The NEW A.P.

[HyeJinx1984]

xxxxing Grant...

Just when I thought the old A.P. had completely disbanded, some dumbasses start a new A.P. (for those of you not from L.A., A.P. was the largest Armenian Gang around). The more xxxx changes, the more it stays the same...

By the way, I was never clear on this... does A.P. stand for Armenian Power or Armenian Pride? I've heard both and I don't know which one it is.

[Harut82]

I'm pretty sure its Armenian Power

[xBaron Dants]

*shakes head in disappointment over, and over, and over again*

[HyeJinx1984]

Don't loose heart.

[Harut82]

don't shake it too much you will get dizzy

[HyeJinx1984]

From what i remember, A.P. was never much more than Armenians hanging out with each other and just looking tough so no one would xxxx with them, which of course gave off the image that they were to be xxxxed with, so they kept getting into fights... but I don't think it was ever really an organized gang with leaders or anything.

[Harut82]

did some googling

Another gang to watch is Armenian Power. They're getting more powerful and more violent, according to an officer with LAPD CRASH (Community Response Against Street Hoodlums), who says they're moving drugs and weapons and are highly mobile. What most disturbs law enforcement is that Armenian Power is transcending turf and cooperating with other gangs to maximize profits. "I don't want to use a term like supergang, but they're crossing gang lines for different purposes," the CRASH officer reports. "They come together for that purpose, then disband again."

[Harut82]

Alley Street Locos (ASTL) 4 A small and not very active gang that is forced share territory with both,Mara Salvatrucha and Armenian Power. Main revenue source Drugs, but they don't have the connections, the guns or the money to be major players. Favorite hangout Alcove Avenue and Barbara Ann Street.

Armenian Power (AP) 4 For this gang it`s all about the money. They don't waste time standing in the corner drinking malt liquor; they don`t look for fights with other gangs. They are efficient pragmatic businessmen. And they may dress like gangsters, but they drive lowered cherried-out BMWs and Lexuses. Main revenue source Drugs.

[HyeJinx1984]

Then I gotta wonder, are there two A.P.s? One real one that deals in organized crime, and another that's basically just a bunch of bored Grant and NH students who want to seem tough?

[Crimson Glow]

Maybe the latter are posers only claiming to be part of A.P. Sure are a lot of those in the AC chat room.