Juggalo DNA TESTING – More Students Swabbed for DNA in Investigation into Teen’s Murder

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You might not have heard of them, but ICP is a legendary hip-hop group set to release their twelfth studio album this year in the hardcore rap genre known as “horrorcore.”

Fans are known as “Juggalos,” a group identified as a gang for the first time last year by the FBI.

Dad Daniel Hardy says his 17-year-old son isn’t a “Juggalo” but hangs out with kids who dress that way and that was who deputies hauled in for cheek-swab DNA testing at school a few weeks ago.

“It upsets me because they could come out and implicate your kid,” said Hardy.

The testing is part of attempts by the Sacramento County Sheriff’s department to find the person who beat and asphyxiated Jessica Funk-Haslam and left her body in Rosemont Community Park.

Much like Michaela Brown, the mother who came forward after last Thursday’s round of testing at Jessica’s school, Albert Einstein Middle, Hardy says what happened to his son Jacob isn’t fair.

“We don’t have no rights ultimately is what it is,” said Hardy. “All this says to me is that they’re gonna waste taxpayer’s money doing a whole bunch of DNA tests.”

He also shares Michaela Brown’s concerns that their kids faced detectives alone and that parents weren’t notified about the testing until well after their kids had been pulled out of class and swabbed.

For the Hardy family, having Jacob treated this way brings back bad memories from when another son was falsely arrested after an interrogation at school.

“I take care of my kids and raise them. I want them to be productive, so it’s a big insult,” said Hardy.

The Sacramento County Sheriff’s Department remains tight-lipped about this DNA testing or what kind of sample they’re trying to match.

There have been few leads released publicly in Jessica’s murder.

The testing procedure is legal, but that’s still not making parents feel any better.

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Fail as a parent – let your kid hang around juggalos then cry when they are treated like juggalos.

Psychopathic records member and Juggalo Coolio And Son Grtis Arrested And Booked In Same Las Vegas Jail: Rapper Busted For Traffic Violation, Son For Robbery And Kidnapping

WHOOP WHOOP
LOOK AT WHO PSY WORKS WITH AND IS A SELF CONFESED JUGGALO

Coolio’s oldest son — who appeared on the family reality show “Coolio’s Rules” –is locked up in a Nevada jail … after allegedly teaming up with a Vegas hooker to rob some dude at gunpoint.

TMZ has learned … 22-year-old Grtis Ivey (who went by “Artis” on the reality show) … was arrested on November 14, 2011 for allegedly busting into a Vegas apartment with a gun and forcing the tenant into the bathroom … while he and a female prostitute named Shantrice Wilkerson ransacked the place.

But the back story is INSANE.

According to the police report, obtained by TMZ … Shantrice was trollin’ at LAX nightclub at the Luxor on October 26 … and met a guy named Joseph Hall … who didn’t know she was a call girl.

The two hit it off … and Wilkerson told him that she had a “dream” of having sex on a pile of money.

Hall asked if $5,000 was OK … she agreed … and the two eventually went back to Hall’s apartment to grab the cash out of a safe.

According to the report, the two bounced to Wilkerson’s pad to do the deed … but before it went down, Wilkerson asked for money … and Hall flipped out and left.

But cops say, Wilkerson REMEMBERED where Hall lived … and brought Grtis to the place 3 days later so they could rob it.

According to the report … Grtis entered the pad with a gun … and ordered Hall’s rooommate into the bathroom while he and the hooker stole a safe, 2 iPads, 2 laptops, passports, and anything else that wasn’t nailed down.

Cops say the roommate was able to identify Coolio’s son and the hooker — and both were arrested on a slew of charges including robbery with a deadly weapon, first degree kidnapping and grand larceny.

Both Grtis and Wilkerson told cops they never brought a gun to the apartment … and Wilkerson admitted to stealing some of the stuff.

Grtis is being held without bail … and is due to face a judge on Monday.

Like father, like son …

TMZ has learned rapper Coolio was arrested in Las Vegas today … and is currently behind bars at the same jail as his kid.

Law enforcement tells TMZ … Coolio was a passenger in a Nissan Versa which was pulled over for a routine traffic violation early Friday morning.

We’re told the cops ran Coolio’s name in the system and noticed he had 2 active bench warrants out for his arrest stemming from multiple traffic violations.

Coolio was arrested and hauled to Clark County Detention Center — the same place where his son Grtis is rotting away for allegedly robbing some dude at gunpoint a few months ago.

