Shalom,
I have had two brushes with ganstas in my life.
The first time was around 1986 when I was on Venice Beach with a bunch of my friends {some beach bums, surfers, and Deadheads} when a gang of thugs, including their hoes, just happened to want to hang out in where we were hanging out. I had gone into the restrooms and when I came out I saw the black girls attacking the white girls. I dont know why nobody was doing anything, but for some reason I remember saying something like "What the hell is going on!" and two big thugs walked up to me and socked me in the nose. My nose was broken and started to bleed profusely. My only response, because my 'gang' was not standing up, was to run like hell.
After that event I swore I would never back down from these animals. The next time I felt threatened by gangsta thugs was when a gangsta family moved into a house next to mine. They were renters and I think they were running a crack house from the garage. They had obnoxious parties and many times I would come home from work to find my driveway blocked by their friends. Well, this only went on for a brief time before I stood up to these abominations.
I came home one day and drove straight into their driveway, with my brights on and I laid into my horn. They were playing cards in the garage with the door open and they looked into my brights and stashed their drugs. I think I had confused them and they feared I was the cops. I got out of the car and rushed this big dude and his friend yelled out, "Watch out, your messing with a crazy man.".... I said, "Well Im pretty crazy too!" and I said "Hell no I dont feel ya!". The gansta was one of those who had a cheesy gold tooth.
I think they were so drugged out they didnt want to fight because I just told them "Freakin get your cars out of my driveway!" and they did. I was amped up like anything, and I stood in my driveway for a half an hour.
I dont fear these thugs anymore. I have seen it all, I lived in Venice Beach and Long Beach, CA. Both places have a sizeable gangsta population.
muman613
PS: The ganstas moved out of the house next door. Much quiter and industrious Mexicans have moved in...