Street gangs

TRU Colors Announces Strategic Partnership With Molson Coors, Advancing Its Mission to End Street Violence and Unite Communities Across America

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Wednesday, April 14, 2021

View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20210414005721/en/\nFounded by George Taylor and rival gang leaders of the Bloods, Crips, and GD, TRU Colors is a for-profit brewery with a tightly integrated social mission to stop street violence and unite communities across America.

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  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20210414005721/en/\nFounded by George Taylor and rival gang leaders of the Bloods, Crips, and GD, TRU Colors is a for-profit brewery with a tightly integrated social mission to stop street violence and unite communities across America.
  • TRU stands for Truth, Responsibility, and Unity.\nThe idea for TRU Colors was sparked five years ago when a 16-year-old was killed in a drive-by shooting.
  • Since then, the company has invested in developing a sustainable business model and scalable social mission platform.
  • Over 80% of the TRU Colors team are active gang members whose street skills and influence translate into corporate skills and more peaceful streets.

Up to eight years in prison for leaders of German car theft gang

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Friday, June 19, 2020

It also enabled them to proceed to a consolidated trial against all eleven defendants, based on solid evidence.

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  • It also enabled them to proceed to a consolidated trial against all eleven defendants, based on solid evidence.
  • The organised criminal group (OCG), which was coordinated from a base in Lithuania, operated in Germany, the Netherlands and Belgium.
  • The leaders in Lithuania communicated in code language with the gang members on the ground in Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands.
  • To enable a consolidated trial to be brought against all of them, the two gang leaders and five gang members, who had been arrested in Lithuania, were subsequently transferred to Germany.

The National Police Association Takes on ACLU over Right of Police to Maintain Gang Databases

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Tuesday, July 16, 2019

The NPA argues against the ACLU which claims in its suit against the Boston Police Department that including a suspected gang member in a confidential gang database is unfair to suspected gang members.

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  • The NPA argues against the ACLU which claims in its suit against the Boston Police Department that including a suspected gang member in a confidential gang database is unfair to suspected gang members.
  • The ACLU complains that suspected gang members who are added to the gang database are subject to investigation and if in the country illegally, deportation.
  • The ACLU criticizes the Boston Police Department for considering such factors as associating with known gang members, proclaiming gang membership on Facebook, and flashing gang signs as criteria for determining whether a suspected gang member is a gang member.
  • The National Police Association is represented by Bernard Posner of Furman Gregory Deptula.