Coolio’s bail has been set at $5,850. A court date has not yet been set.

Juggalo gang – Wednesday on News 4 at 5: “Juggalos” a Threat to Northern NV

The FBI and local law enforcement have now classified fans of the Insane Clown Posse, or “Juggalos”, as the country’s newest gang threat after being linked to several violent crimes. We examine how local police are treating those who identify as Juggalos, and how some fans of ICP’s music feel about the classification, Wednesday, February 15th on News 4 at 5!

Juggalo does what Icps lyrics tell him and stabs teacher

I couldn’t stand the pressure, not another day
I didn’t like the f_cker Mr. Johnson anyway
I sat up in his class, he hung a rebel flag
I cut the bigot’s head off and I stuffed it in my bag

Insane clown posse sings about hurting people in education , this leads to Juggalo gang member actions while he pleads not guilty to stabbing Flathead High teacher

KALISPELL – The teenager who allegedly broke into a Kalispell family’s home in December and stabbed a Flathead High School teacher pleaded not guilty Thursday to three felony offenses, including attempted murder.

Dante Kirpal Kier, 19, appeared for the arraignment hearing in Flathead County District Court. The hearing had twice been postponed until Kier could be evaluated by a mental health professional, who recently determined that he is competent to stand trial. Kier faces charges of attempted deliberate homicide, aggravated burglary and assault with a weapon.

The charges relate to a Dec. 12 home invasion in southeast Kalispell, during which high-school teacher Brian Bay was stabbed. According to court records, Kier admitted to the crime, telling investigators with the Kalispell Police Department that he broke into the residence intent on killing the homeowner because “it felt good.”

Records state that Bay was fixing a dishwasher at the time of the burglary and went into his garage to retrieve a tool; when he went back inside the home, he found Kier in the hallway holding a wooden-handled steak knife.

The homeowner confronted Kier but the intruder allegedly stabbed him in the upper arm and inside the mouth. He also tried stabbing Bay in the ribs “numerous times,” but the man wrestled Kier to the ground while his wife called police. The couple’s children were also home but were not injured. Bay was treated at Kalispell Regional Medical Center and released.

Kier grew up in the Kalispell area, but until recently had been living in Santa Barbara, Calif., where he has a criminal conviction for entering a non-commercial dwelling in 2010. He returned to the Flathead Valley last fall to reconcile with his mother.

Kier’s father, George Kier, said his son has a history of mental illness and was living at a psychiatric hospital in California shortly before returning to Montana. ( WHY ARE HIS PARENTS LETTING A PERSON WITH MENTAL ILLNESS LISTEN TO ICP – BAD PARENTS)

In the weeks leading up to his arrest, Kier’s psychotic behavior had been escalating, his father said, and resulted in a 72-hour commitment to Pathways Treatment Center in Kalispell. He was also arrested for misdemeanor disorderly conduct.

Kier’s mother and stepfather obtained orders of protection against the teen because he threatened to kill them, according to Kier’s mother, who asked that her name not be published.

Police officers canvassed the neighborhood after the home invasion and spoke with several neighbors who reported finding notes on their windows that stated “your house is being watched tonight by … the creeps.”

Kier also claimed to be a member of the Insane Clown Posse gang and referred to himself as a Juggalo, court records state. According to the FBI’s 2011 National Gang Threat Assessment report, the Juggalos pay homage to the Detroit-based hip-hop group Insane Clown Posse and have recently been classified as a gang. The band is not associated with the gang.

Kier, who was staying at the Outlaw Hotel in Kalispell at the time of the alleged offense, remains in custody at the Flathead County Detention Center.

If convicted of attempted deliberate homicide, he faces a maximum punishment of life imprisonment.

Reporter Tristan Scott can be reached at (406) 730-1067 or at tscott@missoulian.com.

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Juggalos a gang in 21 states and nationwide via the fbi and a happy new year to our fine members

According to the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s 2011 National Gang Threat Assessment, law enforcement in at least 21 states have identified criminal Juggalo sub-sets.

Congratulations to all jh members for the fine work , we have taken the gang tag and got it expanded , so if juggalos are not a gang in your state write to your congressman , write to the police , write to judges and lets get rid of the plague .

JH has had a very successful year in 2011 and hope to be back in 2012 bigger and badder then ever.

