http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2009/10/text_messages_sent_to_elizabet.html
The Star-Ledger [NJ]
15 October 2009
Text messages sent to Elizabeth, Newark students about rumored gang initiation considered a hoax
By James Queally/The Star-Ledger
The ominous text message recently sent to dozens of high school students in Newark and Elizabeth sounded plausible -- as well as deadly.
"Oct. 21st starts gang initiation week they are rumored to try to kill 140 Woman.PLZ FORWARD This can save our women!" reads the foreboding text.
The fear-mongering messages convincingly refer to a gang initiation rite called "Red October," when prospective Bloods kill to earn their gang stripes. [...]
The Star-Ledger [NJ]
15 October 2009
Text messages sent to Elizabeth, Newark students about rumored gang initiation considered a hoax
By James Queally/The Star-Ledger
The ominous text message recently sent to dozens of high school students in Newark and Elizabeth sounded plausible -- as well as deadly.
"Oct. 21st starts gang initiation week they are rumored to try to kill 140 Woman.PLZ FORWARD This can save our women!" reads the foreboding text.
The fear-mongering messages convincingly refer to a gang initiation rite called "Red October," when prospective Bloods kill to earn their gang stripes. [...]
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/ny_crime/2009/10/20/2009-10-20_cops_vigilant_for_potential_gang_slashings.html
New York Daily News
20 October 2009
Cops vigilant for potential gang slashings
BY Rocco Parascandola
Cops across the city are on alert for a Bloods initiation drive that calls for 145 slashings, police sources said Monday. [...]
http://cbs2chicago.com/local/gang.threat.hoax.2.1262220.html
CBS2 [Chicago]
21 October 2009
Police: Gang Threat Against Woman Is E-Mail Hoax
Similar Hoaxes About Gang Initiation Have Been Around For Decades
CHICAGO (CBS) ― An e-mail claiming that Chicago gang members plan to kill women as a part of initiation is a hoax, police say.
The e-mail, which has been circulating for at least the past week, claims that gang initiation starts on Wednesday, Oct. 21. The e-mail claims that gang members plan to kill 140 women in total, and that women will be targeted around the Chicago area. [...]
http://www.courant.com/community/hartford/hc-hartford-hoax1029oct29,0,3725495.story
The Hartford Courant [CT]
28 October 2009
Hartford Police Chief Says Gang Text Messages Are A Hoax
By JEFFREY B. COHEN
The Hartford Courant
HARTFORD - Police Chief Daryl K. Roberts says that recent e-mails, text messages and tweets regarding "a nationwide gang initiation" that targets 140 women are a "hoax." [...]
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