gang. The gang's territory is the Pierpont street area [33]
  • The Crazy White Boys (CWB), a peckerwood gang formed in the early 1990's in Ventura. [34]

Gangs in the Oxnard, California area include:

  • The Oxnard Shores Locals (OSL), a peckerwood surf, skate, and punk gang. The gang's territory is the Oxnard Shores beach. [33]

Los Angeles County (Southern California)

Santa Clarita Valley

A.E.S Arshole End of Saugus Gangs in the general Santa Clarita area are:

  • The Deadline Family Skins (DFS), a peckerwood gang in the general Santa Clarita area. The gang is also active in Ventura county and the Antelope Valley. [35]

Gangs in the Castaic, California area of the region are:

  • The Crazy White Boys (CWB), an independent white gang in the Castaic, California area. The gang claims all of Castaic as its territory.
  • The Santa Clarita White Boys (SWB), an independent white gang in the Castaic, California area. The gang's members had sprung off from Crazy White Boys.
  • The Aryan Brotherhood , a chapter of the peckerwood prison gang in the Castaic Pitchess Detention Center. [36]
  • The Nazi Lowriders , a chapter of the peckerwood prison gang in the Castaic Pitchess Detention Center. [36]

Defunct gangs in the Castaic, California area are:

  • The Castaic Peckerwoods (CPW), a peckerwood gang in the general Castaic, California area.

Gangs in the Saugus, California and Canyon Country, California area are:

  • The Bouquet Park Gang (BPG), a peckerwood gang in the Saugus, California area.
  • The White Power Peckerwoods / White Power (WPPW࿕ / WP), a white supremacist peckerwood gang in the Saugus and Canyon Country area. The gang is mobile and doesn't have a traditional gang turf.

Defunct gangs in the Saugus, California and Canyon Country, California area are:

  • The SCV Peckerwoods / Santa Clarita Valley Peckerwoods (SCVP), a white supremacist peckerwood gang that existed in the Saugus and Canyon Country areas. The gang appeared in the early 80s with members having been around since the 70s. Ethnic rednecks of the area described the gang as "family" rather a gang, and showed a white separatist ideology towards other races. Member Jace Edwards was charged with felony possession of a deadly weapon and posted for bail at $500,000. Jace was on suspicion of related hate crimes from the gang. The gang's last reported existence was in 1994. [37]

Antelope Valley

Gangs in the general Antelope Valley, California area are:

Gangs in the general Lancaster, California area are:

  • The Lancaster Metal Minds (LMM), a peckerwood gang in the Lancaster region [38]
  • The Lancaster Glamour Boys (LGB), a peckerwood gang in the Lancaster region [40]

Gangs in the general Palmdale, California area are:

  • The Palmdale Peckerwoods (PPW) [38]

San Fernando Valley

Gangs in the general widespread San Fernando Valley area are:

Gangs in the Burbank, California area:

  • The Burbank Punk Organization (BPO), a peckerwood-punk gang in the general Burbank, California area. The gang was founded in 1979 by Orange County transplants in Burbank, and initially was allies with the FFF gang. Later in mid 80s however the gang's rivalry with FFF became more prominent. [40]

Gangs in the Encino, Los Angeles area:

Gangs in the Granada Hills, California area include:

  • The San Fernando Valley Peckerwoods / SFV Peckerwoods (SFVP / SVP) peckerwood gang of the Granada Hills region. A central hub of the gang was the 16440 Index St. house in Granada Hills, which was targeted by police in 2016. The gang was known to take orders from the Aryan Brotherhood. The gang is mobile and doesn't have a traditional gang turf. [42]

Gangs in the Northridge, California are include:

  • The San Fernando Valley Peckerwoods / SFV Peckerwoods (SFVP / SVP) peckerwood gang of the Northridge region.
    • The Tupper Street clique of the San Fernando Valley Peckerwoods. [43]

Defunct gangs in the general San Fernando Valley area:

Defunct gangs in the Sylmar, California area:

  • The Sylmar Peckerwood Family, a gang in the Sylmar area. The gang's allies were the Skinhead Dogs (SHD) in the Ventura County area. The gang was last reported in 1996. [46]

Westside Los Angeles area

Defunct gangs in the Santa Monica, California area include:

Gangs in the Venice, Los Angeles area include:

Now defunct gangs in the area include:

  • The Beowulf gang, a thrasher peckerwood skate punk gang affiliated with the Sureños subset Venice 13. [49]

Central Los Angeles area

Gangs in the Hollywood, California area include:

  • The Westside Los Angeles Death Squad / Westside L.A.D.S (WS LADS), a mostly inactive but existing Sureños and peckerwood punk gang.

