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WOW Man ! I luv shit like dis.I been lookin for some old footage like dis besides what I have at My disposal.So I can mainly school da youngstas of today.Lettin dem know all dis street shit is nuffin new.Hell it was more RAW back den as oppose to now.People use to really get wasted in da worstest of ways.Shit is all fucked up now.But People today have more information access.So at least now We can make steps carefully instead of makin dem blindly.
The swastika flag was just a design. Back then it was all about style. I know it sounds silly and why pick that flag. It is what it is. Guess you had to be there to understand:) My nickname was Ben-ski & I m far from being Jewish. It was just expressions used to forget about our problems. Again, you had to be there to understand. It is like a White dude not wearing underwear under their jeans back in the day. We never understood that one. Again, you had to be there:)
swastika doesnt mean nazi nor hitler..but can be in conjunction of each other..the original meaning was something along the lines of peace and equalitity..can someone clarify further?
@craigxvx The swastika has been used for 6000 years in different cultures (according to Wikipedia). However, the flag displayed in this video is a NSDAP flag (German Nazi Party) so it's a pretty clear reference. As many people in this thread stated, this is done purely as a means of provocation without any political affiliation to the third reich.
Overing Street Boys in the Bronx in the 70's..One tough straight up bunch of crazy guys ..Yes the 70's it was a great time .Everybody knew there place and everybody knew who they were and respected it ......Yes those were the days .....
Those were the golden years, man. And gangs/crews back then, they represented their set & neighborhood with their fists and home made, melee weapons. None of this cappin' mother fuckers or drive-bys like you see today. Sure, there were times when someone from a crew would get off'ed by gun fire, but for the most part, it was usually resolved like men.
@BloodstormGMA To bad todays youth dont understand what it means to fight with fists anyone can pull a trigger it takes a man to fight bare knuckled win or lose at least you live to fight another day.
LONG LIVE THE 70s!...minus the gangs of course :-) You know, not much has changed since then, we still have gangs and crime is even worse now than back then. And people say we live in better times today GIMME A BREAK!
@Amidat Then it's the same media that made crime look worse back then. And it's the filthy media that has brainwashed people against the 70s. Fuckin' neo-liberal bastards!
this is the NYC i remember.. i know it was bad and all, but for some reason i like it better the way it was. there is some good and bad on everything i guess.
mk3d50501, you're mostly right, while the Swastika has been used for MANY more things and years than what the Nazi's were about, ( and being a Norseman myself) we have to face the fact that the Swastika now has an overwhelming accociattion with the Nazi party and that we can't, expect to be able to use it without it, for quite a long time.
swastikas are used throughout history. the nazis made it a symbol of evil and hate. the egyptians used it,and i dont think they were against the jewish people.
@YonManc Actually, do some research other than Biblical studies. The time periods don't overlap, pyramids are way older, this is scientific fact not just made up from emotions. Also, archaeological evidence of The Exodus is controversial.
@DcTrini Sorry DcTrini, I didn't realise I was dealing with intellectuals. Where did you say you studied again? University of Youtube? Wow. I've heard they're almost as good as University of Wikipedia...
@YonManc Your on youtube right now, so how smart was that statement? Don't be mad at me for advertising the truth when you where were telling lies. *Pause* - Your not wavy.
@DcTrini I'm on youtube now. Your argument is that theres videos on Youtube to back you up. Considering there was no videos back then, I assume you mean videos of people discussing it. My argument is that just becaue it's on Youtube doesn't make it credible.
@YonManc Well that is a redundant argument considering the fact that everything in a book is to be taken at face value until further research is done. Sources are valid are based on the contributors, not what format it is presented in i.e. you tube, books, internet website, radio... By the way, there is an abundance of evidence to back up my original point about "who" built pyramids.
some latino gangs use the swastika...the MLD's from Chicago use it..they're mostly Puerto RIcans with some Mexicans...and Chicano gangs in L.A. use it too...
Brooklyn crews in the 80's/90's used the swastika too... had nothing to with antisemitism. the jews of crown heights and midwood weren't even on the radar - crews messed with other crews.
