I respectfully disagree, California will always be first place, Texas second, then New Jersey.

Not to be disrespectful but you are mistaken. Obviously at one point in the past it was Cali, not anymore. I'm sure they have more gangs there overall, but the largest concentration of bloods are in NJ

But a lot of them are " Window Shoppers"

I still disagree due to Texas. Houston have many blood sets and they list about 6-8 with each having 300+ members then you have Dallas, Austin, San Antonio, plus more Texas cities with varying sizes of bloods.

@ MileyO, Window Shoppers?
????

Have you guys seen this.Nj gang survey lists all the gangs in new jersey, the areas they operate in along with membership numbers and activities.
http://www.njgangsurvey.com/gangs.aspx

Interesting and proves what I was saying I doubt that could possibly be accurate though, I mean if you are locked up and admit to being blood they are classifying you to northern state so that's not something a lot of them would wanna admit. That's either gotta be a prison survey which is grossly understated or just on the streets. There are definitely more in prison.

LAPD: DeSean Jackson not involved in gang-related killings
By John Breech | CBSSports.com
March 29, 2014 1:42 pm ET



The Philadelphia Eagles still haven't specified why exactly the team cut wide receiver DeSean Jackson on Friday. According to a report on NJ.com, the Eagles were concerned with "Jackson's continued association with reputed Los Angeles street gang members who have been connected to two homicides since 2010."

In a statement released on Friday, Jackson denied having any gang-ties. The Los Angeles Police Department backed up Jackson's statement by saying they don't necessarily think Jackson has any ties to gangs and they definitely don't think he's been involved in any gang-related killings.

"It's kind of like 'Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon.' When people grow up in neighborhoods where you have gang involvement, you don't have to look too far before you find a connection to a connection," LAPD Homicide Det. Chris Barling told the Philadelphia Daily News. "Now, how sinister that connection is, our position is that's for others to judge."

The LAPD says DeSean Jackson has not been involved in any gang-related homicides. (USATSI) The LAPD says DeSean Jackson has not been involved in any gang-related homicides. (USATSI)

The NJ.com report noted that Jackson is close to Theron Shakir. Shakir, reportedly a member of the Crips, was charged with murdering 14-year-old Taburi Watson in 2010 after Watson flashed a rival gang sign at Shakir and co-defendant Marques Binns.

During that investigation, the LAPD reached out to the Eagles, who didn't respond. However, Jackson did respond when authorities reached out to him, "[The Eagles] didn't return the call, but we came across a number for him and had a conversation," Barling said. "It was nothing confrontational; he answered our questions."

In 2012, a gang-related killing took place in front of a property being rented by Jackson's sister. Detective Eric Crosson told NJ.com that 'investigators found several documents belonging to Jackson, including a car title, a gun permit issued in New Jersey and credit-card receipts.'

However, Barling noted that Jackson is not being looked at in relation to that homicide or any others, "There's no other investigation that I'm aware of where Mr. Jackson's name has come up," he said. "It's clear he was not involved in the homicides."

Jackson was the victim of a crime in January though when his home was burglarized. In that case, authorities believed that the perpetrators made off with $250,000 in cash. However, a Philadelphia police spokesman told the Philadelphia Inquirer that only $20,000 was stolen from Jackson's place.

"This was a genuine mistake on our part," the spokesman said. "His mother was giving police what she thought was in the home. Once, they interviewed Jackson, he knows what's in his house, and he said, 'No, that's wrong.' He told them what was missing."

@Vegas

thanks for info

not surprised about any story I read about Jersey.....


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On a related note to this topic about athletes and gangsters


for those that never heard the story


John Thompson of Georgetown.....reportedly intervened when Alonzo Mourning was being linked in the press to DC kingpin Rayful Edmonds...and it was starting to hurt Zo's draft stock

allegedly Thompson set up a meet and told Rayful that Zo was trying to complete his education and provide legal means to support his family....and Rayful I guess backed off


Zo graduated and had a long nba career..........................won a ring and is going to the basketball hall of fame this year

Rayful is probably serving out a life sentence somewhere in federal lockup


I always respected John Thompson and that respect went up when I heard this story

http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1989-...h-john-thompson

Heres a more credible gang connection to an athlete.

Javaris Crittentons gang ties

There's a really good ESPN Outside the Lines segment I saw this morning on Javaris. Talk about gang affiliation, check out his Crip tattoo below:

Trick Daddy runs out of tricks!

http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1725467/trick-daddy-arrested-drug-weapons.jhtml