West Side KAOS 13/K13 Inactive but Existing Sureños and peckerwood punk gang Defunct gangs in the Hollywood, California area include:

  • The Hollywood Stoners 13, a peckerwood/white Sureños gang [47]
  • The Hillside Stoners 13, a peckerwood thrasher gang [49]

South Bay area

Gangs in the general Hermosa Beach, California area
  • The South Bay Skinheads / South Bay Skins / South Bay Skates (SBS), a peckerwood gang in the general Hermosa Beach, Redondo Beach, Torrance, Lomita, Palos verdes, Rolling hills, Lawndale, Manhattan Beach, and El Segundo area.
  • The Hermosa Beach Locals also known as The Hbl's a surfer punk skate crew that has controlled the strand and breakwater since the early 1980s, predominantly white but have been known to have Latinos as well. [50]
Gangs in the general Redondo Beach, California ‘’’South Bay’’’ area
  • The Drunks on Skates Death On Site(DOS) gang, a peckerwood skate punk gang in Redondo Beach, Hermosa Beach and Manhattan Beach. Didn’t affiliate with any other local crews. Many of the members were either skinheads or joined the skins during their prison stays. A few members passed away but most of the members live a life of recovery after serving prison sentences. The ones that have made a change in their lives now, try to help others that suffer from addiction problems. http://jaireports.co.la.ca.us/jairpts/jaigang.html
  • The Beryl Street Locals (BSL) gang, a peckerwood gang in Redondo Beach, Hermosa Beach, Associated with surenos and North Side Redondo 13. Mixture of white and Latino. The gang is affiliated with the Nazi Lowriders and PEN1 Public Enemy Number 1, Some members joined 1% biker clubs in the late 2000's
  • Circle One a peckerwood punk skate gang in the early 1980s very dominant up until the 1990s. Eventually members graduated to larger gangs like the North Side Redondo 13 a sureno gang based in Redondo Beach, CA.
  • Baby Blue Wrecking Crew (BBWC) a branch of skin heads that came out of prison to start a chapter of the aryan brotherhood “AB” in the late 1970s till the early 1990s in Torrance and Redondo Beach, CA during South Bay's punk scene. A lot of members fell back into prison and the new recruits either fell into heavy drug abuse or ranked out due to not being about that lifestyle. starting inleading off [43]
  • South Bay Peckerwood Gangsters (SBPG) a new branch of surf punk skate gang formed in the late 2000's
Gangs in the general Carson, California area

Harbor Region

Gangs in the Lakewood, California area include

Gangs in the general Long Beach area include:

  • The Nazi Lowriders (NLR / NLR 562) chapter of the Long Beach area. The gang is mobile and doesn't have a traditional gang turf.
  • The Public Enemy No. 1 (PEN1 / PENI / PEN1 562) gang in the Long Beach area. The PEN1 gang on the Southside of Long Beach is the original PEN1 gang before its spread to the Orange County area. Notable members include the band Long Beach Dub Allstars, and former affiliates include Sublime.
  • The Vicious Circle / Long Beach VC / The Cult (VC / VC 562), is a peckerwood punk gang in the Long Beach area, where it originated. [52]
  • The Brayton Street Locs, is a peckerwood gang in the North Long Beach area. [40]
  • The East Side Stoners (ESS), a peckerwood stoner gang located in the general Long Beach area. [40]
  • The Maine Street Locos (MSL), a peckerwood punk gang located in the heart of the Maine Avenue street in the South Wrigley neighborhood. [43]
  • The Midtown Stoners (MTS), a peckerwood stoner gang located in the general Long Beach area. [43]
  • The North Town Stoners (NTS), a peckerwood gang in the North Long Beach neighborhood. [43]
  • The West Side Stoners (WSS), a peckerwood and sureño gang formerly in the West Long Beach neighborhood. The gang was absorbed into the sureño neighborhood Westside Longos 13 neighborhood. [43]
    • The 29th Street clique of the West Side Stoners. [43]
    • The Dog Town clique of the West Side Stoners. [43]
    • The 5th Street clique of the West Side Stoners. [43]
Defunct gangs in the general Long Beach, California area include
  • The Long Beach Posse (LBP), a peckerwood surf and skate gang in the general Long Beach area. The gang was affiliated with the PEN1 gang of Long Beach. Notable members include the band Sublime.
  • The Long Beach Suicidal Punks (LBSP), a sureño and peckerwood gang. The gang continues to exist, although as the Asian/Tongan Crip subset known as Suicidal Town / Suicidal Town Crips - which is now part of the S.E.A. Alliance (Suicidal-Exotic-Asians). The gang is located in the heart of 12th and Lewis in Long Beach.
Defunct gangs in the Lakewood, California and Long Beach, California areas included

