I got a some great insight from a friend who got out of gang culture in Manchester.
He said you just start off a group of mates, next you're beefing with other locals (he was a rapper who did diss tracks) next thing you know, people are getting beat up, shot, stabbed. There's retaliations where the wrong person gets hit, expanding the people involved and you are just in it.
You don't aspire to be in a gang, roll with the wrong types long enough, you get caught in the culture. No one wants to be looking over their shoulder, scared to be in certain areas, scared to be in city centre in case you see rivals. Under threat of violence just sitting around with your friends because one of them beefed with the wrong person. Getting beat up because some guys the next district over happened to catch you alone, walking home from the shops.
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I got a some great insight from a friend who got out of gang culture in Manchester.
He said you just start off a group of mates, next you're beefing with other locals (he was a rapper who did diss tracks) next thing you know, people are getting beat up, shot, stabbed. There's retaliations where the wrong person gets hit, expanding the people involved and you are just in it.
You don't aspire to be in a gang, roll with the wrong types long enough, you get caught in the culture. No one wants to be looking over their shoulder, scared to be in certain areas, scared to be in city centre in case you see rivals. Under threat of violence just sitting around with your friends because one of them beefed with the wrong person. Getting beat up because some guys the next district over happened to catch you alone, walking home from the shops.
What he said was an eye opener for me.
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