Juggalos classified as a gang in FBI report

**Valigarmander** · 11-01-2011, 09:13 AM

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Fans of notorious US hip-hop group Insane Clown Posse have been officially classified as a gang. A new FBI document has categorised the Juggalos as a "loosely-organised hybrid gang," citing the group's violence, criminal activity and "gang-like behaviour".

Fans of the Insane Clown Posse have called themselves Juggalos for more than two decades, developing a reputation for face-paint, Faygo soda, and a scepticism toward magnets. Although based in the United States – the ICP are from Michigan – it has become a worldwide movement; a UK Facebook group has more than 600 members.

Unfortunately for harmless fans of horrorcore rap, Juggalos are now officially "of concern to law enforcement," according to the FBI's 2011 National Gang Threat Assessment report. Juggalos have been tied to a string of recent crimes, including a shooting in January and the assault of a homeless man last year. "Open source reporting suggests that a small number of Juggalos are forming more organised subsets and engaging in more gang-like criminal activity," the report alleges. "Transient, criminal Juggalo groups pose a threat to communities due to the potential for violence, drug use/sales, and their general destructive and violent nature."

While the FBI report only mentions the Insane Clown Posse in a footnote, ICP are not just a soundtrack for the subculture. The group is named after an ICP song, The Juggla, and the Detroit-based rappers organise the annual Gathering of the Juggalos, which attracts more than 20,000 fans. Despite their scary reputation, the Posse has even been described as a Christian group. After a fan called Jacob D Robida shot his girlfriend in 2006, ICP's manager spoke out against such violence: "Anyone that knows anything at all about Juggalos knows that in no way, shape, or form would we ever approve of this type of bull**** behaviour," he wrote.

Although the FBI's gang designation is unlikely to have an immediate effect on ICP, its fans, or friends such as Jack White, many Juggalos are upset. In just a few days, more than 200 people have signed a petition asking the FBI to revise their decision. "Juggalos are a family that have each other's backs," explained a supporter based in Tennessee. "They're people who would die for somebody they haven't even met."

lol

Panfan · 11-01-2011, 09:22 AM

AND I DON'T WANNA TALK TO THE FBI
THOSE MOTHER****AS LYIN
AND GETTIN ME PISSED

***Cosmonautical*** · 11-01-2011, 10:12 AM

****ING PLANES

HOW DO THEY FLY

Glux · 11-01-2011, 11:44 AM

So basically they just gave these guys, what is to some, the highest possible honor... Now we'll never hear the end of it.

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Although the FBI's gang designation is unlikely to have an immediate effect on ICP, its fans, or friends such as Jack White, many Juggalos are upset. In just a few days, more than 200 people have signed a petition asking the FBI to revise their decision. "Juggalos are a family that have each other's backs," explained a supporter based in Tennessee. "They're people who would die for somebody they haven't even met."

Gangs are too.

***Booyakasha*** · 11-01-2011, 12:22 PM

Feh. Yeah, they're a fearsome gang all right. There's nothing more 'street' than fat kids hanging out in front of the K-Mart.

Jere · 11-01-2011, 01:02 PM

So we now have the jokers gang from Batman of the future IRL now, well i admit that i didn't see that one coming.

i allso need to say that if you are being robbed by a couple of clowns make sure that you don't get the killing joke.

**X-3** · 11-01-2011, 01:45 PM

This is what the government does to people who ask too many questions!

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*Booyakasha* SuperMod of War Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Wisconsinland Gender: Posts: 9,945 Thanks: 157 Thanked 1,481 Times in 763 Posts	Feh. Yeah, they're a fearsome gang all right. There's nothing more 'street' than fat kids hanging out in front of the K-Mart.

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