The Southside Los Angeles Death Squad / Southside L.A.D.S. (SS LADS) sureño and peckerwood punk gang that was in the Lakewood, Long Beach, and Orange County areas. The gang's Hispanic members were mostly absorbed in the Eastside Lakewood 13 (E/S LKWD X3 / E/S LKWDX3 LADS) gang. The gang's peckerwood members joined the Public Enemy No. 1 gang in the regions. Those members would then represent the name Peni Death Squad in addition to the Public Enemy No. 1 gang. The gang was rivals of the Suicidals gang. [53]

Gateway Cities

Gangs in the La Mirada, California area include:

Gangs in the Norwalk, California area include:

  • The Norwalk Skins (NWS) [55]
  • The La Mirada Punks (LMP / LA MIRADA PUNKᛋ) chapter in the Norwalk, California area. The gang originated in La Mirada, California. [56] In 2005, the gang was part of the Southern California Skinhead Alliance led by the Public Enemy No. 1 gang and the Nazi Lowriders. [57]

Gangs in the Whittier, California area include:

  • The Kactus Boys / Kactus Bunch (KB), a peckerwood punk gang in the Whittier area [40]

Defunct gangs in the Bell Gardens, California area include:

  • The Bell Gardens White Boys, a peckerwood gang in the region [47]

Defunct gangs in the Whittier, California area include:

  • The Pagans (PGS), a peckerwood gang formerly in the Whittier area. AKA Whittier Pagan Clan (WPC). [43]

Orange County (Southern California)

Southern California Skinhead Alliance, SoCal Skins
Ethnicity White, Native American [ citation needed ]
Leader(s) Public Enemy No. 1

Gangs in the widespread Orange County, California area are:

North County

Gangs in the La Habra, California area are:

  • The La Mirada Punks (LMP / LA MIRADA PUNKᛋ) chapter in the La Habra, California area. The gang originated in La Mirada, California. [56] In 2005, the gang was part of the Southern California Skinhead Alliance led by the Public Enemy No. 1 gang and the Nazi Lowriders. [57]

Gangs in the Buena Park, California area are:

  • The Insane White Boys (IWB), [8] a peckerwood gang in Buena Park. In 1993, the gang was incepted in Orange County and came into prominence being recruited by the Nazi Lowriders. [6] [10] In 2005, the gang was part of the Southern California Skinhead Alliance led by the Public Enemy No. 1 gang and the Nazi Lowriders. [57]

Gangs in the general Placentia, California area are:

  • The Vicious Circle (VC) peckerwood punk gang. [8] In 2005, the gang was part of the Southern California Skinhead Alliance led by the Public Enemy No. 1 gang and the Nazi Lowriders. [58] The gang is based out of Placentia, California.
  • The P-Town Ballers (PTB), a peckerwood punk gang. Notable members include the band Kottonmouth Kings, whose members also formed Kingspade. The gang has other underground members including Whiteboy Rob.The gang's primary hub was formerly the 1605 Sierra Vista Avenue house.

Gangs in the general Anaheim, California area are:

Gangs in the general Orange, California area are:

Central County

Gangs in the general Garden Grove, California area are:

Gangs in the general Huntington Beach, California area are:

Gangs in the general Costa Mesa, California area are:

Gangs in the general Santa Ana, California area are:

South County

Gangs in the general Dana Point, California area are:

  • The Orange County Skinheads / Orange County Skins / O.C. Skins (OC / OCS), a white supremacist peckerwood gang in the Dana Point, California region. [56] In 2005, the gang was part of the Southern California Skinhead Alliance led by the Public Enemy No. 1 gang and the Nazi Lowriders. [57] [58]
  • The Dana Point Lords / Lords of South County, a white-boy gang from the South County region. Notable members include Ian McCall.