@hai2you2 Sure it does, but this flag (red with a black swastika in a white circle) is the symbol of the National Socialists in Germany between 1920 and 1945, so it's not "just" a swastika
@sanderbrouwer1990 That is true, but they didn't just use the swastika, this flag is 3:40 is the flag of the German Nazi Party and the third reich. So while the swastika as a symbol dates back a long time, this flag is clearly a reference to the nazis.
Prior to the early '90s, from the '60s til about '89-'90 or so, street gangs & Outlaw 1%er M.C.s used to use the swastika as a symbol of rebellion, regardless of race. It was meant to shock, piss off and show that they were outside the realms of society. Rarely was it ever meant to be used as a symbol of racism, unless it was used by Skinhead/Neo-Nazi groups.
@BloodstormGMA Exactly, it's not used a lot anymore these days. Punks used it a lot too in the early years. Just to show they didn't give a fuck and revolted normal society. When I was on holiday in Tokyo I even saw a swastika shirt for sale in a punk store.
@alls3t I was thinking the exact same thing.All the brothers were kung fu fighting them bros were fast as lightning I wonder where he is now dead alive a bum or a millionare
@alls3t best of my knowledge: urban street gangs in nyc emulated biker style: rocker patches & swastikas. with exceptions of the ching-a-lings & others, most 70's nyc street gangs didn't resources for bikes. swastikas, also to the best of my knowledge, are more a big 'fuck you' then 'white power.' a hell's angels docu has a jewish member showing his swastika patch. i think a lot of hell's angels may have been racist but i think that was more incidental in that they were white working class men.
this is a staged documentary called 50 blocks from tiffanys, it has real gangmembers (savage nomads) but has a semi storyline injected into it, thats why the guys are a little stiff and un-natural
@STEPASAUR - they look stiff not because its an injected storyline... it's because no one had practice at making those types of documentaries before. It's not like now where everything is overproduced and coached. Most of those guys just weren't used to talking on camera.
it funny the wonen said there no work hare it is 2012 and still no work and crime is the same.
can someone tell me want things going to change.
213llc 1 week ago
This is from "80 Blocks From Tiffany's" if anyone wants to watch the whole thing.
dannymacjuggalo 5 months ago
You know what im starting an old school gang and im gonna march right through all those lame new school fucks turf thumbs up if you would join.
Imfamousnigga 6 months ago
@3:20 Is he blind or does he not know he is not a nazi?
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TheUptownSeries 7 months ago
yes he does , but i mean he fell out of a window i think thats why :D....love the oldschool dope
lisa1991ms 7 months ago
Shit is Ill!
Widowshijo 8 months ago
the warriors
judopathoftruth 8 months ago
@judopathoftruth Yea maan exatly wat i was thinkin
GreasyRockabilly 5 months ago
@judopathoftruth I know
TheJasonDR 4 months ago
loser
masterlee123 8 months ago
man i really hope that kid made it
guitar16 9 months ago
WOW Man ! I luv shit like dis.I been lookin for some old footage like dis besides what I have at My disposal.So I can mainly school da youngstas of today.Lettin dem know all dis street shit is nuffin new.Hell it was more RAW back den as oppose to now.People use to really get wasted in da worstest of ways.Shit is all fucked up now.But People today have more information access.So at least now We can make steps carefully instead of makin dem blindly.
visionkingdom 9 months ago
Look up ---80 Blocks from tiffany's(1/8) it has the whole film
TheRalphus666 9 months ago
wen he was in the hospital his head got so messed up..that now he thinks hes white hahaha WTF!!!!
JdmBoRii22iPLAYxPS3 10 months ago
wen he was in the hospital his head got so messed up..that now he tinks hes white hahaha WTF!!!!
JdmBoRii22iPLAYxPS3 10 months ago
The swastika flag was just a design. Back then it was all about style. I know it sounds silly and why pick that flag. It is what it is. Guess you had to be there to understand:) My nickname was Ben-ski & I m far from being Jewish. It was just expressions used to forget about our problems. Again, you had to be there to understand. It is like a White dude not wearing underwear under their jeans back in the day. We never understood that one. Again, you had to be there:)
Thebenigno8 10 months ago
where is part 2
PEWBLINKPEW 10 months ago
its funny how the black dude has a nazi banner in his room
DGAFspaded 11 months ago
@DGAFspaded Probably just for shock value ...
