In Oakland there are many innocent people who passed away because of either being in a gang or just being in the wrong place at the wrong time. I myself have family members in Oakland who are in a gang. Gangs are a very popular thing since back in the day.Back in the days gangs were very different. Back then the gangs would not go against the same raise.Now everybody is just killing each other for no good reasons.Gangs have kids about the age of 13 and up.Now little kids look up to older siblings and decide they want to be in a gang to.People who get in gangs always end up being in jail , getting shot or being dead. Many people in Oakland are scared of gang bangers they see them at juvenile delinquents even if they may be a really great person. Most gang bangers feel like they are cool if they carry a weapon. Also many gang bangers have a big percentage that have done a drug at least once in a lifetime or have tried alcohol. In my point of view gangs are a childish type of thing. People have to do there own thing and not get other people involved. There many different types of little gangs some that have a lot of people and some that don't.I myself wish my family members were not in gangs ,i would not want them to get in trouble or get hurt. Some gang bangers get tattoos that have a meaning to it