Stories/Essays: Senseless Streets: mbgang05-01

Gang membership in Memphis is not limited to black inner-city youth. Matt, 22, who openly claims Crip affiliation, lives in Tipton County. Gang activity and related crime has spread into the suburbs and beyond.(Mike Brown/ Memphis Commercial Appeal)

Gang membership in Memphis is not limited to black inner-city youth. Matt, 22, who openly claims Crip affiliation, lives in Tipton County. Gang activity and related crime has spread into the suburbs and beyond. 

(Mike Brown/ Memphis Commercial Appeal)