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Salt lake city explains why they see juggalos as a gang

SALT LAKE CITY — A recent national report released by the FBI lists Salt Lake County as a community with one of the top 10 worst gang problems in the entire nation.

But following a recent inquiry by KSL News, federal officials Friday retracted some of those statistics and admitted there was a big error in calculating the data for Utah.

While gangs are still a serious problem in Salt Lake County, the FBI on Friday said there are an estimated 2,500 gang members in the county — not more than 15,000 as the bureau originally reported.
“I think the (FBI) stat is erroneous. The suggestion that Salt Lake has 15,000 documented gang members is inaccurate. How that inaccuracy was achieved, I don’t know,” Salt Lake County Sheriff Jim Winder told KSL News last week. “I think the Metro numbers are very accurate.”

In October, the National Gang Intelligence Center released its 2011 National Gang Threat Assessment report. According to the report, Salt Lake County ranks ninth in the nation for having the most gang members, with 15,574. That number also put Salt Lake County in fourth place in the West for the county with the most gang members, ahead of counties such as Clark County, Nev., Orange County, Calif., San Diego County, Riverside County, Calif., and Ventura County, Calif.

When officers with the Salt Lake Metro Gang Unit saw the numbers, they immediately knew they were flawed.

“I think the (FBI) stat is erroneous. The suggestion that Salt Lake has 15,000 documented gang members is inaccurate. How that inaccuracy was achieved, I don’t know,” Salt Lake County Sheriff Jim Winder told KSL News last week. “I think the Metro numbers are very accurate.”

The Metro Gang Unit said it had counted about 2,500 documented gang members in Salt Lake County, about 13,000 fewer than what the FBI reported.

KSL News contacted the FBI’s Salt Lake City Office about how the numbers were tabulated.

After two weeks of making calls back to national headquarters in Washington D.C., David Johnson, special agent-in-charge of the Salt Lake field office, was informed that the Salt Lake County numbers are wrong.

The group that compiled the report had apparently asked each individual police agency in Salt Lake County to submit reports about the number of gang members in the county. The data was likely added all together as if each city had broken down its numbers, rather than the cities submitting numbers for the county population of gang members.

The group that compiled the report had apparently asked each individual police agency in Salt Lake County to submit reports about the number of gang members in the county. The data was likely added all together as if each city had broken down its numbers, rather than the cities submitting numbers for the county population of gang members.

“We think they were just compounded. The number was consistently about 2,500 from each of the reporting agencies. We just think whoever calculated them added them up,” Johnson said.

The FBI now says there are an estimated 2,500 gang members in Salt Lake County, the same number that the Metro Gang Unit compiled.

Johnson noted that the statistics for the report were compiled by people in Washington D.C. Neither his office nor the FBI’s Safe Streets Task Force had a role in making up the report.

“The data call went out. Agencies here responded to that data call. And all of the analysis and totaling was done back there, not here,” he said.

According to the original report, “The assessment is based on federal, state, local, and tribal law enforcement and corrections agency intelligence, including information and data provided by the National Drug Intelligence Center (NDIC) and the National Gang Center. Additionally, this assessment is supplemented by information retrieved from open source documents and data collected through April 2011.”

Johnson said the Salt Lake County statistics are believed to be a “fairly isolated incident” and the entire FBI report is not flawed.

While the gang problem in the county isn’t nearly as bad as originally reported, gang members still pose a “significant threat” as they continue to participate in drug-related crimes and violent crimes in Salt Lake County, Johnson said. Much of activity and crimes committed by gangs in the county are “profit driven,” he said.

The report noted that Utah is one of five states that reported the most activity of Juggalos. Juggalos are fans of the rap group Insane Clown Posse. But four states — including Utah — now classify Juggalos as a gang, according to the FBI.

“Juggalos’ disorganization and lack of structure within their groups, coupled with their transient nature, makes it difficult to classify them and identify their members and migration patterns,” the FBI report states. “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.”

At the Metro Gang Unit’s annual gang conference, a training class on Juggalos has been one of the most popular for several years. During the 2007 Utah Gang Conference, an officer teaching a class on Juggalos admitted that Utah officials struggled with whether to classify them as a gang, noting that the majority of Juggalos were just juveniles who liked the music of Insane Clown Posse.

But because enough of them engaged in a pattern of criminal behavior and fit the criteria for being classified as a gang, they were included in their gang monitoring.

