The Avenues
History
The Avenues were not always violent when they started and rarely engaged in illegal activities. They were started by the Flores brothers in the 1940s, but little is known about the brothers. The greatest of their crimes during the 1940s were simple assaults. As time progressed and their numbers increased, they became more violent and started to act more like a criminal street gang and less like a social club. In the late 1960s, when heroin started to flood the streets, they turned for the worse and would be forevermore labeled a criminal street gang. They increasingly took part in the illegal drug trade and these actions have continued to the present day. By the time the 1970s rolled around the Avenues had grown from a neighborhood social club into a highly organized gang whose territory stretched nearly 6 miles. By the late-70's the Avenue's hood began to shrink in size as two new gangs, Cypress Park and Highland Park, established themselves in Avenue territory. The Avenues also began to clash with neighboring gangs, such as Toonerville and Thee Rascals, in an attempt to assert their dominance. At first, it was common for rival gang members to fight one another to settle scores, but once cocaine hit the streets, gangs noticed that huge amounts of money can be generated from its distribution and shootings/stabbings became more prevalent. In the 1990s the main drug of choice in the Avenue's hood switched from cocaine to methamphetamine due to the establishment of industrial-sized meth laboratories in central-Mexico as well as the increased scarcity of cocaine after the fall of the Medellin cartel. During this period of time drug-addiction and violent crime became an everyday fact of life in northeast Los Angeles as rival gangs began fighting over drug turf. In the last half of the 1990s northeast Los Angeles had more homicides than any other part of the city with 500 gang-related shootings. The Avenues Gang are well known for their hatred of and hate crimes committed against African-American residents of their neighborhoods. Reflecting their hate-filled attitudes, they tried to keep even non-gang affiliated African-Americans from moving into the Highland Park area. History
Members
The General: Gabriel Mathews
Lieutenant:
Captains:
Soldiers:
Requirements
lvl 90+
300k in valuables
150k in bank
10 primaries
Acceptable Skills
Application Format
Name:
Picture of level:
Picture of bank/skills:
Net-worth:
Past Organizations:
Reason for Application:
Alliance Format
Name:
Organization:
Allies/enemies:
Number of Members:
Reason For Alliance:
Allies: Black Plague, The Floridians, Red Hawks, Vice Kings
Neutral:
Enemies: h x t e d, 1%
The General: Gabriel Mathews
Lieutenant:
Captains:
Soldiers:
Requirements
lvl 90+
300k in valuables
150k in bank
10 primaries
Acceptable Skills
Application Format
Name:
Picture of level:
Picture of bank/skills:
Net-worth:
Past Organizations:
Reason for Application:
Alliance Format
Name:
Organization:
Allies/enemies:
Number of Members:
Reason For Alliance:
Allies: Black Plague, The Floridians, Red Hawks, Vice Kings
Neutral:
Enemies: h x t e d, 1%
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