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COMMON SIGNS AND SYMBOLS
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As turf-based gangs, DBG and TOWERSIDE must make their presence in the
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community known. DBG and TOWERSIDE gang members congregate in visible areas in the turf, wear
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identifiable clothing, use hand signs, graffiti, tattoos, and social networking sites to publicly represent
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their gangs, control their turf, and garner respect from their fellow members.
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Maintaining their public presence (in addition to their crimes and acts of violence) sends
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a message to rival gang members and community members alike, that the gang controls the territory,
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will defend its territory, and will attack, shoot, even kill rival gang members, or anyone else they
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perceive to be interfering with the gang's business.
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DOWN BELOW GANGSTERS
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DBG gang members use the following symbols and phrases to identify and represent the
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"Down Below Gangsters"
"Down Below Gang"
"DBG"
"324" (referring to the letters "D",
"B", and "G" on a telephone key pad
"Down the Hill"
"Down Below"
"The/Tha/Da Low"
"Lo/w"
"Low Boys"
"LB"
"Sunnydale"
"SD"
"Nolia"(referring to Magnolia, a
New Orleans public housing
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"N.O."(referring to Nolia)
"Sunnydale 42nd/42"
"42" (referring to a parking lot at the
Sunnydale Housing Development)
"1800 Block" (referring to the 1800
block of Sunnydale Avenue)
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"1700 Block" (referring to the 1700
block of Sunnydale Avenue)
"1600 Block" (referring to the 1500
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"1500 Block" (referring to the 1500
block of Sunnydale Avenue)
"Spunk Squad"
"YGs"
"Young Guns/z"
"Young, Young Guns/z"
"YYGs"
"Borderline"
"BL"
"Borderline Posse"
"Borderline Players"
"BLP"
"257" (referring to the letters "B",
"L", and "P" on a telephone key pad)
"Border Low"
"Swampy D"
"The Swamp"
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TOWERSIDE
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Similarly, TOWERSIDE gang members use their own symbols and phrases to identify
and represent the gang. Those symbols and phrases include the following:
 "Geneva Towers"
 "The/a 3s"
 "Towerside"
 "312"
 "Towers"
 "1100 Block" (referring to 1100
Block of Sunnydale Avenue)
 "Tower Block"
 "Brick Home Posse"
 "TB"
 "BHP"
 "T"
 "Brick Homes"
 "T-Side"
 "The Bricks"
 "33"
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 "33 "
CLOTHING
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DBG gang members display these gang symbols within the Proposed Safety Zone on
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their clothing, hats, and other accessories, as a way to identify each other, mark their turf, intimidate the
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community, and flaunt their presence. It is common, within the Proposed Safety Zone, to see known
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DBG gang members wearing clothing and accessories featuring the above symbols.
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Below are examples of photos of the DBG clothing and accessories described above.
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PHOTOS 4-6: Shows a pair of black jeans with handwriting on the pants made with a type of clothing
marker. Markings are not consistent with a store-bought item. "Sunnydale", "324" which represent on a
touch-tone phone the letters "DBG", "DBG", "THA LOW", "42nd" reference to a parking lot in the
Sunnydale in the Proposed Safety Zone, "THA NOLIA" a reference to their turf, a spinoff of the
Magnolia Gardens, a notorious public housing project in New Orleans.
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PHOTO 4: Shows someone wearing a mask with the term "NOLIA." NOLIA is a term used by DBG
to represent their gang.
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PHOTOS 8-10: Show a known DBG member wearing a hat with the letters "SD." "SD" represents
Sunnydale and it is a symbol used by DBG members.
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Photo 10 (Note, the member on the right is also
displaying a "4" a common DBG hand sign discussed
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Photo 11: Red bandana and DBG hand sign.
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Photo 12: Shows red bandana and two DBG hand
signs.
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Photo 13: Shows red bandana and the "42" hand sign.
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Photo 14: Shows the red bandana
while gesturing as if holding a rifle
or shotgun.
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The color red has been recently used by DBG members to represent DBG and DBG's alliance
with the Oakdale Mob gang. I first noticed DBG members wearing red after the July 19, 2008 murder
of Oakdale Mob member Daniel Dennard. Since that time, DBG has continued to use red as a color
symbolizing and representing the gang.
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Photo 15: Shows red bandana and a DBG hand sign.
PHOTOS 16-17: Show a baseball cap with two known DBG symbols, "YG" for "Young Gunz"
and "Borda Low" a reference to "Borderline" and "Down Below" terms that has become
synonymous with DBG. The markings are not consistent with a store-bought item.
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PHOTOS 17-18: Show a white t-shirt with the following DBG symbols: "NOLIA", "42nd", "324", as
well as a rendering of the DBG hand sign representing the number 42. Markings are not consistent with
a store-bought item.
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their clothing, hats, and other accessories, as a way to identify each other, mark their turf, intimidate the
community, and warn their rivals. It is common, within the Proposed Safety Zone, to see known
TOWERSIDE gang members wearing clothing and accessories featuring the above symbols.
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Below are examples of photos of the TOWERSIDE clothing and accessories described
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PHOTOS 19-20: Show use of the letter "T" for "TOWERSIDE", a common symbol of Defendant
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