The FBI gang threat assessment report also noted that Utah is one of several states experiencing a “significant increase” in outlaw motorcycle gangs.

Juggalo Gang fight at mt hope school

Schools please stop this juggalo gang problem.

One Mt. Hope High School student was rushed to the hospital and another was arrested following a fight after school on Thursday afternoon that touched off a torrent of reactions throughout the student body. The injured student is a member of a clique that identifies itself with a gang name, prompting some students to fear retaliation on Friday.

According to Bristol Police Lt. Steven Contente, two males were involved in a fight in the bus circle at Mt. Hope High School shortly after school let out.

“One of the boys was transported to the hospital with facial injuries and the other was taken to the station and will be referred to Family Court for assault,” Contente said.

The fight doesn’t end there. Students have created a frenzy on Facebook surrounding the fight and the student rushed to the hospital, who refers to himself as a “Juggalo,” a known name for devoted fans of the band Insane Clown Posse (ICP).

According to a number of students at Mt. Hope, the Juggalos are a group of students who hang out together and share a common music appreciation for ICP and wear black face paint on their lips and around their eyes, similar to the makeup worn by the band.

However, Juggalos across the nation have been making headlines as FBI-recognized gang members. According to a recent article by Rolling Stone Magazine, the 2011 FBI National Gang Threat Assessment announced that Juggalos are a newly recognized gang whose crimes are “sporadic, disorganized, individualistic” and involve “simple assault, personal drug use and possession, petty theft and vandalism.”

One member of the group at Mt. Hope recently denied the rumors that he and his friends were a “gang.” On Facebook he wrote,

“I had someone tell me this morning I’m not a Juggalo and it’s not who I am well I’m sorry to the good friend who said this to me cuz I am a Juggalo and I’m down with the clown for life cuz I found my true family for life that always will have my back so f*** all you haters who can act like wiggers and preps but we can’t be who the f*** who we are and you wanna tell us we’re not Juggalos cuz to you people it’s a gang and your f****** wrong it’s a family and family lives forever WHOOP WHOOP!!!”

After the fight, Facebook exploded with status changes and comments from Mt. Hope students calling out the group of students.

“There’s probably only one in every 10 posts on my news feed right now that doesn’t have anything to do with the Juggalos,” one senior said, noting that most of the posts were either hateful or fearful of the Juggalos. “Some people are worried that the Juggalos are going to retaliate and some are ready to fight these kids.”

On Twitter, a Mt. Hope student with the username BruceyBYall115, wrote, “This juggalo shit is getting way out of hand,” and followed up with a second tweet saying, “I’m deff afraid to go to school tomorrow….”

But to other students and social media users who have been kept in the loop, fearing or hating the group of students is a joke.

On Twitter, user WakaFlockaJordn responded to the hype to say, “to all my friends in Bristol, In order to destroy the Juggalos you must lure them into traps with Faygo and ICP merch.”

One Mt. Hope senior said she doesn’t buy into the widespread rumors.

“This is the dumbest thing I’ve ever heard of,” she said. “Seriously, I think the people that are talking about it are way worse than the people who are dressing like that. No one is going to do anything, and in a week it’ll be over.”

One parent, worried that bullying has not been properly addressed at Mt. Hope, said she knows some of the kids known as Juggalos and says they are the furthest thing from an organized gang.

“I know some of these kids and their parents,” she said. “They’re good kids. If anything, they’re the ones being picked on just because of the way they are dressed.”

For another parent, the stories being told are just too much to ignore.

“It is very unsettling to hear, because as a parent, you want to know that your kids are safe at school.”

Juggalette gang member suspended from school – well done

One Mt. Hope High School student’s parents are frustrated by the lack of communication from school administrators while their daughter is kicked out of school.

Parents of a suspended Mt. Hope High School student are outraged and confused by the way school officials have handled their daughter’s suspension and the recent “Juggalo” incident.

“We don’t even understand why she is being punished in the first place,” said Mark Andrade, the father of sophomore Desaray Skac, who was suspended from Mt. Hope High School last week.

According to Andrade and Desaray’s mother, Mary Skac, the school administration has left them in the dark as to why Desaray was suspended to begin with, nor why the suspension has been extended twice, to a total of seven days. Skac says the whirlwind of confusion began last Thursday, after she received a call about her daughter wearing clown-like makeup to school, followed by a fight involving her daughter’s boyfriend.

