[URL]http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17460182/[/URL]

"The white supremacist gang Public Enemy No. 1 began two decades ago as a group of teenage punk-rock fans from upper-middle class bedroom communities in Southern California.

Now, the violent gang that deals in drugs, guns and identity theft is gaining clout across the West after forging an alliance with the notorious Aryan Brotherhood, authorities say."

I said the experiment was Unified DIVERSITY, not Unified IGNORANCE.

"The Aryan Brotherhood has long been the dominant white supremacist gang behind bars, with the Nazi Low Riders acting as its foot soldiers on the outside for drug dealing and identity theft."

When did they stop being referred to as an organization and start being called a "gang"? While their more "wild" actions make them seem more like gangmembers, there are times when they are closer to being an organizaed group (like other racially segregated and/or supremecist groups).

"In 2000, officials reclassified the Low Riders as a prison-based gang and began sending its members to solitary confinement as soon as they were imprisoned."

That's how the prison system should be to begin with. Everyone, or at least those whose crimes would truly fall under the "no shadow of doubt whatsoever" catagory such as criminals caught in the act, should be in solitary confinement.

"Public Enemy is now involved in identity theft. Booth said the gang has gone from swiping personal information from mailboxes and trash to stealing entire credit profiles with the help of girlfriends and wives who take jobs at banks, mortgage companies and even state motor vehicle departments.

Money from those operations is used to fuel its methamphetamine business, he said."

So... the Supremecist thing is... what? A hobby? 'Cuz their crimes don't have anything to do with racism. At least, not the "money making" crimes.

In fact, the other crimes don't mention Hate Crimes. Not even one. Though, that doesn't mean that some of the individuals haven't commited such acts. But the gamgs themselves, beyond their titles and associations, don't seem to have much in common with racism.