It was graphic in the language the members used and worked deliberately to define the slang words. The language was filthy and reflected the kind of thinking that is continually before them. As I listened, I heard a common thread all the way though the program and the interviews. Everyone interviewed, without exception, was either from broken homes or loveless homes. More than the discussions of drugs, sex and violence, came discussions of how the old man or old lady never demonstrated love, or they talked extensively of the violence in the home.
Gangs are violent.
They kill, deal and use drugs and alcohol and promote the destruction of property and human dignity. It is an ugly picture. The answer to this question was a super-highway all the way through the documentary. In the gangs, as evil as they are, there was a sense of love and community. Somehow in their distorted view of living, even in and among all the violence, the members feel loved.