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7 Feared Gangs Who Have Done Good Deeds
7.
Baltimore Gangs protect their communities So in terms of street gangs, We mainly associate
them as thugs who care about nothing but money.
Well surprisingly that isn’t the case.
Sure they do still do criminal activities such as Drug Trafficking, Armed Robbery and
Extortion to name a few, They do in fact care about their communities.When three of Baltimore’s
notorious gangs, including both the Bloods and Crips, declared they were joining forces
during the recent riots at the time and as you’d expect, law enforcement got worried.
Was this a plot to kill cops or was it a way to use these riots to their advantage so it
would cover up any crimes committed by them?
Not quite.
The gangs had joined forces to stop the violence and promote peace.
I know, I know, It sounds like something that’s way too good to be true, However they actually
meant it.
After fraught negotiations, the Crips and Bloods finally agreed to protest together,
with the Black Guerrilla Family joining in later.
They joined protests and produced videos calling on rioters to stop the violence.
Despite being listed by the Southern Poverty Law Center as a hate group, they stepped into
neighborhoods and personally pulled people from burning buildings.
6.
Charlie 'Lucky' Luciano Protected The Docks Protected the Docks from German Saboteur
Although not technically an act of kindness, This was more of a feared mobster serving
for his country during a time of need.Locked in prison, reading daily newspaper reports
of Allied victories, Charlie Luciano got impatient.
He wanted to be part of the action.
During World War II, the U.S. government struck a secret deal with the imprisoned Luciano.
In 1942, the U.S. Office of Naval Intelligence was concerned about German and Italian agents
entering the United States through the New York waterfront.
They also worried about sabotage in these facilities.
Knowing that the Cosa Nostra controlled the waterfront, the Navy contacted Lansky about
a deal with Luciano.
To facilitate negotiations, the State of New York transferred Luciano from Clinton prison
to Great Meadow Correctional Facility in Comstock, New York, which was much closer to New York
City.On January 3, 1946, as a presumed reward for his alleged wartime cooperation, now Governor
Thomas E. Dewey reluctantly commuted Luciano's pandering sentence on condition that he did
not resist deportation to Italy.
Luciano accepted the deal, although he still maintained that he was a U.S. citizen and
not subject to deportation.
Now yes this was more for his benefit, However he was a proud U.S citizen who up until his
death believed that the US was his one true home so in some form, he did do it for his
country and that is still something you’ve got to respect.
5.
Yakuza raise money for earthquake victims Much like the Sicilian Mafia, The Yakuza are
a force to be reckoned with.
The main illegal activities this group are best known for are the likes of extortion
and distribution of illegal pornography.
Now although they are a ruthless force in Japan, The do help out their communities in
times of crisis as they’re one of the most reliable aid agencies on the planet.
In the aftermath of the devastating 2011 Japanese earthquake, the Yakuza were one of the very
first responders.
Within days, they were dispatching trucks filled with food, water, and blankets to regions
of the country that were most affected by the incident.
By the time two weeks had passed, they’d donated gifts worth over $500,000.
Rather than this being some insane PR stunt or means of buying protection, they actually
did this out of the goodness of their own hearts.
According to the gangsters’ ninkyo code, it states that “others should never be left
to suffer” (Of course with the exception of their own victims as that definitely wouldn’t
count) In times of national disaster, Yakuza gangs follow this code to the letter.
During the 1995 Kobe earthquake, they were the first to get supplies to victims.
It should also be mentioned that they are notoriously shy about making their efforts
known to the public as they never seem to do well in interviews regarding the situations
at hand.
Their intentions are so honorable that even crime reporter Atsushi Mizoguchi has praised
them.
Since he’s previously been attacked and stabbed twice by Yakuza, that is definitely
saying something!
4.
Al Capone's Soup Kitchen Say what you want about Al Capone, But this
was pretty good of him to do for his neighbourhood.
So it’s actually a well known fact that Al Capone was a humanitarian.
Although he was one of the most ruthless bosses during the Prohibition era, He still believed
in Human Rights.
