8AM Newspaper Company
5/10/2010
MONDAY
World Today
Q3: What are the benefit or
things u gain from being in
Red Claw?
Shart: When I join the gang, I
only knew my friend who was
only a non-important mem-
ber. But then, we had few
fights and I had prove my
strength to the gang master,
now I’m one of the main
fighters for the gang. Through
out the city, people know me,
I have big respect.
That was an interview with
Mr. Shart, a member of Red
Claw. And that was part of his
life being a member of one of
the strongest gang in New
York City.
Shart in NYC
Gang is one of the things that
are created in the society.
Many different gangs in differ-
ent city and different places in
a city. Gangs are mostly vio-
lent, they control a certain
place and they don’t want
other gangs to be in their ter-
ritory. Our news reporters had
invited a gang member of Red
Claw, Mr. Henry “Shart”. We
have ask him few questions
about gangs and how is it like
to be in a gang fight.
Q1: How and why did you
join Red Claw?
Shart: So, 3 years before when
I was studying my first year of
college, then I went many
different trouble with the peo-
ple around the city and that
had effected my study a lot.
At the end of my 1st year, my
grades were very bad and the
school had kicked me out of
the school. From that time, I
didn’t have anything to do and
I thought of revenging. So
that’s when I join the Red
Claw and I thought that I will
become stronger and will take
revenge. And a year after that
I came back to the street
where they were and I have
showed them who’s the boss.
Q2: How common fights
happen? What happen if
you lose or win?
Shart: It only happens few
times a month, or few months
because we don’t want to
mess with the police a lot,
even if we are very strong but
we still afraid of going to jail.
If there is a fight, we try to
finish it fast and easy. And
what we get from winning is
mostly respect from other
gangs, sometimes if we elimi-
nate the gang, we get their
territory