CPlatzinSac 10 months ago
CRUSTY ASS LIPS
bigpinga12 11 months ago
OLD SKOOL TO THE MAXX
soberocsta 11 months ago
I wonder what ever happened to the Karate guy.
rafaelsiegel 1 year ago
"maybe I killed somebody, I dont know" ha thats pretty jacked
BboyREckO 1 year ago
raping people? please dont go to college..
THUNDERGROUNDSOUND 1 year ago
my granfather grew up in crotona park South BX in the 70s and always described it as a place that want very pretty to say the least lol
ant1595 1 year ago
swastika doesnt mean nazi nor hitler..but can be in conjunction of each other..the original meaning was something along the lines of peace and equalitity..can someone clarify further?
craigxvx 1 year ago
@craigxvx The swastika has been used for 6000 years in different cultures (according to Wikipedia). However, the flag displayed in this video is a NSDAP flag (German Nazi Party) so it's a pretty clear reference. As many people in this thread stated, this is done purely as a means of provocation without any political affiliation to the third reich.
alls3t 1 year ago
@craigxvx your right I had seen the swastika in a old asian documentary before , it
meant peace and the symbol was actually turned around the opposite direction
BboyREckO 1 year ago
y thaa fukk is thiss black dude in front off a swastica?!? lmao :D
purple5484 1 year ago
Wow this is from way back in the dayzzzz . This reminds me of that old movie from the 1970's; WARRIORS!! "COME OUT & PLAYAAA!!!" LOL
ayobreak 1 year ago
This is from the documentary "80 blocks from tiffany's"
mtanyc 1 year ago
lmao that black foo is too funny
JESSYZARAZUA 1 year ago
Overing Street Boys in the Bronx in the 70's..One tough straight up bunch of crazy guys ..Yes the 70's it was a great time .Everybody knew there place and everybody knew who they were and respected it ......Yes those were the days .....
wwerocks901 1 year ago
@wwerocks901
Those were the golden years, man. And gangs/crews back then, they represented their set & neighborhood with their fists and home made, melee weapons. None of this cappin' mother fuckers or drive-bys like you see today. Sure, there were times when someone from a crew would get off'ed by gun fire, but for the most part, it was usually resolved like men.
BloodstormGMA 1 year ago 2
@BloodstormGMA To bad todays youth dont understand what it means to fight with fists anyone can pull a trigger it takes a man to fight bare knuckled win or lose at least you live to fight another day.
mrbobsshow 1 year ago
T-KID 1970
sekahkiller 1 year ago
this foo went to the libary and stole magazines
MrPussylover12 1 year ago
LONG LIVE THE 70s!...minus the gangs of course :-) You know, not much has changed since then, we still have gangs and crime is even worse now than back then. And people say we live in better times today GIMME A BREAK!
70sman4ever 1 year ago
@70sman4ever - crime is not worse now... it was worse then... it's just the media coverage that makes everything seem worse.
Amidat 2 months ago
@Amidat Then it's the same media that made crime look worse back then. And it's the filthy media that has brainwashed people against the 70s. Fuckin' neo-liberal bastards!
70sman4ever 2 months ago
"Alright that's cool, im going to shoot you."
I lol'd
StokerOne775 1 year ago
hes a punkass not wore - he diing with drugs try to be a husla what ever?? ok no matter - but raped?? < a bunch of shit
77Andee77 1 year ago
the swastika has been used as a sign of rebellion by youth cultures post 2nd world war , do your fuckin homework before you make ignorant comments
barbardukes 1 year ago 2
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KaerOfficialChannel 1 year ago
this is the NYC i remember.. i know it was bad and all, but for some reason i like it better the way it was. there is some good and bad on everything i guess.
themelshow 1 year ago 2
I hate to say it but things were more innocent back then.
TheDev987 1 year ago
lol why they call him DSR is he a dick sucking retard???
acp1778 1 year ago
THats a peace flaggg!!..dont b dumb learn ur history before anything...
Bio1uno 1 year ago 2
i want to finish watching this!
sifer1htu 1 year ago
whoa, trip down memory lane. what is this...a documentary?
Conduit13C 1 year ago
@Conduit13C yea dick its called 80 Blocks from Tiffany's u FUCK
teknashend 1 year ago
@teknashend Fuck you, REDNECK PECKERWOOD. Get a TAN.
