About: TAP Boyz

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The TAP (an acronym for The Arabian Posse, sometimes Tall Arabian Posse) Boys, is a Chicago-based Arab American street gang or self-described "movement" formed on the corner of West 63rd Street and South Kedzie Avenue in 1992. They disbanded in 1999 after losing members to Gangster Two-Six and Almighty Ambrose in the area

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  • The Arabian Posse bleu ou TAP Boyz est un gang de rue d'origine arabo-américain créé à Chicago (Illinois) en 1992. Il fut formé pour protéger les arabo-américains (principalement palestino-américains), dont des étudiants, d'être victimes d'agressions et du sentiment anti-arabe qui découlait de la récente guerre du Golfe. Dans la région de Chicago, The TAP Boyz opérèrent principalement dans les zones périurbaines sud. Les couleurs du gang sont le rouge et le blanc et son symbole est une étoile à quatre branches. (fr)
  • The TAP (an acronym for The Arabian Posse, sometimes Tall Arabian Posse) Boys, is a Chicago-based Arab American street gang or self-described "movement" formed on the corner of West 63rd Street and South Kedzie Avenue in 1992. They disbanded in 1999 after losing members to Gangster 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 Gulf War. Their gang colors are white and red and their gang symbol is a four pointed star, though they occasionally use a moon and crescent to represent allegiance to Islam, which most members practice. (en)
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  • Murder, robbery, drug trafficking, arms trafficking (en)
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  • Primarily Arab American, Mostly Palestinian and Syrian (en)
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  • Chicago, Illinois, United States (en)
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  • The Arabian Posse (en)
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  • Chicago (en)
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  • 1992 (xsd:integer)
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  • The Arabian Posse bleu ou TAP Boyz est un gang de rue d'origine arabo-américain créé à Chicago (Illinois) en 1992. Il fut formé pour protéger les arabo-américains (principalement palestino-américains), dont des étudiants, d'être victimes d'agressions et du sentiment anti-arabe qui découlait de la récente guerre du Golfe. Dans la région de Chicago, The TAP Boyz opérèrent principalement dans les zones périurbaines sud. Les couleurs du gang sont le rouge et le blanc et son symbole est une étoile à quatre branches. (fr)
  • The TAP (an acronym for The Arabian Posse, sometimes Tall Arabian Posse) Boys, is a Chicago-based Arab American street gang or self-described "movement" formed on the corner of West 63rd Street and South Kedzie Avenue in 1992. They disbanded in 1999 after losing members to Gangster Two-Six and Almighty Ambrose in the area (en)
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  • The Arabian Posse (fr)
  • TAP Boyz (en)
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