The Tiny Rascal Gang, also known as TRG or Rascals for short, is an Asian ethnically Cambodian gang based in California. [17] Some of the Tiny Rascal members were originally members of the Asian Boyz, a rival gang, and transferred gangs due to friction between other fellow Tiny Rascal members. [30][31], In February 2009, six members of TRG in the Richmond area shot up a rival gang member's house. Many of its members are Cambodian, Laotian and Vietnamese. As with many other gangs, potential members must first be initiated in a "jump in" where they would have to fight other members of the gang or endure a beating for a specific amount of time. Ponce’s Bail Has Been Set at $100,000; There Is No Shortage of Suitors on Twitter Who Will Gladly … ACI Director A.T. Wall says that prison investigators constantly exchange information with outside law enforcement agencies. A lot of the Tiny Rascal Gang members from the Long Beach, area has actually been deported either as a result of their prohibited condition in the United States, or for committing criminal offenses as non citizens, or both. This gang is known to have members in Fresno, Sacramento, Washington, Oregon, Hawaii, Alaska, Colorado, Nevada, Missouri, Kansas, Massachusetts, Texas, Georgia, California, New York and Canada. A TRG member shot and killed one rival and seriously wounded a second. The Tiny Raskal Gang or Rascals for short, is an Asian American (mainly ethnically Cambodian) gang based in Long Beach, California. The gunman, who fired a sawed-off shotgun, an 18-year-old TRG member and a student at a different local school, was sentenced to life imprisonment in August 1998. In conflict with the Asian Boy Clique, or " ABZ "s who they negatively call "Apples". The gang's membership has grown in Lowell as the city's Cambodian population has expanded, he said. The Tiny Rascals had over ten thousands members making them the largest Asian Gang in the United States. Two others TRG members, including a driver, were found guilty of felony assault for their roles in the attack, and received sentences of 17 years and 4 years. A 17-year-old member of a Cambodian street gang called the Tiny Rascal Gangsters has pleaded guilty in the 1995 murders of five members of a Vietnamese family in San Bernardino. They were founded in America and Australia in the 1980s as part of their cause to protect themselves from the larger, more numerous gangs in their neighborhoods. } Their gang colors are grey and black. The older sets maintain a working relationship with similar sets of a fellow Southeast Asian gang called Asian Boyz. Initially the primary function was to protect Cambodians from various other well-known gangs in Long Beach, that were predominately made upped of Mexicans, African-Americans and other Asian Gangs. He takes us through his experiences in gang life, to becoming a pioneering break-dancer in Seattle during the 90's, to landing a role in a cult gangster-genre film. [14] Although Cambodians comprise the majority of their members and are the foundation of the gang itself, most Cambodian are known to be multi-ethnic, or of mixed heritage. _g1.setAttribute('srcset', _g1.getAttribute('data-srcset')); [24], The gang also has a presence among the Cambodian-American community in Lowell, Massachusetts. It was created by Cambodians juvenile youth groups, and is currently considered to be one of the biggest, Asian Street gang in the United States. Vanna Fut, aka 'Lazy' was initiated into Tiny Raskal Gang at the age of 11. Mirella Ponce, a California female gang member, is being dubbed the new hot felon thanks to her comely mugshot going viral. The defendant was playing to his gallery. 1 Rowland Heights, CA 2 Torrance, CA 3 Van Nuys, CA 4 Lowell, MA 5 Lexington, NC 6 San Jose, CA 7 Temecula, CA 8 Modesto, CA 9 Sacramento, CA 10 Modesto, CA 11 San Bernardino, CA 12 Santa Ana, CA 13 San Diego, CA 14 Stockton, CA 15 Garden Grove, CA … TRG-Tiny Raskal Gang AD-Asian Deuce ) unaligned-younger version of VF The Norteños and the Sureños are rival gangs. Moun and fellow members of the Long Beach-based Tiny Rascal Gang rode in a vehicle that followed a car with members of a rival gang inside in Juy 2004, when a Tiny Rascal … [16] As a means of protection, other Cambodian youths began to form street gangs which later laid the foundation of TRG. A Street Gang made up of Cambodians in California who wear the colors Black,Gray,Sliver and Blue. There is also a community in Silver Spring, Maryland. Initially, a mere var _g1; Raskal Love, DVD, story of a Tiny Raskal Gang member; Archival Gang and Crime footage, Vol. With gang members only account for about 1%, give or take, of any racial groups total population, Asian gangs in America have had little notoriety compared to other groups. [3] There are two TRG factions in the city. 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