Black Guerrilla Family
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| Founded | 1966 |
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| In | US San Quentin State Prison in Marin County, California |
| Founded by | George Jackson |
| Years active | 1966 – present |
| Territory | most US prisons |
| Ethnicity | African-American |
| Membership | 50,000[1] |
| Criminal activities | Drug Trafficking,[2] Auto theft,[2] Burglary,[2] Drive-by shooting,[2] Homicide[2] |
| Allies | Nuestra Familia,[3][4] Bloods,[3] Crips,[3] Black Liberation Army, Latin Kings[3] Symbionese Liberation Army,[3] Weather Underground,[3] Black P. Stones,[3] Gangster Disciples,[3] Black Disciples,[3] United Blood Nation,[5] KUMI 415,[4] D.C. Blacks |
| Rivals | Aryan Brotherhood,[3] Mexican Mafia,[3] Texas Syndicate,[3] Mexikanemi[6] |
The Black Guerrilla Family (also known as the Black Family or the Black Vanguard) is a prison gang founded in 1966 by George Jackson while he was in the San Quentin State Prison in Marin County, California, north of San Francisco.[7]
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[edit] Philosophy and Goals
The gang was originally ideologically-based, established as an African-American Marxist revolutionary organization. It was founded with the stated goals of eradicating racism, maintaining dignity in prison, and overthrowing the United States government.[7]
[edit] Allies and Rivals
BGF was associated with a number of leftist groups, including the Black Liberation Army, Symbionese Liberation Army, and Weather Underground.[7] The group is strongly organized on both the East and West coasts, and cooperates with the Nuestra Familia, the Bloods, and the Crips.[8] Both Mexican Mafia and Aryan Brotherhood consider Black Guerilla Family to be their main rival.
[edit] Huey P. Newton assasination
On August 22, 1989, co-founder and leader of the Black Panther Party for Self Defense Huey P. Newton was fatally shot on the 1400 block of 9th street in West Oakland by 24-year-old Black Guerilla Family member, Tyrone Robinson.[9] Robinson was convicted of the murder in August 1991 and sentenced to 32 years for the crime.[10] Official accounts claimed that the killer was a known drug dealer in Oakland.[11] Robinson contended that Newton pulled a gun when the two met at a street corner in the neighborhood, Sergeant Mercado said[clarification needed], but investigators said they found no evidence Newton had been armed. The killing occurred in a neighborhood where Newton, as minister of defense for the Black Panthers, once tried to set up social programs to help destitute blacks. Newton's last words, as he stood facing his killer, were, "You can kill my body, but you can't kill my soul. My soul will live forever!" He was then shot three times in the face by Robinson, who went by the street name "Double R".[12]
[edit] Symbols
- Crossed Sabres, Machetes, Rifles, Shotguns with the letters ( B G F ) or ( 2.7.6.) [7][13]
- A Black dragon squeezing the life out of a prison guard by a prison tower.[13]
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.toptenz.net/10-extremely-dangerous-gangs.php
- ^ a b c d e http://www.cicad.oas.org/Crimen_Organizado/ESP/Actualidad/Pandillas%20en%20USA.pdf
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l http://dc.state.fl.us/pub/gangs/prison2.html#bgf
- ^ a b http://www.gangpreventionservices.org/BGF.asp
- ^ http://www.gangsacrossamerica.com/profiles_black_guerilla.php
- ^ http://davadnai.users.omniglobal.net/eme.html
- ^ a b c d Walker, Robert, "Gangs or Us", http://www.gangsorus.com/black_guerrilla_family_prison_gang.htm, retrieved 2007-11-25
- ^ http://www.knowgangs.com/gang_resources/bgf/
- ^ "Suspect Admits Shooting Newton, Police Say". Associated Press in New York Times. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=950DE6D8153EF934A1575BC0A96F948260. Retrieved 2008-05-12. "The police said late Friday that an admitted drug dealer had acknowledged killing Huey P. Newton, co-founder of the Black Panther Party."
- ^ Los Angeles Times, 10-10-91, pA22; 12-5-91, pA19.
- ^ Biography Resource Center (2001). "Huey P. Newton". Gale Group Inc.. http://www.africawithin.com/bios/huey_newton.htm. Retrieved 2009-04-25.
- ^ Pearson, Hugh, (1994) The Shadow of the Panther, p. 315
- ^ a b Black Guerilla Family Prison Tatoo, Anti-Defamation League, http://www.adl.org/hate_symbols/tattoo_black_guerilla_family.asp, retrieved 2007-11-25
