Americas Gangs: From Barrios to today’s drug trafficking
Kids playing in their burned down neighbourhood, Philadelphia, PA USA
America’s capital cities such as New York, Los Angeles or Chicago face an average poverty line of about 30 percent. Gangs become for many young kids, which are forced to grow up in these run-down neighbourhoods, the only left over social institution, which provides an income.
This radio feature covers the historic development of gangs, the organisation of today’s drug trading and the bloody territorial wars. It contains the original interviews, which I have recorded in Chicago’s West Side and Cabrini Green.
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Crack Pipe
The picture above shows a crack pipe and the other one illustrates some gang signs.
Gang Signs, Chicagao, IL, USA
These gang signs are used to mark a turf, which is something like a selling district for weapons or drugs. The drug trading within the USA is organized by only two gangs, the Folks and the People. All the other gangs belong to one of these organisations.
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tom: .0001pt; line-height: normal;">2001 |
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tom: .0001pt; line-height: normal;">DAT, 48khz, 16bit |
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tom: .0001pt; line-height: normal;">55 minutes |
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tom: .0001pt; line-height: normal;">Voice over in German, Interviews in English |
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tom: .0001pt; line-height: normal;">Amerikas Gangs: Von den Barios zum heutigen Drogenhandel. |
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tom: .0001pt; line-height: normal;">25% Stereo, -9dBFS |
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tom: .0001pt; line-height: normal;">Radio Feature |
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