“The school made it sound like she wasn’t in any trouble,” Skac said.

On Thursday Skac received a voice message from Nat Squatrito, the school’s dean of students, notifying her that Desaray was in no trouble but that there was talk around the school of threats made by members of a clique that Desaray affiliates herself with, known as the Juggalos. He said Desaray’s belongings were searched but nothing was found and that Desaray was cooperative with officials and removed her face makeup.

No explanation for suspension

Skac says Squatrito called back after a fight broke out in the bus circle to inform her that Desaray had been suspended for three days and could not return to school until Wednesday, Nov. 9. Skac says Squatrito provided no information regarding the reason for the suspension.

“We didn’t understand because Desaray wasn’t involved in the fight,” she said. “She had been in the Dean’s office all day. She wasn’t even there when it happened. So we had no idea why she was getting suspended.”

The next day, Skac received another voice message notifying her that the principal, Donald Rebello, decided to extend Desaray’s suspension another three days, again not citing any specific infraction.

Parents say they can’t get answers

“I’ve called the school back numerous times and it seems like no one can give me an answer,” she says. “One person says call back after work, then no one answers. I finally spoke with another dean at the school and asked why they keep adding days to my daughter’s suspension and not to the other students, but he said he couldn’t discuss the cases of other students. No one can give me a straight answer.”

But on Monday, Skac hit her boiling point when she received yet another voice message stating that a reinstatement hearing was being organized for Desaray on Wednesday, Nov. 16, and that officials decided to, once again, extend her suspension.

“I’m just so confused,” she says. “My daughter has been suspended for seven days and I have no idea why.”

Andrade agrees, noting he is troubled by the contradicting voice messages.

“The first message says she’s not in any trouble,” he says. “Okay, so why was she suspended then? And why do they keep adding on days?”

Administration seems to violate student handbook

According to the Mt. Hope High School student handbook, there are 19 infractions that can result in a student’s suspension. Eleven of those can result in suspension of more than five days. The handbook also states students will be given an informal hearing prior to suspension and that administrators will notify parents of the suspension and “state the cause(s) leading to the suspension.” The handbook also states that a letter will be sent to the parents or guardians stating the nature of the infraction and noting the consequences.

It appears none of those steps were followed. Desaray’s parents say they have not received a letter, been invited to an informal hearing or been told the reason for her suspension.

Another parent whose child was suspended on the same day as Desaray was also not provided with a reason. That student’s suspension was also extended and the parent was only provided with the explanation that it was for the safety of the student and the students in the school.

But Desaray’s parents say if their child’s safety is at risk by her returning to school, an extended suspension doesn’t provide much comfort that the issue will subside by the time she is allowed to return to school.

“We’re very worried about her going back to school,” Andrade says.

Student scared to return

Desaray says she is worried as well.

“Honestly, I’m really scared to go back,” she says, adding that police advised her not to go anywhere alone. “I already can’t go out alone anywhere, even in my own neighborhood, without the fear of being jumped.”

Desaray says, most importantly, that she thinks the school is sending the wrong message to students and parents about bullying.

“If kids are having a problem, the school tells us to go to the dean and report it,” she says. “But what is the point? We tried that and nothing got done and now I’m the one suspended and they haven’t even told me why.”

Superintendent Melinda Thies did not return a Monday call for comment as of 11 am on Tuesday.

 

Juggalo gang paints up and makes threats to other students , juggalette kicked out , parents cry . Parents how about you stop a teen girl from joining a gang and not make it the schools issue ?

Juggalo gang FBI Definition

Juggalos
The Juggalos, a loosely-organized hybrid gang, are
rapidly expanding into many US communities. Although
recognized as a gang in only four states, many Juggalos
subsets exhibit gang-like behavior and engage in
criminal activity and violence. Law enforcement officials
in at least 21 states have identified criminal Juggalo
sub-sets, according to NGIC reporting.NGIC reporting indicates that Juggalo gangs are
expanding in New Mexico primarily because they
are attracted to the tribal and cultural traditions
of the Native Americans residing nearby.
Most crimes committed by Juggalos are sporadic,
disorganized, individualistic, and often involve simple
assault, personal drug use and possession, petty theft,
and vandalism. However, open source reporting suggests
that a small number of Juggalos are forming more
organized subsets and engaging in more gang-like
criminal activity, such as felony assaults, thefts, robberies,
and drug sales. Social networking websites are a
popular conveyance for Juggalo sub-culture to communicate
and expand.
• In January 2011, a suspected Juggalo member
shot and wounded a couple in King County,
Washington, according to open source reporting.

