
It is also not uncommon for members to be murdered when the violation reaches a certain unacceptable level, such as was the case for 11 year old Robert "Yummy" Sandifer whom was executed. Punishment duration tend to vary in relation to how big the violation is, smaller violation can face beatings of mere seconds, while those found of bigger violations can face beatings lasting minutes. The punishment face by members found in violation often happens in front of all members during gang meetings. When a member is found in violation, they are usually beaten up depending on how big the violation is.

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Internal Discipline in the Black DisciplesīDs members can be found in ‘violations’, which means they are either in some violating the code of the gang, or coming up short in their daily task. Most BDs agree, selling drugs is the primary focus of the gang, and many of their written laws are there to protect both the leaders and their soldiers from getting in trouble with the law.

The majority of Black Disciples members get their drugs from their higher ranks, which tend to be an adult, after selling the drugs, they keep a portion of the revenue as profit, and return the rest to their leaders. The BDs normally use the phrase ‘Putting in Nation Work’ which means they are selling drugs for their gang, that term is also commonly used by other criminals both gang members and non-members in the form of ‘Putting in Work’. The Black Disciples are similar to other adult dominated gangs most of the members of the gang tend to be very young kids and juveniles, and no matter the time of day, they can be found participating in the drug selling business. The BDs have their own set of hand signs, gang logos, and written codes. They have meetings, parties, and attempts to reach many other geographical areas. Though selling drugs is a large part of the Black Disciples’ daily activities, it is not their only one. The splintering phenomenon also happens in different gangs such the Latin Kings, though they bear the same name and are in effect the same gang, the east coast version has a set of constitution that differs from the one located in Chicago. The splintering that took place was due to the different leaders of the gang wanting to go separate ways, it’s not uncommon to see this type of divide in gangs, and even the BDs have seen some form of splintering occur. David Barksdale used to be the leader of the Devils Disciples, however when he died the gang became the Black Gangster Disciples, and in 1978 the BGDs separated into the GDs, BGs, and BDs.

The Gangster Disciples, Black Gangsters, and Black Disciples were all born out of the Black Gangster Disciples gang. Stone Nation, Mickey Cobras, Latin Kings, Vice Lords, Gangster Disciplesīlack Guerrilla Family, Four Corner Hustlers, Zoe Pound, Bloods, and Folk Nationĭrug trafficking, robbery, extortion, murder, racketeering, burglary, kidnapping, illegal gambling, bootlegging, prostitution, car jacking, bank fraud, theft, embezzlement, human trafficking, arms trafficking, Money laundering Though they are structured like a church, the BDs, like many other gangs in America tend to exploit the young, and thrive off their criminal activities.īlack P. Unlike other major gangs which tend to be structured as corporate organizations such as the Gangster Disciples, the Black Disciples tend to be structured as a religion, and gang leaders are often called minsters and other names in the church hierarchy. Black Disciples - David Barksdale The Black Disciples Nation (often abbreviated as BDs or BDN) is a Chicago ‘Folks’ gang that became notorious in 1994 due to their execution of an 11 year old member Robert "Yummy" Sandifer.
