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Gang Rule – When armies of thugs openly terrorised New York City

28/06/2019.Reading time 3 minutes.

They called themselves by such names as the Roach Guards, the Dead Rabbits, the Shirt Tails, the Plug Uglies and in the 1840s and 1850s, the sidewalks of New York City were their unchallenged domain. The police were powerless as the huge street gangs, each claiming a spot of urban turf, took whatever they wanted […]

Gang Rule – When armies of thugs openly terrorised New York City

28/06/2018.Reading time 3 minutes.

They called themselves by such names as the Roach Guards, the Dead Rabbits, the Shirt Tails, the Plug Uglies and in the 1840s and 1850s, the sidewalks of New York City were their unchallenged domain. The police were powerless as the huge street gangs, each claiming a spot of urban turf, took whatever they wanted […]

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