Gangs in the general San Clemente, California area are:

  • The Public Enemy No. 1 (PEN1 949) of the San Clemente area.
  • The Nazi Lowriders (NLR 949) of the San Clemente area.
  • The SC Boys, a peckerwood gang in the San Clemente area. The gang has existed since 2009, but was officially recognized as a "street gang" in 2013 when a gang injunction took place in San Clemente. The gang is non-territorial. [61] [62]

San Bernardino County (Southern California)

San Gabriel Valley

Gangs in the West Covina, California area include:

  • The Connelly Boys (CBS), a peckerwood gang in the West Covina area [43]

Victor Valley

Gangs in the Apple Valley, California area include:

  • The High Desert Peckerwoods (HDPW), a peckerwood gang located in the Apple Valley area of the High Desert region. [63]

Inland Empire

It is well noted that the Inland Empire Peckerwoods and Aryan Brotherhood has a strong alliance with the Inland Empire Surenos gangs. Initially brokered with the California Mexican Mafia and Aryan Brotherhood. Strengthening their street ties and their prison gangs with their prison agendas. The OVS Black Angel's sureno gang is much involved with direct influence with the I.E. peckerwoods.

Gangs in the Alta Loma, California area include:

  • The Alta Loma Hardcore's (ALHC) of Alta Loma/ Rancho Cucamonga, Ca. a WhiteBoy surf, ski, and skatepunk crew- mid to late 1980's. First known as The Brotherhood, a hardcore punk clique originally formed by eventual founder of "Ski Punx" (SPX clothing)- who was born in the Burbank/ SF Valley Area and was influenced by early BPO and FFF Punk Rock gang culture. Then moved to Wrightwood, Ca. eventually settling in the Alta Loma/ Upland area where other Punk Rock "PW" gangs and crews operated; including (MRY) Mr. Rogers Youth/ Master Race Youth, The Alison Brothers(not an official gang), North SS(ALHC affiliated) and WAR aka White Aryan Resistance with ties to the Hardcore band "Peckerwood". The territory of all these local punk crews were located generally north of Baseline to the base of the foothills and adjacent "Badlands" of Mt. Baldy and further up to the Mt. Baldy Ski area. (Currently defunct).

Gangs in the Ontario, California area include:

  • The Nazi Lowriders (NLR 909) of Ontario. [64]

Gangs in the Fontana, California area include:

  • The Cypress Street Kings / Peckerwoods Fontana Boys (CSK / PWFB), a peckerwood gang affiliated with the Hispanic Crazy Ass Kings which is cliqued with the Sureños subset Eastside Fontana 13. The gang's neighborhood is in the heart of Cypress Avenue, North of Merrill Avenue, and South of Ceres Avenue. [65]

Gangs in the Cajon/University District neighborhood include:

  • The Inland Empire Peckerwoods (IEPW 909), a peckerwood gang located in the heart of the Cajon neighborhood.
    The gang is known for having a traditional gang turf; this territory is located from East of Little Mountain Dr. and Mountain Dr., South of West Hill Dr., East of Northpark Blvd. W., South of Electric Avenue N., and North of W. 40th St. and Kendall Dr. [66]

Riverside County (Southern California)

Inland Empire Skinheads

Gangs in the Riverside, California area include: * "I.E. Skins / "DWB" "Dirty White Boys"/ Founded by Raymond Williams, //Allied with Hells Angels MC BERDOO, Outlaw Hammerskins, Hoosier State Skinheads.

  • The Inland Empire Peckerwoods / Riverside Inland Empire Peckerwoods (IEPW 951), a peckerwood gang and faction of IEPW in the Riverside region.
  • The Connelly Boys (CBS)

Gangs in the Lake Elsinore, California area include:

San Diego County (Southern California)

City of San Diego

Gangs in the city of San Diego, California include

  • Dago Wood
  • San Diego Skinheads (SDSH), a peckerwood gang in the West San Diego area.
  • Dago Mob, affiliates of the Hells Angels San Diego chapter.
  • Pacific Beach Vurmin (PBV), a peckerwood gang in Pacific Beach, San Diego.
  • Loww Lifes
  • Stoners Reeking Havoc (SRH / SRH♠ / SxRxH), a peckerwood surf and skate punk crew with mostly older veteran members. The crew was based out of Mission Beach, San Diego and started in the 80s when its members were preteens. [67] The crew was later readapted into a lifestyle clothing brand Supporting Radical Habits (SRH) by Kevin Zinger, founder and owner of Suburban Noize Records label. The name was introduced in the form of Kottonmouth Kings EP Stoners Reeking Havoc EP as well.
  • Dead Forty Krew (DFK), a group of active woods based in Oceanside with members spreading throughout the county. They are white convicts, punk rockers and skinheads. This gang has been gaining membership and status in recent years.

