Black Disciples
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| Founded by | David Barksdale |
|---|---|
| Founding location | Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| Years active | 1960–present |
| Territory | Nationwide |
| Ethnicity | Mostly black[1] |
| Membership | 15,000+[citation needed] |
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The Black Disciples (often abbreviated as BDN or BDN III) is a large mostly African American street gang based in Chicago, Illinois.
Background
The gang is considered violent and is known to engage in drug trafficking and distribution, theft, robbery, gun trafficking, murder, embezzlement, money laundering, and racketeering, in addition to other criminal activity.
Intergang Relations
The Black Disciples are part of the alliance of street gangs but are known to engage in violence with other Folk Nation gangs such as the Gangster Disciples.
See also
References
Categories:
- Pages using infobox criminal organization with ethnicity or ethnic makeup parameters
- Articles with unsourced statements from April 2015
- Pages using infobox criminal organization with rivals parameter
- Pages using infobox criminal organization with unsupported parameters
- African-American gangs
- Folk Nation
- Gangs in the United States
- Modern street gangs
