In "Rockstarz, VCG Arrests: Nearly 50 Brooklyn Gang Members In Custody After Posting On Facebook About Alleged Murders" from The Huffington Post published by Britney Fitzgerald, it states how gangs are now using social media outlets as a way to promote their performances. A gang named, Rockstarz, posted a status saying, "Rockstartz are up 3-0." This score portrays the number of gang members from the opposing gang (Very Crispy Gangsters) killed by the prior. The two gangs are both located in Brooklyn, New York; and both use Facebook and other social sites as a passage to satirize and intimidate one another. June 6, 2011 marks their anniversary of rivalry, when due to a dangerous and erratic shoot out, a Very Crispy Gangsters member named Johnny Santiago was shot and killed. After, the two conflicting teams became, in Facebook terms, "friends," they launched an ongoing verbal battle via Facebook messaging. However, one gang took a step further by posting a picture of himself wearing clothing items that belonged to a man he had murdered. The impudent Facebook and gang member did not fail to include an obnoxious caption for his published picture. The caption was the following: " I can't give it back. You can't walk no more." The Brooklyn police is making use of these Facebook posts that will serve as evidence during their investigation on this matter. Actually, Facebook has become a trend for many other different Brooklyn-based gangs to show off their "accomplishments." Therefore, in January, forty-three members from the gangs Wave Gang and Hoodstarz were convicted and arrested for murder, after publicizing it on Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube. Once again, technology has been mistreated for uses other than connecting and sharing pictures with friends. Nevertheless, this does serve as a beneficial factor for the government and/or police to track down dangerous and deadly gang members and murderers.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/14/rockstarz-vcg-arrests-facebook_n_1885004.html?ir=Technology
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