gang violence

Cornell “Black Benjie” Benjamin, gang leader and peacemaker, was killed in 1971 while trying to break up a fight. His death ushered in a period of relative peace.

'Direct call to all those banging. Bring it to the table. Bang the right way. Get with the OGs. Bring it to the table.'

'They killed my baby brother. My heart is broken and my soul is injured. How do I come back from that?'

The explosive was intended for a gang member believed to be living at the property, according to police sources.

'I never thought I'd be up here talking about liberating the towns of Long Island, where I grew up.'

The FBI is working with local law enforcement to find the gang members responsible for the attack.

"Make it so people can't go outside of their homes the night before Labor Day. That's really what canceling it looks like."

A 13-year-old boy was arrested at a Harlem housing project on Thursday, and cops say he shot a gun at a fellow teenager.

Yesterday the NYPD and the Brooklyn DA announced the indictments of 49 people believed to be involved in two feuding East New York gangs who used Facebook to taunt and torment each other.

Joel Herrera, a 20-year-old Latin Kings gangster convicted of killing Glenn Wright in the Baruch Houses on the Lower East Side almost three years ago, has been sentenced to 20 years in prison.