Vincent "No Good" Young

Don't count out the Mafia. Tom Robbins gives a sobering appraisal of why the Italian-American gangsters are more than just pop-culture figures.

But they're also pretty potent pop-culture pricks. Gangs of other colors and races are also dangerous, but Joe Coscarelli's list of Mafia nicknames from the recent big bust shows that when it comes to nicknames, Italian gangsters still have an edge over black gangsters.

There are exceptions. Just yesterday, feds in New Jersey indicted a bunch of Bloods for racketeering and other felonies. Topping the list is Vincent "No Good" Young. He's so bad that even one of his other nicknames, "Good," is simply a shortened version of "No Good." More >>

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​Ronald Herron, better known as Brooklyn rapper and alleged Bloods leader Ra Diggs, was put in solitary confinement this week, reports the New York Post, for being a "publicity hound." Diggs prominently featured pictures of himself with guns on his Myspace and tweeted threats at cops. His October arrest was part of a federal indictment that included the arrests of 8 others on drug and gun charges. In an open letter released a month after his arrest, Diggs says he is innocent and that his freedom of speech has been violated.

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​Thirty-eight reputed members of the Bloods were indicted in connection with a shooting in the Bronx, racking up an array of charges including attempted murder, assault, conspiracy, drug charges and gun possession. That's pretty much gangs in a nutshell. According to NY1, 32 of the suspects are in custody while the other six are being hunted. Apparently, a Rikers inmate ordered a hit on a 19-year-old male. Caught in the crossfire was a 15-year-old girl walking home from school.

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