Conduit13C 1 year ago
@Conduit13C ok u dum dick
teknashend 1 year ago
Was there a difference between the Savage Skulls and the Savage Nomads???
WAKEUPshift111 1 year ago
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m00se321 1 year ago
Raping people(?)... dirtbag.
sirlovemehard 1 year ago 6
Raping people(?)... dirtbag.
sirlovemehard 1 year ago
RIFFFFFFFFF
DrEuthanasia 1 year ago
Wats up wit the swastika??? O_o
cano747 1 year ago
he high in them drugs man
slondavokensteen 1 year ago
these dudes just used the swastika 2 piss people off and make a statement that they dnt give a fuck.
XmycamarogotuhatinX 1 year ago
@XmycamarogotuhatinX That's probablythe same reason a lot of black guys became Muslims.
bugstrut 1 year ago
ricans fucked up the bronx.
Rico8458 2 years ago
hey its 80 blocks from tiffanys
hueston82 2 years ago
mk3d50501, you're mostly right, while the Swastika has been used for MANY more things and years than what the Nazi's were about, ( and being a Norseman myself) we have to face the fact that the Swastika now has an overwhelming accociattion with the Nazi party and that we can't, expect to be able to use it without it, for quite a long time.
The666GunSlinger 2 years ago 2
swastikas are used throughout history. the nazis made it a symbol of evil and hate. the egyptians used it,and i dont think they were against the jewish people.
mk3d50501 2 years ago
the egyptian wernt againt the jewish people? Who d you think they used as slaves to build the pyramids? xD
YonManc 2 years ago
@YonManc Actually, do some research other than Biblical studies. The time periods don't overlap, pyramids are way older, this is scientific fact not just made up from emotions. Also, archaeological evidence of The Exodus is controversial.
DcTrini 1 year ago
@DcTrini No I think you'll find its well documented that the slaves buil the pyramids, biblical studies? I'm an atheist, you retard.
YonManc 1 year ago
@YonManc Your on youtube just search: Pyramids built by slaves ........ The unintellectual yet brash atheist, how disappointing.
DcTrini 1 year ago
@DcTrini Sorry DcTrini, I didn't realise I was dealing with intellectuals. Where did you say you studied again? University of Youtube? Wow. I've heard they're almost as good as University of Wikipedia...
YonManc 1 year ago
@YonManc Your on youtube right now, so how smart was that statement? Don't be mad at me for advertising the truth when you where were telling lies. *Pause* - Your not wavy.
DcTrini 1 year ago
@DcTrini I'm on youtube now. Your argument is that theres videos on Youtube to back you up. Considering there was no videos back then, I assume you mean videos of people discussing it. My argument is that just becaue it's on Youtube doesn't make it credible.
YonManc 1 year ago
@YonManc Well that is a redundant argument considering the fact that everything in a book is to be taken at face value until further research is done. Sources are valid are based on the contributors, not what format it is presented in i.e. you tube, books, internet website, radio... By the way, there is an abundance of evidence to back up my original point about "who" built pyramids.
DcTrini 1 year ago
@DcTrini I can't even begin to tell you how little of a shit I give... I'm not having a youtube battle span over a few weeks....
YonManc 1 year ago
@YonManc But you just did, so whats the problem now you know you were wrong in the first place......
DcTrini 1 year ago
Great Footage
galaxxystars 2 years ago 10
3:46 how Ironic is that?????
acp1778 2 years ago
oh he just robbed, shot, raped, and maybe murdered people before.... o_0..
Izakokomarixyz 2 years ago
Uhm .. the swastika flag at 3:40 seems kinda out of place, doesn't it? o_O
alls3t 2 years ago 29
some latino gangs use the swastika...the MLD's from Chicago use it..they're mostly Puerto RIcans with some Mexicans...and Chicano gangs in L.A. use it too...
ChiRock773 2 years ago
Nazism wasn't all about killing jews...
Without that concept, i think it would be a normal party...
I'm not racist or something, just tellin' ya :)
Wamassou 2 years ago
True, but I think I'm not the only one who has a strong connection between national socialism and the holocaust in his head :)
alls3t 2 years ago
haha alright, True!
