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Where did they steer wrong and now you got these old these new people get these new kids out here Everybody's ebk and this and that and things of that nature and no respect and no You know I'm saying it is what it is now, but initially Let's not forget the the history of it all it's been here anyway Let's get into it man social media just just lets the suburban kids in That's that's that's social media lets the suburbanites see what's going on It's the window To some steps already been going on and let's keep it a buck real gang is not televised You will never see it Did a dangerous gang strike again? It is a diminishing gang the NYPD has been watching and fighting for years in the heatwave of June 2018 Teenage machete gangs ran riot on the streets of New York City after eight starbings and two shootings I will say something about this though, New York when they come to gangbanging. That's a different type of gangbanging out there Because it's really like the wow wow west because like you got to think about it guns are illegal So, you know you carry a pipe out there You really you know you really got to be into it with somebody to carry a pipe and risk that risk that column 15 year sentence 10 year sentence And they really giving it up like the UK they really a poke you In just four days in the Bronx some in broad daylight the summer of violence reached its crescendo With the brutal murder of 15 year old Lissandro Guzman Feliz it took at least 10 seconds to pull Junior away from the back counter the panic team knocking over Potato chips stand as he struggled to stay inside CCTV and smartphone footage of the attack quickly went viral New York was rattled gang violence had always been present, but rarely so pervasive Social media meant the murder rang through the digital street as well as the real one That rang through the digital street as well as the real one This idea of digital street is essentially a traditional street life Transformed into the new neighborhood of the new community in which people are also living as well Which is social media the perpetrators of this attack a youth set of the Trinitario's New York's Brutal Dominican Street gang that happened to be at war with each other This is a group that has a Propensity to use weapons and and to be very violent to them. That's their father under cat Go to That's sort of their trademark. They've not only killed this kid, but they really killed it We are long by the use of social media to really over proliferate this violence in our communities This is the business of crime and in this episode We're exploring how social media has completely transformed the way gangs operate and turned a new generation of teenage Trinitarios against each other Lissandro Guzman Feliz or junior as he was known was no gang member He dreamed of becoming an NYPD detective since the age of five and was even enrolled in a trainee police program Now his face stares down from murals painted on walls across his old neighborhood in the Bronx So, how did he end up dead? Pay attention to know Like that Yes, I see it on social media, but I don't know what they just called it social media street I'm not in no street. I was outside in Chicago. So it was like I got other things to worry about but our IP 15 accused killers introduced to the public captured on surveillance folding into the 15 accused killers Make it face Produced to the public captured on surveillance bolting into the bodega Demanding the release of the terrified junior from behind the store counter junior was just categorized as being somebody who has been seen in these Communities hanging out with some of these kids that are involved in this lifestyle Unfortunately mistaken identity ended a promise in life the CCTV and smartphone video footage is hard to watch Junior tries to hide behind the counter of a local bodega, but the owner doesn't realize what's going on till it's too late The gang dragged junior from the store and repeatedly stabbed him on the pavement The gang has come a long way from where they started After being established by two Dominican prisoners in the early 90s, the Trinitaros quickly Watched a rep for street level brutality The FBI say that they are the most rapidly expanding Caribbean gang in America In 2009 the NYPD launched a huge clampdown on the activity of the Trinitaros A lot of the old guard is no longer Whether they are in prison or dead by the time junior was murdered in 2018 most of the gang's top brass were in prison A leadership vacuum emerged as a result and rival sets within the gang had begun warring amongst themselves Those found guilty of murdering junior came from one Look at the deepest of tears One of the many subsets that were attempting to gain control Rostures Gangs like the ring bells as we say gangs like to let people know that they are a violent group That is not afraid to use weapons not afraid to use machetes not afraid to take it to the the extreme To make their point and to have other people respect them and know that they're around This surveillance video shows those innocent people running for cover They are caught in the middle of a gang war Many of the defendants regularly posted social media photographs This is the same gang responsible for the 2018 killing of latsandro junior guzman feliz Many believe this ramp in infighting was inflamed by social media The way in which we understand gangs today Uh, it's no longer these large hierarchical structures have been disrupted. So what we see today Are younger individuals that are really embedded in Crews and cliques that are very much very much. So I know real, you know, there's a there's a big gang And there's a lot of umbrella factions within those gangs But here's the thing about chicago. You could be in this gang And you could have homies in another gang Opposite side, but y'all all grew up in the same area. So y'all are cliques It doesn't even matter anymore. Where you from like it doesn't matter Like it's crazy. Yeah Neighborhood and block based and there's no loyalty to no one. You don't know who's who Is ebk anybody could get it is up And stuck. These are also young people who spend an enormous amount of time on social media The videos show young men in masks dancing on fire escapes and me personally, I don't condone none of that matter of fact YouTube Let's get back into it. I'm just you know saying Stoops and dimly lit back streets to drill music flanked by friends in gang colors They show off cash and mime shooting guns down the lens of a smartphone. We're seeing people who are looking for connection We're seeing people that are looking for community couple that with this idea that you can find community You can feel Like a human being because if you can engage and have lots of followers and can promote music and promote your art That can make you feel better. You can have a better experience These posts mythologize the gang lifestyle is one that can bring status wealth girls and excitement The comments overflow with lime green gun and heart emojis Which match the colors the trinitarias have won for decades. The internet has meant the whole landscape has changed It's astronomical. I mean just the recruitment, you know, just the flamboyancy of these groups the way they make it look And the thing about it nowadays is Like there really is no recruitment Get I get what they say when they come about this mythologizes, but but I'm saying like somebody out in bumble and bumble Can see a new york or chicago or or any or any like big city gang and decide like I like how they doing. I like how them I'm funny. I'm that now Like there's no process. There's nothing like you You now they see it. They is it really sets it to to younger individuals So it's being used in recruitment. It's being used in intimidation. The game is viral The game is to a point where you can be in one state disrespecting another group in another state You could be in one country disrespecting a group in another country So just a vast You know a way that you can get things out there to the masses these days in social media Gangs have embraced that and the new generation of street gangs have increasingly used social media to humiliate their sworn enemies The nypd say junior may have been targeted because he was wrongly identified as a guy who appeared in one of these videos Wrapping into a smartphone camera in the foreground Using social media as a weapon isn't unique to new york Organized crime elsewhere uses similar tactics to recruit Target and punish the italian comorra one of the deadliest organizations in the world Uses the internet to recruit and use children as part of new gangs that have changed the face of their criminal operation In general, it is a very small number because when you see us on the street, you are afraid Social media that is very important to the youth Is to enter in a large community Experts say social media is breeding a kind of envy that pushes people to join street gangs It's becoming an epidemic to be honest with you and i'll meet with the gang members and i asked them You know, how did this come about? You know nine out of ten times they say it was a social media platform that was used to disrespect us Or we disrespected them and you know it all happened with the use of these phones in the end though It's a double-edged sword. I feel like this right here is another way to to to attack drill music Or to attack rap music. It just feels like they like without saying that they're attacking rap music Like The very tool that these gangs are using is allowing police to track their movements more and more turf wars Infactional disputes starting online and bleeding onto the streets Allowing cops to put more gang members in jail if you youtube some of the videos You can see that they call people out directly There's a saying the streets will never forget But if that's true the internet has an even longer memory Because the things you post have a habit of sticking around Fleeting moments of bravado may lead to spending far longer behind bars