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Neely Fuller Jr. asserts that the power structure can "wrap up" all gangs in a single afternoon if it truly desired. He argues that gang violence is allowed to persist because it fits an agenda of internal destruction within the Black community. Mo adds that criminals generally know their boundaries and that high-profile attacks on white victims bring down "heat" that most street criminals try to avoid.
A report from The Guardian details a violent Fourth of July weekend in Chicago, prompting a discussion on the evolution of street violence. Mo Facts argues that the current uptick in crime is due to the "decentralization" of gangs, moving from a militaristic hierarchy to a flat, chaotic structure of small cliques. He suggests that "organized" crime is a necessary evil that historically protected civilians, whereas the current vacuum leads to random violence and the death of children.
