==Melbourne CBD brawl: Who are the Apex gang?==What started as a photo, obtained by Channel Seven, of knives with the words "Moomba gon be lit aha" on messaging service Snapchat, led to up to 200 mostly young men descending on Federation Square and sur

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Phantasm!agoricWOck 03/15/16 (Tue) 14:37:32 e903a5 No.12541

Melbourne CBD brawl: Who are the Apex gang?

What started as a photo, obtained by Channel Seven, of knives with the words "Moomba gon be lit aha" on messaging service Snapchat, led to up to 200 mostly young men descending on Federation Square and surrounding streets, which started a rolling brawl.

Terrified bystanders ran for cover, and some were forced to hide inside restaurants. A video posted on the Facebook profile of an associate on Saturday night showed groups of young men walking down Swanston Street chanting "Apex".

Founded in an average suburban street in Melbourne's south-east, the violent Apex street gang has no clubhouse, no colours and no real structure.

But two things have helped expand this group of young hoodlums: social media and Parkville.

Named after the street in Dandenong where its founding members come from, Apex was formed more than 18 months ago.

"They have no clubhouses, no meeting places, no colours like we see with [outlaw motorcycle gangs]," a police source said.

Southern Metro Assistant Police Commissioner Bob Hill said the gang, originally consisting of young men of Sudanese descent, had grown to up to 150 members from a variety of backgrounds and from across Melbourne.

What a nice smattering of diversity for labour day. Truly, I think I'll on the ABC and SBS and tell them how enriched I feel to be exposed to this vibrant community. I feel like such a global citizen now.

Anonymous 03/15/16 (Tue) 15:14:02 a262c2 No.12547

>He said the expansion came after Apex merged with another gang, YCW, which comprised young people from Caucasian, Pacific Islander, Maori, Afghan and Indian backgrounds.

See, diversity is strength.

Ozymandias Drakes!!Xfqj/YB2BQ 03/15/16 (Tue) 19:02:35 5f09a0 No.12597

>all kinds of ethnicities

That shit knocks me out as a black (technically mixed) American. I mean yeah you can get a crew but a whole gang. No one here could imagine the vice lords and Latin Kings merging for example.

Anonymous 03/15/16 (Tue) 19:27:48 a262c2 No.12611

>>12597

Maybe it has something to do with religion? if not, that would be impressive and worth studying.

Anonymous 03/16/16 (Wed) 08:04:33 8e4b27 No.12844

I'm waiting for the media to blame everyone else for not integrating Sudanese good enough.

Anonymous 03/16/16 (Wed) 08:05:09 8e4b27 No.12845

>>12597

What is the difference between a crew and a gang?

Ozymandias Drakes!!Xfqj/YB2BQ 03/16/16 (Wed) 12:31:16 a364c4 No.12859

>>12845

Size and structure. There aren't that many actual gangs in the US (I'm discounting Mafias) since the end of the Crack Wars. What we have are various small time criminal groups operating within small areas mostly. Most of these guys know each other on a personal and not an ethnic level.