Police, schools watching ‘Juggalos’ - Classified as gang in Arizona - White Mountain Independent: Latest News

Police, schools watching ‘Juggalos’ - Classified as gang in Arizona - White Mountain Independent: Latest News: "Juggalos consider themselves a family and fans of a rap group’s music. But due to reported criminal acts by some of them, Show Low school administrators and police are keeping a close eye on young people who identify themselves as Juggalos.
Juggalo, or Juggalette, is the name given to fans of Detroit rap group Insane Clown Posse, a group that officially formed in the early ‘90s. The name reportedly originated from a live performance, when during a song called “The Juggla,” band cofounder Joseph Bruce referred to the audience as Juggalos. Fans reacted favorably and the name stuck.
Juggalos call themselves a family, but for law enforcement in Arizona, some groups of Juggalos are classified as a criminal street gang. According to the Department of Public Safety (DPS) State Gang Task Force, also known as the Gang and Immigration Intelligence Team Enforcement Mission (GIITEM), a criminal street gang is “an ongoing association of persons, either formal or informal, who individually or as a group commit or attempt to commit a felony act and has at least one person who is a criminal street gang member.”"