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Gangster Disciples
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| Founded | 1969 (as the Black Gangster Disciple Nation) 1989 (as the Gangster Disciples) |
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| Founder | Larry Hoover |
| Named after | Supreme Gangsters, Devils Disciples, Black Gangster Disciples |
| Founding location | Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| Years active | 1969–present |
| Territory | Brooklyn, New York, Richmond, Virginia,Norfolk, Virginia, Charlotte, North Carolina, Raileigh, North Carolina, Nashville Tennessee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin Northeastern, Chicago Midwestern, Denmark, France, United Kingdom, Mexico, Germany, Sweden[1][2] |
| Ethnicity | Primarily American[3][dead link] |
| Membership (est.) | 30,000 members in Chicago and spreading into at least 35 other States with several thousand more members. Membership count overseas is still unknown.[4] |
| Leader(s) | Larry Hoover (formerly) |
| Activities | Drug trafficking, assault, firearms violations, fraud, homicide, money laundering, organized crime[5] |
| Allies | Sureños 13[6] Folk Nation[1] Simon City Royals[7] |
| Rivals | Black P. Stones[1] Black Disciples[8] Bloods[6][9] Latin Kings[1] People Nation[1] Vice Lords[1] Mickey Cobras[10] |
| Notable members | FBG Duck Lil JoJo Famous Dex |
The Gangster Disciple Nation (often abbreviated as the GD's; formally, GDN), also known as Growth & Development, is an African American street and prison gang founded by former rivals David Barksdale and Larry Hoover; in 1968, the two came together to form the Black Gangster Disciple Nation (BGDN).
Post-1989, following growing tension between the two over declining leadership, the BGDN split into two new factions—Hoover's Gangster Disciple Nation (GDN) and Barksdale's Black Disciple Nation (BDN), respectively. As of 2022, following Hoover's departure, the GDN has no full-time leadership role.[11]
- ^ a b c d e f Cartels and Gangs in Chicago dea.gov (May 2017)
- ^ [1] justice.gov
- ^ The Gangster Disciples Archived January 20, 2022, at the Wayback Machine justice.gov
- ^ https://www.ojp.gov/ncjrs/virtual-library/abstracts/gangster-disciples-gang-profile
- ^ "National Gang Threat Assessment 2009". National Gang Intelligence Center. January 2009. Archived from the original on December 14, 2011. Retrieved November 12, 2015.
- ^ a b Here's what we know about the Gangster Disciple governor who was sentenced to 10 years in prison Echo Day, The Leader (December 12, 2019)
- ^ Community help movement ripped straight from gang literature Therese Apel, WLBT (November 3, 2019)
- ^ Eligon, John (December 22, 2016). "Bored, Broke and Armed: Clues to Chicago's Gang Violence". The New York Times. ISSN 1553-8095. OCLC 1645522. Retrieved September 19, 2024.
- ^ Follow Up: Man Charged in Cold Case Murder Caitlin Burgess, Patch (July 20, 2012)
- ^ GANG THREAT ANALYSIS: The Black Disciples George Knox, (2004)
- ^ "Notorious Chicago gang leader, Gangster Disciples founder Larry Hoover requests early release again". ABC7 Chicago. July 8, 2022. Retrieved January 18, 2023.
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