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Brutal gang initiation, six minute "Jump In". "Six Minutes to Fame" .
Gang initiations are referred to as rites of passage, the following video explain this brutal process. Click here to view the Fox News Special, "Rites of Passage" .
Gang Initiations
Obtained from: Into The Abyss:
A Personal Journey into the World of Street Gangs by Mike Carlie, Ph.D.
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Initiation by cop
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Kill a police officer. Rarely used today. |
Being jumped in or beat in
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Having to fight a certain number of gang members for a given period of time and being able to take the beating and fight back. |
Sexed in
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Used to initiate females into male-dominated gangs wherein the initiate provides sexual services for one or more of the established gang members. |
| Jacked in |
Committing a theft/larceny. |
The Line, Lined In, or The Gauntlet
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"In this scenario, the individual being initiated either stands in the middle of a circle and must fight his or her way out, or must run between two lines of gang members." (Curry and Decker, 1998, p. 66) The initiate is expected to stay on his or her feet from one end of the line to the other. |
Drive-By-Shooting
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Commit a drive-by-shooting as assigned by the gang. |
Russian roulette
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Play Russian roulette and win. Russian roulette involves loading a pistol's cylinder with 1 bullet, spinning the cylinder, closing it, then pointing the gun to one's head and pulling the trigger. If the player wins, they're in the gang. If they lose, well... |
Blood In, Blood Out
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Blood In: commit a gang assigned murder to join the gang. Blood Out: commit a murder in order to leave the gang. |
Catching a Rag or Catching a Flag
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Fighting through a group of gang members in order to grab a rag or flag which has been placed on the other side of them. |
Circled In
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Fighting through to the center of a circle of gang members. |
Courted In
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Being invited in, as are some doctors (for their medical skills which may be performed without reporting to the authorities), lawyers (for their legal advice, plea bargaining ability, and courtroom expertise), and electricians (many skills may be needed for gang enterprises). |
Deeded In
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Having sex with a female or male who has a sexually transmitted disease and not getting the disease. |
Freein' Hoover
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Picking up six pennies which have been thrown on the ground while being physically assaulted by several gang members. When all six pennies have been gathered, the beating stops. |
Punched In
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Being hit once, and very aggressively, on the sternum - right over the heart. Field Note: "Some gang members have been killed this way."
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