Brandon+-+Gangs+in+Victoria

=Brandon - Gangs in Victoria=

__**Youth gangs:**__

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Youth Gangs today are very common. These gangs are usualy based on ethnic groups. These "gangs" are mainly a group of highschool friends who want to be respected. The things these gangs do are: fighting,stealing, selling drugs and stab their enemies (usually a rival gang). These gangs usually start fights beacuase they want to make a name for their gang. A few youth gangs today are Springy boyz (SB) Young Springy Boyz both mainly situated in Springvale, KPC (Kings Park Crew) situate in Kings Park and other gangs situate around the Western suberbs====== [] []

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 * The outsiders compare to youth gangs due to the ethnice warfare. In the the novel the war is between the West-side soc (rich kids) and east-side Greasers (poor kids)differnet sides of town, in the modern world the warfare is also between different parts of town such as the the south-east and the north-west and also ethnic groups.**

Write 'a day in your life' as the member of gang today focussing on a particular incident and the peer pressure you experienced when deciding courses of action.

It was a warm afternoon when i woke from my deepsleep to a phone call from Tuan Quang Mai the leader of our gang and told me we neede a gang meeting. I lit my cigarette and headed out the house to meet the boys at our usual hangout. I was the last to arrive. Tuan explained to me that a memeber from the SnK wanted his girl. There was going to be a one on one fight next week at the Fitzroy Gardens. We met up with the leader of the SnK to negotiate the terms of the fight. It was going to be between Tuan and the rival boy, no weapons. I didn't trust these terms.

On the night of the fight we all met up at our hangout. There was fifteen of us. We marched to the Fitzroy gardens, me and another 5 members all had swords and poles hidden in our jackets. We got to the park and spotted members from the opposing gang scouting in the trees. Soon after, over fifty SnK and their allied Richmond gang came to meet us. Most if not all had swords and poles. This made me nervous, i didn't want to get hurt, none of us did. One half of me said to back off and run away the other half was telling me to kill every single one of them. I could see the boys felt the same way. With out any warning the enemy charged at us, i gave my sword to Tuan and pulled out my pole. In a matter of seconds it was all out war, there was slashing, stabbing, screaming and blood. I was scared, but i couldnt stop fighting or else i might die. Through the madness i saw a man sitting with his back to the fight with his arm in his lap, then he stood up and ran away. Then we heard someone call " COPS" and at the moment everyone ran, throwing our weapons at the enemy.

We ran back to our hang out. Suprisingly all fifteen of us were there and seem to be okay. We sustained minor stab wounds and sum cuts but we were alright. Everyone was quiet, then Tuan said softly "i cut off that guys hand". We all looked. There was mixed emotions, Most said "good on you" but i could see in Tuan's face he was scared. I left early to go to the hospital because of a large slash in my back. I saw police at the hospital, scared that they were there for me, but they weren't.

The doctor gave me stiches and i was able to leave the next day. I got a phone call that morning from a member of our gang. Tuan had turned himself into the police. Days later Police came knocking on my door and they interviewed me. I was charged with intentionally causing serious injury, assult and affray and was sent to Juvenile hall.

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