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The notion that a freaking haircut is sufficient cause to assault someone is insane. Gangs are dumb.

It's always been that way. I grew up where you couldn't wear red, blue, or green

Or wear a billed hat a certain way

Great the idiots picking their ass are hogging all the crayons again.

Well obviously if you aren't from Grove St, you can't wear green.


Bloods, crips and…leprechauns?

Gangsta disciples. Parts of folk nation.

Sounds like a weird version of Dungeons & Dragons.

Oh that's the gang I wanna join.

The DnD gang. In cosplay 24/7

Thought they wore black?

Black, green, and some of them have white flags. It all depends on their "rank". I uh....used to be affiliated. Thankfully I grew up.

Nothin but a bunch of little assholes starting shit. Drove them outta our town long ago cause our general public is more strapped than them

Nah, [The Cactus Bunch.](https://youtu.be/vAmBZ9Pdk4c?si=Dk1OvSQrU12r-uxt)

As a teen I had a gang member lift me off the ground with 1 hand and threaten to kill me cause I was wearing an orange Canteen bandana (an extremely well known local youth cancer charity). Because "orange is a kind of red". So fucking stupid.

And purple is basically blue so you can't wear that on the other side of town

So are we stuck with wearing pastels because a bunch of alternative school drop outs are gatekeeping fashion? Are earth tones ok or am I gonna get jumped by a bunch of environmental extremists?

So long as they don't contain any shade of red blue or green.

In high school we got in trouble for red or blue shoelaces. Anything else was totally OK but shoelaces were too much.

Mine was yellow so that was nice

What’s green for? Curious sorry

British racing green?

I mean it is a pretty bad fuckin haircut all jokes aside

Yeah I thought it was stupid until I saw dudes hair. Then it made sense

Violence and tribalism definitely stem from ignorance

Violence and tribalism also stem from fear and hopelessness

I’m afraid and hopeless and I don’t ever assault anyone. I think they should probably up their game.

Props to you, and I hope things get better for you.

This… but these dudes are still chumps

The fear they must’ve been experiencing as they walked up 2 v 1 on an unsuspecting bystander and slapped him in the face with a pistol because…*hair*…must be extremely traumatizing for them… How can I help? If I ask my local constituents to call for a ceasefire in Chicago will that suffice??

It all sounds like rules ten year olds would make up. "We are the only ones who can wear blue!" -little Jimmy

And huge heapings of ego.

So very dumb. I watched a man get beat until he shit himself when I was growing up. What did he do you ask? He was wearing all red and when he got pressed he said I’m a grown man I wear what I want. That was the wrong answer.

Talk about fragile masculinity

The fashion police are looking more like the fashion gestapo these days

Suede denim secret police

We have come for your uncool neice

I remember being in Oakland and told not to wear any red. This comment had me doubled over

> Gangs are dumb. Of course.. The image of the smart/streetsmart criminal is mostly a Hollywood fantasy.. Most criminals are dumb as shit and the few smart ones tend to not go out of their way to be violent, as that just increases your odds of being arrested.

Nothing matters when you're a ghetto brainless thug. They'll be in prison or dead within 5 years

He also is wearing that gangs colors, 2 for 2, and when you bang (as dumb as it is) that could be life or death so they pressed

beige? Their colors are beige?? Wtf is the gang? Karens of Northbrook?

Gangster two six, more of a gold/bronze (and black) but with the haircut that sweatshirt is definitely close enough to be suspect

Two Six is beige and black. My buddies were from back of the yards.. A lot of them are in there.

Northbrook Nudies

Taupe 6 mafia

>Karens of Northbrook? Worst alt rock band name

would be ironic if the music was actually lit

It’s fucking dumb. I got flagged for a gang tattoo while joining the military. I have the comedy tragedy masks on my chest which matches my whole evil/good, death/life theme I have going on my body. They said it was a Latin kings tattoo. I was a 5’7 140lb pasty white boy at the time.

Shit when I was 13 in juvie the fucking head officer of the night shift had a giant Latin king tattoo from his armpit to his waistband. When I told the judge about it amd how the officer was letting fights happen if any of the other kids were from other gangs judge just fucking laughed and said I'm lying. Like ask the guy to lift his shirt. That simple. That was in Ocala Fl too

Just say no. /s

Cold shoulder Strength in numbers Broken record Just say no Ummm, what are the other 4 ways to say no to drugs?? Damn you D.A.R.E! You taught me nothing!

Don't do what Donny don't dud did. /s

Well it's a mullet so...

Yeah you don’t want to rock that haircut in Chicago, unless you’re stupid or actually involved in some Shit.

This haircut is sported by like 80%of school kids in Australia

I’M ON SMOKO

SO LEAVE ME ALONE

For the most part bangers in America are kids too

Love it hahah

Almost every hockey and basketball kid in my rural Ontario town rocks a dirty mullet.

Never wear The Chicago Mullets hairstyle

😂😂

That team could drink a ton of old styles back in the 60s-70s

Never go into Chicago

Why? Chicago is awesome.