Defunct gangs in the city of San Diego are

  • Death Wish Kids (City of La Mesa and the San Carlos neighborhood in San Diego)
  • Dago Wrecking Crew
  • Bomber Boys
  • San Diego Boot Boys (SDBB)
  • Southside Skinheads
  • Clairemont Mesa Rats
  • Ocean Beach Hammerskins
  • Ocean Beach Rats (OB Rats)
  • Ocean Beach Terrorists
  • Mission Beach Zodiacs
  • Tuna Boys (Tunaville Soldiers)

South Bay

Gangs in the Imperial Beach, California area include:

  • Imperial Beach Peckerwoods (IBPW)

Gangs in the Chula Vista, California area include:

  • Chula Vista 700 Blocc (700 Blocks west of Broadway in west Chula Vista)

Defunct gangs in South Bay San Diego include:

  • Chula Vista Bomber Boys
  • Chula Vista Tankers
  • Chula Vista Locals
  • 1st Avenue Punx (Chula Vista)
  • End Of Palm Locals (San Diego - Otay Mesa neighborhood)
  • Street People (Chula Vista)
  • Dago Mob (Chula Vista and Imperial Beach)
  • Bonita Skins (Bonita and east Chula Vista)
  • 24th Street Stoners (National City)

East County

Gangs in the general East County, San Diego area include:

Gangs in the Spring Valley, California area include:

Gangs in the El Cajon, California area include:

  • El Cajon Peckerwoods (ECPW)
  • East County Boys (ECB)

Gangs in the La Mesa, California area include:

  • La Mesa Clicks (LMC)
  • The Chosen Few (TCF)

Gangs in the general Lakeside, California area include:

  • Lakeside Gangsters (LSG)

Gangs in the Santee, California area include:

  • Santee Peckerwoods (SPW)
  • East County Boys (ECB)

North County

  • North County Skinheads (NCSH)
  • North County Firm
  • Supreme Power Skinheads (SPS)
  • Poway Skinheads
  • Fallbrook Hammerskins

Connecticut

Kentucky

Minnesota

Missouri

Nevada

Gangs in unspecified Nevada regions:

Washoe County

Gangs in the Reno, Nevada region are:

Carson City

Gangs in the Carson City, Nevada region are:

White Pine County

Gangs in the Ely, Nevada region are:

Nye County

Gangs in the Pahrump, Nevada region are:

Clark County

Gangs in the Indian Springs, Nevada region are:

Gangs in the Las Vegas, Nevada region are:

New Jersey

New Mexico

New York

Gangs in the general Queens, New York region are:

Ohio

Oklahoma

Oregon

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Washington [79]

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The Mexican Mafia, also known as La eMe, is a Mexican American criminal organization in the United States. Despite its name, the Mexican Mafia did not originate in Mexico, and is entirely a U.S. criminal prison organization. Law enforcement officials report that the Mexican Mafia is the deadliest and most powerful gang within the California prison system.

A prison gang is an inmate organization that operates within a prison system. It has a corporate entity and exists into perpetuity. Its membership is restrictive, mutually exclusive, and often requires a lifetime commitment. Prison officials and others in law enforcement use the euphemism "security threat group". The purpose of this name is to remove any recognition or publicity that the term "gang" would connote when referring to people who have an interest in undermining the system.

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Peckerwood is a term used in the Southern United States for a woodpecker which is also used as an offensive epithet toward white people, especially poor rural whites. Originally an ethnic slur, the term has been embraced by a subculture related to prison gangs and outlaw motorcycle clubs. The term was in use as an inversion of woodpecker by the 1830s, with the sense referring to white people documented from the 1850s. African-American folklore in the 1920s contrasted the white "peckerwood" bird with the African-American blackbird. The word became a common term in Jive.

