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FBI says you Juggalos are officially a ‘gang’
http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/lookout/fbi-classifies-juggalos-...
The FBI has classified fans of the Detroit-based hip-hop band Insane Clown Posse--who call themselves Juggalos and paint their faces like their
heros--as a violent, fast-growing "gang" worth monitoring. News of the bureau's move first came courtesy of Wired reporter Spencer Ackerman.
The Juggalos are highlighted in the bureau's 2011 National Gang Threat Assessment report as a "non-traditional gangs" alongside the traditional
ethnic-based Asian, East African and Caribbean gangs; the report classifies Juggalos among "hybrid gangs" such as the Latin Kings.
According to information from the National Gang Intelligence Center cited in the report, the Juggalos "are rapidly expanding into many U.S.
communities" and "engage in criminal activity and violence."
Law enforcement officials in at least 21 states "have identified criminal Juggalo sub-sets," according to the NGIC.
Most crimes committed by Juggalos are sporadic, disorganized, individualistic, and often involve simple assault, personal drug use and possession,
petty theft, and vandalism. However, open source reporting suggests that a small number of Juggalos are forming more organized subsets and engaging in
more gang-like criminal activity, such as felony assaults, thefts, robberies, and drug sales.
The report states that in January 2011, a suspected Juggalo member shot and wounded a couple in King County, Wash.; in 2010, "two suspected Juggalo
associates were charged with beating and robbing an elderly homeless man."
However, FBI specialists note that it can be hard to get a fix on the Juggalos and their whereabouts. Juggalos' "disorganization and lack of
structure within their groups, coupled with their transient nature, makes it difficult to classify them and identify their members and migration
patterns."
And:
Many criminal Juggalo subsets are comprised of transient or homeless individuals, according to law enforcement reporting. Most Juggalo criminal groups
are not motivated to migrate based upon traditional needs of a gang. However, law enforcement reporting suggests that Juggalo criminal activity has
increased over the past several years and has expanded to several other states. Transient, criminal Juggalo groups pose a threat to communities due to
the potential for violence, drug use/sales, and their general destructive and violent nature.
Though law enforcement officials in Arizona, California, Pennsylvania, Utah, and Washington "report the most Juggalo gang-related criminal activity,"
Juggalos "are present in Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Mexico, New Hampshire, North Carolina,
Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia." Juggalo gangs are expanding in New Mexico, in particular, "because they are attracted
to the tribal and cultural traditions of the Native Americans residing nearby."
The FBI "gang" classification has prompted some purportedly law-abiding Juggalos to launch a petition in protest:
Many are college students, college graduates, and some with very high degrees in many different fields. Others are humble, work long hours, and earn
everything that they own. True Juggalos and Juggalettes are a part of a sub culture to America, and are NOT criminals! This discrimination should not
be allowed against innocent people because, of people claiming false belief in our culture.
A representative for the Insane Clown Posse did not immediately return requests for comment left with Psychopathic Records, the band's label.
The fascination with the Juggalos and their annual Gathering of the Juggalos--what the band itself bills as "the Most Controversial Music Festival in
the World!"--has sparked media interest. Last year, the Village Voice ran a cover story, in which the writer, Camille Dodero, gave a firsthand account
of the Juggalo gathering in rural Illinois (readers should note that Dodero's saga contains graphic accounts of sexual acts and drug use):
A map given at the entrance shows how HogRock has been carved into an Insane Clown Posse theme park: Three camping areas are rechristened the "Chaos
District," "Loonie Boonies," and "Red Mist Mountain." Scattered around them are six separate stages, a wrestling ring, and an autograph tent. There is
the Main Stage, where ICP will headline and Method Man will get his cheek bloodied from a flying object. There is the Second Stage, where bong MC
Afroman will get figuratively stoned and reality-TV star Tila Tequila will get literally stoned. There is the Seminar Tent, where omnipresent porn
icon Ron Jeremy will initial the sunburnt breast of a Juggalette already sporting a neck hickey, then take her inside his trailer.
Dodero thinks the recent "gang" classification is "ludicrous."
"It's like classifying New York Giants fans as a gang because people have committed crimes while wearing New York Giants hats," Dodero told The
Cutline. "This whole gang thing is an allegation Juggalos have been dealing with for years. It's just strange the FBI has decided now to add them to
their roster, when Juggalos have actually been getting the best (least outright and spiteful) press in the last 18 months than ever before."
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BDx13
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also... woo wooooo
If I fail math, there goes my chance at a good job and a happy life full of hard work.
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clevohardcore
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I large group of lazy slobs that wear pajamas all day and get high all night. They pop out kids and do nothing to raise them. These bums blanket every
city especially ours. Constantly in for suicidal ideation or OD. I have heard 2 of them sing some of the lyrics because I asked them to sing it. It's
terrible.
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Apparently the only thing more retarded than being a Juggalo is being in the FBI.
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Seriously?
Support the arts, shoot a rapper.
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ICP is still around? jesus christ
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favourites but in the end it doesn’t matter who or where it comes from... so long as it’s good and it's real.
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Jason the Magnificent
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The same FBI that recently pursued some poor asshole that hacked Scarletts noodz? lol.
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are these white trash worth the FBI's use of intel?
leave em go and they'll eventually OD
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hahaha. Well said.
BKT.
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Talk about a waste of money! Man our government sucks!
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what do they should need the money for else? a health insurance? 
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I don't think we need to worry about juggalo's unless there's a retard uprising across the nation.
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Pretty sure the comparison to juggalos is an insult to retards.
Support the arts, shoot a rapper.
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Have you met the Tea Party?
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Glad to say I have never seen a Juggalo in NC
Well I've got a feeling I'm gonna get mine in. Retribution let the games begin.
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Quote: Originally posted by BDx13  | Juggalo gangs are expanding in New Mexico, in particular, "because they are attracted to the tribal and cultural traditions of the Native Americans
residing nearby."
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not sure how they came up with that....New Mexico has all kinds of fucked up weirdos high on meth, so
it's pretty obvious why they have so many juggalos....
record collectors are pretentious assholes
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