A violent gang recruited children with ice cream trucks and neighborhood cookouts while its leader directed operations from a Georgia prison cell.

What’s Happening: Attorney General Chris Carr announced that his Gang Prosecution Unit convicted all 16 members of the 1-8 Trey Gangster Bloods following a three-year investigation. The gang actively targeted children for recruitment between January 2019 and October 2022.

What’s Important: Gang leader Jamar Ramsay pushed members to focus on recruiting youth, telling them in messages that “We want youth because it’s a youth movement.” He encouraged the gang to “start breeding like crazy” and “start snatching everything up.”

How They Did It: Nicholas Wiseman texted Ramsay in May 2022 about his recruitment strategy. “I’m working on it I be

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