Personal Connection
When I started to research this topic, I became engulfed in it head first and all of the videos were interesting from start to finish. Different documentaries showed different members who had left the gang for one reason or another and decided to testify or tell all that goes on inside of the organization. The video below is one that I came across that is the start of a 5-part History Channel special. In this video, it showed, where the AB started, and what states it spread to. One of the highlighted states was Virginia, which is my hometown. Seeing the ruthlessness of this gang, it made me question the safety of my cousin who is currently incarcerated and serving time in a Virginia penitentiary. His details will remain anonymous for his own safety.
But knowing how the Aryan Brotherhood operates in such violent manners but yet in such secrecy, in the back of my mind there is paranoia that he will not make it out safely. In the San Quentin Penitentiary, the Aryan Brotherhood makes up less than 0.01 percent of the population. However, they are responsible for over 20 percent of all the murders that take place. These numbers are outrageous and only makes the mind wander more of how things go down in the other prison facilities. Aryan members are even responsible for killing guards. There is no person or official who is safe in the prison system.
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