verb (used with object) 1. to make (something broken, worn, torn, or otherwise damaged) whole, sound, or usable by repairing: to mend old clothes; to mend a broken toy. 2. to remove or correct defects or errors in.
Today, the Chicago Police Department is doing something similar with gangs. Using a tool academics call ânetwork analysis,â the CPD is mapping the relationships among Chicagoâs 14,000 most active gang members. Itâs also ranking how likely those people are to be involved in a homicide, either as victims or offenders.
The Black Gangsters (BGs), now known more commonly as New Breeds are a large Chicago based African American street gang founded in the Illinois correctional facilities, the BGs originated when a group under the leadership of George Boony Black Davis broke away from the Black Gangster Disciples (BGDs) in about 1978.