TAP Boyz
Founding location | Chicago, Illinois, United States |
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Years active | 1992-1999 |
Territory | Chicago |
Ethnicity | Arab American and South Asian, Mostly Palestinian and Syrian |
Criminal activities | Murder, robbery, drug trafficking, arms trafficking |
The TAP Boyz (an acronym for The Arabian Posse), was a Chicago-based Arab American street gang or self-described "movement" formed on the corner of W 63rd St and S Kedzie Ave Street in 1992. They disbanded in 1999 after losing members to Two Six and Almighty Ambrose in the area
It was formed in response to anti-Arab sentiment from rival gangs. The movement's goal was to protect the Arab-American community from racially motivated assaults precipitated by the Second Gulf War.[1][2] Their gang colors were white and red[3] and their gang symbol was a four pointed star.[3]
References[]
- ^ National Gang Crime Research Center :http://www.ngcrc.com/ngcrc/page12.htm
- ^ Lawrence M. Salinger (2005). Encyclopedia of White-Collar & Corporate Crime. SAGE Publications. pp. 47–. ISBN 978-0-7619-3004-4.
- ^ a b http://sobs.org/chilocal/gangs/gnglist.html
Categories:
- Organizations established in 1992
- 1992 establishments in Illinois
- Organizations disestablished in 2001
- 2001 disestablishments in Illinois
- Arab-American culture in Chicago
- Arab-American gangs
- Former gangs in Chicago
- Palestinian-American culture
- Syrian-American culture