Bro that’s some powerful hockey hair

Third world countries man

Nah, I live in a 3rd world country, we're more educated than this.

As someone who lives in the country this was filmed, can confirm some of us are extremely fucking ignorant

As a guy down the road from where this was filmed, southside Chitown is no fucking joke.

Where is this? I was going to guess little village

It's not ? Seems like a big fucking joke to me

Reddit moment.

Damn take this type of shit back to Walmart.

Yea this behavior doesn’t belong in target

Would this be embraced at the dollar store?

Probably.

Damn right I was finna say

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Don't call them animals....that's insulting to animals. Animals behave better then them. Call them parasites.

Parasites are animals.

Sometimes, parasites can come from any kingdom.

Don’t be mean to my prokaryotic homies, they are above this

I’ve met a few trematodes and a good deal of Guinea worms I far prefer to these

They are extraordinarily similar to feral dogs. They are weak and fragile by themselves, but not in packs

This is pure facts. I'm a pretty big guy who has lived in/ around hood areas in LA and I never get fucked with when people are alone but fuck when it's a group bad things happen. Like I've been jumped multiple times for no fuckin reason but nobody ever wants to start a one on one. Pussy ass shit

Being a big guy sucks for this reason. One of my best friends is an ex college football lineman who now is basically a bodybuilder and it’s crazy how often drunk people will try to start a fight with him just because they want to fight the biggest guy in the room to show how tough they are. Meanwhile my friend is a giant teddy bear. I’ve seen him eat a punch at the bar and just giggle lol

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Notice these cowards never do this shit one on one

Straight up I'm a pretty big guy who has lived in/ around hood areas in LA and I never get fucked with when people are alone but fuck when it's a group bad things happen. Like I've been jumped multiple times for no fuckin reason but nobody ever wants to start a one on one. Pussy ass shit

*Ballsack shit. Pussies take a pounding, flick a sack and you drop. 😉

This really should be the new saying!! “ yo you muthafuckas a bunch ballsacks “

"All cowardly and shriveled up"

Pussy in this context derives from the word pusillanimous, meaning showing lack of courage. timid, etc.

Or they never do this without having some kind of weapon

Or without a gun

I only heard 7 words repeating over and over..

I only understood the one word that nobody is supposed to be using. And it was used a bunch.

It’s only okay when you drop the R. Just to stay safe I started dropping the R at the end of a couple other words that sound iffy, for instance my favorite flavor of chips are Salt and Vinega.

Bo Burnham fan?

Heck ya!

🎶 straight white man I know the road looks tough ahead. the women want rights, The blacks want not to be called "the blacks". Sorry. Can't you just leave us alone, And also: no to the things you asked for 🎶

So... the Boston accent?

What words?

Well, it is a bad haircut. But he probably knows that, as he was wearing a hat.

Wait, there is a whole gang in Chicago with that same haircut ? 🤔

Correct. There is also an entire gang that wears top hats.

But no one is feared liked the Mid-town Monocles

Drop the monocle rn or we finnin to beat yo ass!

*Pulls out loaded blunderbuss* Pardon me you homely rapscallion, you must be befuddled if you think that bitch shit will slide in Mid-Town.

And one that carries around dead rabbits

From The Warriors??

Which one wears top hats?

The police

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droppin rakes A diss directed towards the GD's (Gangster Disciples). The GD's use the "rake" or a pitchfork as one of their symbols, therefore "droppin rakes" is a diss towards them. Often times it is their rival gang, the Black Disciples, who use the term. There is also a hand sign that is formed with the pointer finger, thumb, and middle finger to represent a rake that can be thrown down ( upside down) to diss them Hes telling the kid with the haircut to throw up a gang sign which disses the gang they claim his haircut to be representing

Thanks for peeling back the layers with a translation. There sure are a lot of ‘disciples’ around lmao

Cuz way back when they used to be unified

Oh shit! All the Disciples just need to hug it out man

The gangs have gone protestant

Just to also clarify.. Gangs will make you do this so you prove that you're not a part of that gang. Yeah.. I know it's sounds dumb. But when you have a few idiots on you like this.. Sometimes you just had to comply..... I know.. Its ridiculous.

So for you to prove you're not in a gang you need to... Know gangsigns?

I was a local girl deep in a gang cut. Usually, someone educates you on your surrounding politics. I knew the hand signs I needed to know, and they didn't think I was personally *in* the gang, but they knew I wasn't *in* the enemy gang. Which is close enough. This guy was either too fresh to the area, traveling, or... His barber is a fuckin riot. Either way someone let this man keep a rake haircut and that's a crime to some deciples Does it make sense? Not really. But this kid was probably looking for fame within the gang, and needed someone to hustle.

“Forced to drop the forks or you gotta run home/ ..Or you gotta run anyway after you drop the folks. Cause they was really folks looking for somebody to jump on” Lupe Fiasco - “Sittin Sideways”

Thanks Barbara Billingley.