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Public Enemy No. 1, also known as PENI Death Squad, is a prison and street gang formed in Long Beach, California and now based in Orange County, California. In 2004, the California Department of Justice described PEN1 as "one of the most powerful and fastest-growing gangs inside and outside prison", and reported it had about 200 members statewide. The gang's main activities include identity theft, credit card fraud, and methamphetamine sales.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Nazi Lowriders</span> White supremacist gang

The Nazi Lowriders are a Neo-Nazi, White supremacist organized crime syndicate, and prison and street gang based primarily in metro Los Angeles and several areas around Texas. They also are believed to have spread to other states, having small rural and suburban factions. They are allies of the larger and more notorious gangs, such as the Aryan Brotherhood and the Mexican Mafia, and fellow peckerwood gang Public Enemy No. 1. Their main rivals are the Bloods, the Crips, the Black Guerrilla Family, MS-13, Norteños, and Nuestra Familia. The Nazi Lowriders operate both in and outside of prison. Methamphetamine abuse is common among members of the group. The NLR's acts of violence have even seen victims from the general public, including police officers.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Aryan Circle</span> White supremacist, neo-Nazi prison gang in the United States

The Aryan Circle is a white supremacist, Neo-Nazi prison gang spread throughout many U.S. correctional facilities.

A prison gang is an inmate organization that operates within a prison system, that has a corporate entity, exists into perpetuity, and whose membership is restrictive, mutually exclusive, and often requires a lifetime commitment. Political scientist David Skarbekargues the emergence of prison gangs are due to the dramatic increase in the prison population and inmate's demand for safety. Skarbek observes that in a small, homogeneous environment, people can use social norms to interpret what behavior is acceptable, but a large, heterogeneous setting undermines social norms and acceptable behavior is more difficult to determine. Prison gangs are geographically and racially divided, and about 70% of prison gang members are in California and Texas. Skarbek suggests prison gangs function similar to a community responsibility system. Interactions between strangers are facilitated because you do not have to know an individual's reputation, only a gang's reputation. Some prison gangs are transplanted from the street. In some circumstances, prison gangs "outgrow" the internal world of life inside the penitentiary, and go on to engage in criminal activities on the outside. Gang umbrella organizations like the Folk Nation and People Nation have originated in prisons.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">211 Crew</span> American white supremacist prison gang

211 Crew is a white supremacist prison gang, active both in and out of prison, that was formed in 1995 at Colorado's Denver County Jail. It was linked to several high-profile murders and criminal investigations. Those included the assassination of Colorado Department of Corrections head Tom Clements. Due to a threatening letter sent by a Texas Aryan Brotherhood member, it was suspected to be linked to similar assassinations of Texas district attorney Mike McLelland, and his assistant prosecutor Mark Hasse, but a former Justice of the Peace was eventually indicted for those murders.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Aryan Brotherhood of Texas</span> American criminal gang

The Aryan Brotherhood of Texas (ABT) is an American white supremacist and Neo-Nazi prison and street gang. According to the Anti-Defamation League and the Southern Poverty Law Center, the Aryan Brotherhood of Texas is one of the largest and most violent neo-Nazi white supremacist prison gangs and organized criminal enterprises in the United States, responsible for numerous murders and other violent crimes.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Project Wildfire</span>

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The Rise Above Movement (RAM) is a militant alt-right Southern California-based street fighting group variously described as "a loose collective of violent neo-Nazis and fascists", white nationalist, white supremacist, and far-right. According to the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), it "is inspired by identitarian movements in Europe and is trying to bring the philosophies and violent tactics to the United States." Its members are primarily located in the areas of Orange County and San Diego, and are variously numbered at 20 to 50. Individual RAM members are also members of other organizations, such as the self-described Identitarian Identity Evropa/American Identity Movement, the "Western chauvinist" Proud Boys, and the neo-Nazi skinhead Hammerskin Nation, according to Northern California Anti-Racist Action (NoCARA).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Soldiers of Aryan Culture</span> White supremacist prison gang in the United States

The Soldiers of Aryan Culture (SAC), sometimes referred to as Soldiers of the Aryan Culture and Soldiers of an Aryan Culture, is a large American white supremacist prison gang.

The Universal Aryan Brotherhood (UAB), also known as the Universal Family, are an active neo-Nazi white supremacist prison gang in the United States. Primarily based out of Oklahoma, the gang also has members in federal custody, as well as in several states across the country.

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