Wamassou 2 years ago
Brooklyn crews in the 80's/90's used the swastika too... had nothing to with antisemitism. the jews of crown heights and midwood weren't even on the radar - crews messed with other crews.
enouno 2 years ago 2
Interesting info, thanks. Do you know why they used the swastika of all symbols?
alls3t 2 years ago
I always thought the swastika was a symbol of nationalism, or pride in ones own culture yet universal to every culture. I could be wrong though.
PLUMBdogg 2 years ago
@alls3t Most people know not assume it means Nazis. That symbol has such a longer history. Interesting though, you are right.
hai2you2 1 year ago
@hai2you2 Sure it does, but this flag (red with a black swastika in a white circle) is the symbol of the National Socialists in Germany between 1920 and 1945, so it's not "just" a swastika
alls3t 1 year ago
@alls3t yea lol
liltaz123456 1 year ago
@alls3t - It's probably because of he punk rockers influence on hip hop and gang culture.
tpbisdivine 1 year ago
@tpbisdivine how old are you what do you know about punk or hip hop?
sidewinder169 1 year ago
@alls3t sdly they used rebel flag alot too...
sidewinder169 1 year ago
@alls3t
jajaja this nigger would have been fried in NAZI germany and he has a swastika flag
LMFAO
PERUANO31 1 year ago
@PERUANO31 that nazi swastika is an ole african sign do ur history , i'll prove it 2 u if u want...
usbreaks 1 year ago
@PERUANO31 what are you some loser. youd be fried sucker
spiritwolf50 3 months ago
@alls3t They just use it as a Gangsign. Nothing new, the nazis stoled/mis-used the logo also. The swastika is a very old symbol you know :).
sanderbrouwer1990 1 year ago
@sanderbrouwer1990 That is true, but they didn't just use the swastika, this flag is 3:40 is the flag of the German Nazi Party and the third reich. So while the swastika as a symbol dates back a long time, this flag is clearly a reference to the nazis.
alls3t 1 year ago
@alls3t
Prior to the early '90s, from the '60s til about '89-'90 or so, street gangs & Outlaw 1%er M.C.s used to use the swastika as a symbol of rebellion, regardless of race. It was meant to shock, piss off and show that they were outside the realms of society. Rarely was it ever meant to be used as a symbol of racism, unless it was used by Skinhead/Neo-Nazi groups.
BloodstormGMA 1 year ago
@BloodstormGMA Exactly, it's not used a lot anymore these days. Punks used it a lot too in the early years. Just to show they didn't give a fuck and revolted normal society. When I was on holiday in Tokyo I even saw a swastika shirt for sale in a punk store.
Bierduvel 1 year ago
@alls3t I was thinking the exact same thing.
mrbobsshow 1 year ago
@alls3t I was thinking the exact same thing.All the brothers were kung fu fighting them bros were fast as lightning
mrbobsshow 1 year ago
@alls3t I was thinking the exact same thing.All the brothers were kung fu fighting them bros were fast as lightning I wonder where he is now dead alive a bum or a millionare
mrbobsshow 1 year ago
@alls3t best of my knowledge: urban street gangs in nyc emulated biker style: rocker patches & swastikas. with exceptions of the ching-a-lings & others, most 70's nyc street gangs didn't resources for bikes. swastikas, also to the best of my knowledge, are more a big 'fuck you' then 'white power.' a hell's angels docu has a jewish member showing his swastika patch. i think a lot of hell's angels may have been racist but i think that was more incidental in that they were white working class men.
ornamentalyouth 8 months ago
@alls3t hiphop for those who understand .
ELARROCK 8 months ago
@alls3t fuck nazis man.....
ANTONISMCKI 7 months ago
@alls3t um weird... lol
vampirechick2350 7 months ago
Mucho !!Respect to the CHINGALING NOMADS -In the Bronx,Virginia,California..
triumphelf 3 years ago
this is cool . I love stuff from the 70's. especially things having to do with NYC and gangs , 70's culture in general where'd you get this ?
estrong38 3 years ago
this is a staged documentary called 50 blocks from tiffanys, it has real gangmembers (savage nomads) but has a semi storyline injected into it, thats why the guys are a little stiff and un-natural
STEPASAUR 2 years ago
@STEPASAUR - they look stiff not because its an injected storyline... it's because no one had practice at making those types of documentaries before. It's not like now where everything is overproduced and coached. Most of those guys just weren't used to talking on camera.
Amidat 2 months ago