Question: Is it illegal to be in a gang?
Answer: It is not specifically illegal to belong to a gang. However, any illegal acts committed as a furtherance of the gang, or as gang activities, is subject to stronger criminal prosecutions.
In other words, you can belong to a gang, but if you commit any crimes as a gang member, you will receive more punishment than if you were not a gang member.
Your school may have specific gang policies too. In most cases, it is against school regulations to exhibit membership in a gang. You should ask your school principal about gang policies at your school or check your school or district policy manual. Specific school policies vary from school-to-school.
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On 01/30/09
MM&KA from TX said:
I dont think ya'll should be saying anything about people in gangs. Nobody says anything about the people you hang out with. I am growing up in the hood and these people are all i got. They are family and i don't like it when you say stuff about my family.
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On 12/05/08
bigge from IN said:
being in a gang is not wrong most people join gangs to get protection and love
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On 10/30/08
MiA from FL said:
the majority of gang members, that i know from experience have tough lives, it is a family. most of them are young! they need love! i would know i grew up in the hood. they are in the world with no direction, its like a herd of wild horses, live with what they can get. they dont have anybody to guide them, only instinct.
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On 10/05/08
shadow from IL said:
being in a gang is not being a coward why do people talkk if they dnt now the first thing bout peoples lives step in their shoes in then talk in then say if thier cowards they go thru alot more then regular people go thru!!!
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On 08/13/08
Bmp from AZ said:
your not coward if your in a gang people that get into gangs get in them because they have no family and the gang treats them like family and if they do have a family the family doesn't give them what they need. Don't judge until you have walked in their shoes.
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