Gangsta's Paradise - New Zealand
A violent, drug fuelled gang culture is emerging in New Zealand. Unlike the traditional ethnic gangs, these new street gangs model themselves on LA gangsters and are attracting younger and younger recruits. 'Ten year old Sam describes himself as "a little thug from Otara". He spends his time stealing bikes drinking, although he has given up smoking. It's estimated there are 2,000 young gang members in Auckland. The problem has become so serious that some politicians are calling for all gangs to be banned. /"We should be simply outlawing them and making it illegal for anyone to be a member of a named gang". But criminologist Greg Newbold believes this; "could never, ever succeed". While political debate rages, some youth workers are taking matters into their own hands. They drive around the gang hotspots trying to befriend the vulnerable kids

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Comments (5)

tom said:

damn kids--get off my lawn seriously, this life imitating art (tv) is just getting bizarre at the global scale. I wanna see american suburban kiddies imitating arctic intuits are something next

November 17, 2007

human said:

this is so funny...its dark outside and theyre wearing sunglasses haha

January 20, 2008

carnivore said:

stupidity is rampant everywhere, these kids are an absolute joke

March 19, 2008

xman100 said:

yaaahh bicth

June 10, 2008

Pete said:

It's a result of PC Social Policies forbidding parents to discipline their children while they (the children) are free to do whatever without responsibilities. Some of them have become prostitutes at thirteen to pay for their drug addictions...

June 27, 2008