Gang Graffiti

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Gang Graffiti

• Your Friends, Your Choices
• Class Action Program
• Halifax County

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Graffiti

• One of first indicators that gangs are in a
  neighborhood
• Marking of territory
• Warning to others
• Challenge to others
• Gangsland Newspaper

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Graffiti

• Buildings inside and outside
• Streets
• Signs
• Cars, buses, trains
• School books, papers
• Furniture
• Clothing

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Learn to read it . . .
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Universal Gang Symbols

• Stars five and six pointed
• Crowns
• Pitchforks
• 187 and other numbers
• Three dots
• Happy face/sad face
• Dollar Sign
• Use of Initials

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The Laws

• 18.2-137 Anyone who destroys or defaces any
  property is guilty of
• Class 1 Misdemeanor up to 1000 damage
• Class 6 Felony damage is 1000 or more
• 18.2-138 Anyone who destroys or defaces public
  property is guilty of
• Class 1 Misdemeanor up to 1000 damage
• Class 6 Felony damage is 1000 or more
• 8.01-43 The parents or guardians of a minor may
  be ordered to pay up to 2500 for damages to
  public property

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Your friends, your choices

• Is it worth it?