nazi low riders
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Origins• The NLR originated in the
California when the leader of the Aryan Brotherhood began to recruit members in the California youth prisons. The became the NLR and served under the Aryan Brotherhood from the 1970s until the Aryan Brotherhood was cracked down on by law enforcement. After that the NLR grew into their own gang, and landed on the police radar in 1990, as a prison gang. There is no known founder of NLR, but John Stinson was the leader of Aryan Brotherhood that began to recruit members into what would become NLR.
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Years Active• NLR began in the 1970s (an exact year is
not known), and maintained a low profile until 1990 when they came onto the radar of law enforcement. They are still active today.
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Legitimate Activities
• Nope
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Territory Today
• The NLR is a main methamphetamine dealer in southern California. They have a strong presence in California prisons, but are trying to spread East.
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Ethnicity
• The NLR is a believes in white supremacy, so it is mainly white. There has been recent tension in the gang of whether or not members must be all white, or if they can be half white and pledge allegiance to the white race.
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Membership• A number of members in the gang is unknown.• In 1996 there were 28 confirmed members• In 2000, there were an estimated 1500 in California
prisons• They have recently been noticed in New Mexico,
Colorado, Florida, Illinois, and Indiana
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Criminal Activities
• Major meth dealer and producer, it is believed they work with motorcycle gangs
• They commit many racial crimes that lead to assault and murder
• They have many illegal activities in prison as well
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Allies
The Aryan BrotherhoodPublic Enemy no. 1: when the low riders
were recognized as a gang, they formed this alliance. Public Enemy is another white prison group.
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Rivals• American Mafia• Bloods• Crips• Israeli Mafia• Nortenos• Black Guerilla Family• Russian Mafia• Friends Stand United• Los Zetas• Outlaws• LA Crime Family• Mara Salvatrucha
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Prosecutions by Police/Feds• Four members were arrested in California in 2008 after
someone reported to the police a man holding a gun screaming “Nazi Low Riders”.
• They were held on gun, drugs, and weapons charges with gang enhancements
• Steven Holt, one of the men arrested was a documented Low Rider with many white supremacist tattoos, the other three believed to be associates to the gang.
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• In 2009, Harold Trees was arrested for an indoor pot farming operation. He was a member of the NLR
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• Shayne A. Ziska was arrested in 2009 for conspiracy to smuggle drugs into NLR members. He also allowed gang members to abuse other inmates. He was sentenced to 17 ½ years.
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Status Today
• The gang is still active, yet there has been some inner turmoil lately about whether or not to admit people who are half white.
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Symbols
• There is no mandatory tattoo. Many members display swastikas or other Nazi related symbols. The gang symbol varies in different places.
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