Juggalos’ disorganization and lack of structure within
their groups, coupled with their transient nature, makes
it difficult to classify them and identify their members
and migration patterns. Many criminal Juggalo subsets
are comprised of transient or homeless individuals,
according to law enforcement reporting. Most Juggalo
criminal groups are not motivated to migrate based
upon traditional needs of a gang. However, law enforcement
reporting suggests that Juggalo criminal activity
has increased over the past several years and has
expanded to several other states. 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.
• In January 2010, two suspected Juggalo associates
were charged with beating and robbing an
elderly homeless man.1

 

Juggalos
Although law enforcement officials in Arizona,
California, Pennsylvania, Utah, and Washington
report the most Juggalo gang-related criminal
activity, Juggalos are present in Colorado, Delaware,
Florida, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Massachusetts,
Michigan, New Mexico, New Hampshire,
North Carolina, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania,
Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia, according to
NGIC reporting.

 

FBI’s Newest Gang Threat: Insane Clown Posse Fans – Juggalo Gang

FBI’s Newest Gang Threat: Insane Clown Posse Fans

The FBI considers the fans of shticky rap group Insane Clown Posse to represent a threat on par with the Crips, Bloods, and Aryan Brotherhood, according to its annual report on gang activity.

You might think Insane Clown Posse’s people — known as the Juggalos — are just a group of face-painting teenagers who wonder how magnets work. Not so, says the FBI’s 2011 National Gang Threat Assessment. To the feds, Juggalos are a “loosely-organized hybrid gang” that are “forming more organized subsets and engaging in more gang-like criminal activity.”

Consult page 22 of the FBI’s brand-new annual report on gang activity nationwide. (.PDF) Listed in the same breath as street gangs with ties to murderous Mexican drug cartels is the Juggalo threat.

“Although recognized as a gang in only four states,” reports the FBI’s National Gang Intelligence Center,” many Juggalos subsets exhibit gang-like behavior and engage in criminal activity and violence.” It takes a footnote to disclose the connection to the Insane Clown Posse. Which would make rappers Violent J and Shaggy 2 Dope the Kenneth “Supreme” McGriff or Tookie Williams of their nefarious Juggalo army.

 

An example of a Juggalo in the FBI report

Other gangs cited in the report, like the Haitian Boys Posse or the Custer Street Gang, are linked to homicides, gun running, and drug trafficking. Juggalo gang activity cited by the FBI cites is a notably lower caliber: thefts, hand-to-hand drug sales and felony assaults. The FBI has recently had difficulty distinguishing ordinary American Muslims from terrorists; now it appears it has a similar problem distinguishing teenage fads from criminal conspiracies.

“Social networking websites are a popular conveyance for Juggalo sub-culture to communicate and expand,” the FBI warns.

Worse, “Juggalos’ disorganization and lack of structure within their groups, coupled with their transient nature, makes it difficult to classify them and identify their members and migration patterns.”

Actually, all the feds would have to do is wait for an Insane Clown Posse tour to roll through town. That’s what Brian Raftery did last year for a WIRED profile of Juggalo Nation. His description of the Juggalo threat:

They tend to feel that they’ve been misunderstood outsiders their whole lives, whether for being overweight, looking weird, being poor, or even for just liking ICP in the first place. It’s a world where man boobs are on proud display, where long-hairs and pink-hairs mingle, where nobody makes fun of the fat kid toweling off near Lake Hepatitis. For them, the Gathering is a place they can be accepted, a feeling reinforced by the constant chants of the Juggalo credo “Fam-uh-LEE! Fam-uh-LEE!”

The FBI even cautions that the Juggalos are among 53 gangs “whose members have served in or are affiliated with the U.S. military.” My colleague Katie Drummond somehow neglected to report the Army’s policy on face paint in her recent story on military body modification.

Most problematically, since Juggalos evidently believe themselves to be badasses, an FBI report legitimizing their outlaw image will surely embolden them. A generation of teenagers will come to believe it is acceptable to spray each other with Midwestern-specific soda and devalue lyricism in hip hop.

 

It took its time but now juggalos are now considered gang everywhere in the united states , this is a great day for America and hopefuly they come down harder on juggalo criminals.