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FEATURED POST: How Much Power Do Female Gangsters Hold?

Much of what is written about women in gangs portrays them as victims.

Girl gangsters: Young women are often portrayed as victims in gangs, but a growing number of experts acknowledge the rise of the ‘gangster girl’ Photo: Alamy

A report by the Centre for Social Justice earlier this year focused on girls being trapped in gangs and living “desperate lives”, where rape is considered normal. Researchers said female members, some as young as 10, are being pressured into having sex with boys to initiate them into gangs.

The think tank warned that “too little” is being done to change the exploitation of girls and young women in gangs, despite the launch of a Home Office strategy three years ago. “The Government was right in 2011 to identify that authorities did not know enough about girls and young women associated with gangs. Yet three years later too little progress has…

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Prominent Atlanta Author Targeted In Robbery Attempt

Buckhead (Atlanta) tastemaker Danielle Rollins, author of “Soirée: Entertaining with Style”

Buckhead tastemaker Danielle Rollins, author of “Soirée: Entertaining with Style” and recently named one of “The Salonniere’s” 100 best party hosts in America, survived a bold home-invasion attempt this weekend at her Buckhead house. “I’m obviously rather freaked out and tired, but I’m not going to be scared out of my own house,” she told the AJC newspaper.

Rollins was unpacking the night after Christmas, after a holiday break, when someone tried to enter her home.

She shared the following message on her Facebook account:

The private security guard I hired after my last break-in three weeks ago, and probably for the rest of my life now after this, chased at least two men through a neighbor’s yard. They dropped a backpack containing items including but not limited to guns, mace and ties. The (Atlanta) Police Department responded immediately, blocking and securing the area, with helicopter and canine patrol. This is not a way to live.

Read more about this story as well as the robbery of Buckhead high end events planner Toni Moceri in which she was held at gunpoint for 90 minutes. AJC.com

Tupac’s ‘Thug Life Is Dead’ Jailhouse Letter On Sale For $225K

Tupac Shakur declared “Thug Life” was dead to him in an emotional letter that included a road map for his “homiez” to make it out of the hood — and according to TMZ, that letter is now for sale.

Tupac’s 5 page correspondence to a Death Row employee was written in 1995 while he was in jail for rape. The letter includes some deep thoughts about being ready to let someone else rep the thug life — which he famously tatted on his torso.

He wrote, “U must play the game, not let the game play u. A regular Playa plays women, a Boss Playa plays life. A Boss Playa is a thinker, a leader, a builder, a moneymaker, a souljah, a teacher and most of all, a Man! ”

Tupac also said, “I want all my homiez to know there is another level.”

The letter is being sold by a memorabilia site called Moments in Time, the $225,000 price is fixed.

Source | TMZ