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Youth and drug related violence is reaching some peaks in my city and I and other social workers really don’t know what to do anymore. The daughter of someone I know and her friend were attacked by some gang who were out to break their arms and back. They kept hitting and stomping on their arms and backs and they were filming it as well. The girl and her friend were complete innocent bypassers for them. Her friend had to be taken by a trauma ambulance because they suspected her back was broken, but luckily it wasn’t. The girl is having serious issues with her arm at the moment. Apparently the gang was some well known local drillrap group. And it’s day after day with attacks, bombings, shooting, violence. Social workers don’t know what to do anymore after years of budget cuts. End of rant.
So that gang is just commiting random acts of violence for the sake of it?
It’s a thing in drillrap circles where you need to prove yourself by getting point through acts of violence.
Sounds almost cult like