home
What's a gang? (none / 0) (#1)
by kdog on Sat Sep 22, 2007 at 07:56:53 AM EST
From the bill....

`(1) CRIMINAL STREET GANG- The term `criminal street gang' means a formal or informal group, organization, or association of 5 or more individuals--

`(A) each of whom has committed at least 1 gang crime; and

`(B) who collectively commit 3 or more gang crimes (not less than 1 of which is a serious violent felony), in separate criminal episodes (not less than 1 of which occurs after the date of enactment of the Gang Abatement and Prevention Act of 2007, and the last of which occurs not later than 5 years after the commission of a prior gang crime (excluding any time of imprisonment for that individual)).

`(2) GANG CRIME- The term `gang crime' means an offense under Federal law punishable by imprisonment for more than 1 year, or a felony offense under State law that is punishable by a term of imprisonment of 5 years or more in any of the following categories:

`(A) A crime that has as an element the use, attempted use, or threatened use of physical force against the person of another, or is burglary, arson, kidnapping, or extortion.

`(B) A crime involving obstruction of justice, or tampering with or retaliating against a witness, victim, or informant.

`(C) A crime involving the manufacturing, importing, distributing, possessing with intent to distribute, or otherwise trafficking in a controlled substance or listed chemical (as those terms are defined in section 102 of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 802)).

The definition could be applied to the criminal gang we call government.  

  • Premium Ads

  • Blog Ads

  • Contribute To TalkLeft

    donate to TalkLeft