I don't really know where to begin with this topic because its such a broad one. To me, gangs are a personal issue because I have been living in South Auckland for about 7 years now and I'm sure everybody has heard atleast a little bit about South Auckland's reputation for crime. Before I moved here I used to live in the Bay of Islands and gangs were'nt really an issue to me at all. Whether this was because I was naive to their existance, or because they were'nt as prominent as they are nowadays is unknown to me but I have definately been hearing more about them over the past few years.
Another reason this has become a personal issue is because, not that long ago, friends of mine were "jumped" by around 15 men who claimed to members of a well-known South Auckland gang known as The Killer Bees. Luckily they were just after money and didn't physically harm anybody.
Even so, just hearing about things like this make me that little bit more scared and wary of the people around me.
Does anyone else have opinions or personal experiences relating to gangs?
Tuesday, April 15, 2008
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