So much so that he actually opened up his own Soup Kitchen for those who are unemployed
and for those who were homeless.
It has been said by many that Capone himself had a bit of a “Robin Hood Mystic” to
his personality due to how he would take the rich’s money in exchange for alcohol and
would put a portion of that profit into his various soup kitchens.
Now yes, we’re not saying he’s a good person considering acts such as the infamous
St Valentine’s Day Massacre incident along with 26 other victims throughout his tenure
as boss (33 victims in total).
But you can’t deny that this isn’t a good deed.
Now we don’t exactly know if that was his intent behind this act, For all we know, it
could have just been to give him a good reputation in the public's eye or maybe he was genuine
about helping those in need.
All we know for sure however is that this act of kindness can’t go unnoticed.
3.
Pablo Escobar’s Medellin Cartel Housed The Homeless
So it’s pretty common knowledge that Pablo Escobar will go down as the most ruthless
Colombian Drug Lord in existence.
Under Pablo Escobar, Colombia’s Medellin Cartel became one of the deadliest organizations
in the whole world as they killed thousands over the course of their existence.
They deliberately targeted women and children, and once bombed a full airliner in an attempt
to kill a single man (who turned out not to be onboard).
And yet even the most ruthless psychopaths do a few good deeds in their lifetime.
What you may or may not have known however is that he was also a strong believe in human
rights and was a humanitarian.
Don’t believe us?
On multiple occasions, Escobar and his cartel saved hundreds of Medellin’s poorest citizens
from homelessness In the early 1980s, Medellin had thousands of homeless, some of whom eked
out a living scavenging on garbage dumps.
When the city removed one dump, its residents were left without anything.
In a bizarrely magnanimous gesture, Escobar and his cartel built them an entire neighborhood.
Known as Barrio Pablo Escobar, it still bears his name today.
You might think that, that was it in terms of their charitable acts.
Well not exactly as they poured money into the upkeep of public parks and even built
a local zoo.
Their actions earned Escobar an enduring Robin Hood status in parts of Colombia, though just
as many remember him chiefly for being a murderous thug.
2.
Taiwanese Mafia Donates Millions To Disabled Charities
In 2010, It marked the end of an era in the world of crime in Taiwan, as then acting boss,
Lee Chao-hsiung passed away at the age of 73.
The old-school mafia boss had come up from poverty, refused to let his gang deal with
the sex trade, and abhorred kidnapping, and he was one of the last of his kind.
So with that in mind, it seems fitting that his last act was spectacularly at odds with
our image of Taiwan’s vicious mafia.
On his deathbed, Mr. Lee requested a large chunk of his fortune that he gained throughout
his years in the business be given to charity.
The total amount left by Mr. Lee was some 60 million Taiwanese dollars (Which converted
is roughly 2 million USD).
Mr. Lee specifically asked for disabled people, families on low incomes, and religious charities
to be the main recipients of his money.
Mr. Lee’s contributions didn’t go unnoticed by the country at large.
His funeral was attended by dozens of prominent politicians and local leaders, making it a
fitting send-off for the last embodiment of the gentlemanly era of Taiwanese gangsters.
1.
Biker Gangs Helping Society Now putting aside the Rolling Stone’s incident,
The Hell’s Angels and hell most other biker gangs for that matter have good hearts.
Now we’re going to take the Hell’s Angels as an example for this portion of the list
but please keep in mind that a lot of Biker Gangs out there are just as generous as these
guys.
First thing worth mentioning is how the group are essentially guardian angels to kids who’ve
been abused or kids who are sick in some way or form.
Hell there was a case back in 2014 when a chapter of the gang stood in line for 5 days
at a Wal-Mart to buy over 200 bicycles that were then built by the group and donated to
a local homeless shelter for children.
Or how about in Wales back in 2012 when the Hell’s Angel’s set up a food bank for
the homeless?
Those are only a few charitable acts done by this organization.
Sure they’re criminals but damn do they have big hearts.
You can’t deny that.
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