Interesting how this topic turned out. I would say this since my name is brought up, street gangs will be the trail mix crime group ( ranging from street crimes to racketeering). Everybody have their own interest and to be bias on a forum without full knowledge of a subject isnt going to do you well. Yes gangbangers will always be in headlines and it's going be that way since there's about 800,000 gang members in this country. Furthermore, many gangs been active before the drug trade grew in their area. So to say one thing is strictly the cause-effect of gangs they is entirely fiction. My 2 cents. Respect to everybody.