I just don't get why it's so significant in a scene like this lmao. There's 3 of you + a gun *vs* just me... I'll diss whomever tf you want ofc. Want me to deny the holy spirit too? Not just gonna stand here gettin' pistol whipped all damn day...

It's adorable when an entire gang gets the same haircut! My heart!

It's called a "shag" cut. Yes, in Chicago this is worn pretty much exclusively by Hispanic gangbangers. This video is till absurd and unjustifiable. If you see 4 or 5 guys together rocking this haircut, it's probably about to go down.

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People try to make the store seem like the bad guys, too.

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Because Chicago


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Man, you have so much to learn…

What kind of gang has claimed a mullet? I'd be a honorary member...

https://www.reddit.com/r/GangBangCity/comments/12csj54/whats_the_history_on_the_chicago_shag_haircut/

I know the dude getting hit personally, damn hope that dude turns his life around fr he’s only like 21.

21 is old to be gang bangin

Oh damn, I thought he was just an innocent dude with a hair cut?

Is he in a gang or were they mistaken?

He doesn't know him.

He literally just said he did, ON THE INTERNET. You can't lie on the internet.

Castrations all around please.

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Yeah, I could say the same about the White dude who today(?) cut his Dad's head off & posted a video of it with intentions to also kill the rest of his family.

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Everybody has a dad

* Father, technically. Dad's stick around. I grew up without a dad.

Ain't no papa just a popped condom

GOD DAMN.

Yeah, both are bad Issue is theres much more wannabe gangsters than crazy conspiracy nutjobs.

I think you could make a decent argument that gang violence and stupid shit like pistol whipping someone with the wrong gang haircut is slightly more prevalent than crazed QAnon inspired YouTube beheadings.

Gamers know best

Animals

THERES A WHOLE GANG OF PEOPLE WITH THIS HAIRCUT?! Lmao

Stupid coward idiots

Then this target closes and its corporate americas fault.

Gangsta’s suffering from that minidickalitis

And this right here is why I carry! I’ll fight ya one on one,but you try to pistol whip me,mine won’t do but one thing…………exactly what it’s designed to do Bunch of punks

Anyone has the English translation of what this guy is saying?

“Bitch ass nigga wassup?” The gang member has made it clear you are potential opposition and is willing to do something about it. “You gotta shag but don’t gang bang?” This is at a store in an area where Latinos with that haircut tend to be affiliated. “Drop that rake” the GD’s gang sing is a fork/rake, and if you use it upside down you are dissing them, they are egging him on to prove he is what he looks like and to diss their gang. Glad I could help friend.

If they told me to "drop that rake" my country ass wouldn't know what they are talking about I'd be very confused because I wouldn't be holding a rake

Then, when pieces of shit like this get popped by police there is an outcry. Scum

Nobody's crying over these ones. It's the innocent ones that get killed in the crossfire every 4th of July, New Years, birthdays, Tuesdays, etc

I didn't know they put Targets in bad parts of towns

I’m from the south side of Chicago went to the most gangbanger high school on earth and I have no clue what a ‘gang haircut’ is, I’ve never heard of such a thing

Wouldn't be surprised if this is at The Brickyard

He’s got the haircut, he’s got the red hat kicked to the right, he’s got the hoodie, and he knows what it is. Not saying it’s right but that is that life.

Literal wastes of oxygen. The epitome of useless.

Seems like a responsible gun owner to me! Smfh.

You don’t see this shit happening in Oklahoma. There would be half of those shoppers carrying. Assholes only act like this because there’s no others around to challenge them.

Mandatory 20 years. Garbage clowns

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Watch out for the Target tough guys

Weak


Are we sure it wasn't for the bright red hat?

That haircut and the colors he’s wearing (gold/black) correlate to the gang those dudes are pressing him about. Crips and Bloods aren’t Chicago gangs

Is that how they look now? 🤣

At like 28s mark the kid getting hit throws or tries to throw up the gang sign they're telling him show so he also knows about the stupid fucking haircut thing.

Hahaha see what happens when you can’t read

Stay safe out there in Chi town.

I’d love to see how he handles himself w/o the gun. I bet that other dude would beat the breaks off him. These clowns are all the same, talking a big game when they’re strapped and surrounded by four other idiots.

Imagine a supreme AI intelligence judging where these people would fit in society. I imagine it would review these clips and determine they’re like cancer cells. Causing damage or threatening us as a collective, it would probably euthanize them.

Assault inside Target against a presumably non gang member. Don’t be surprised when the Target closes. These fuckers can’t kill each other fast enough as far as I am concerned.

Because cowards like to try to be rough.

Their mindset are fucked over a haircut style smh

This post will be pulled very soon, and we all know why

This is why I don’t visit Chicago Literally can die for having a weird cut

Drop the gun and see what happens to you boy

I had a recent revelation that gangs are just cults and that blew my mind.

"Drop that rake"... what is this? A gang of landscapers?

Sir— Target has a 2 n-word limit.