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Tagland: Understanding the Gang War for the Stapleton Territory

November 9, 2016 by admin

In the last two years, there have been a handful of gang “tagging” incidences in Stapleton, but none more brash than the recent “tagging” of the old control tower, which of course is being renovated into a Punch Bowl Social. The ground war between rival gangs to control the Stapleton area, essentially anything East of Quebec, West of Havana, and North of Montview and South of 56th, is beginning to heat up. “Denver gangs see the Stapleton area as a huge opportunity to move into emerging markets in the world of organized crime,” said DPD Gang Task Force Agent Kevin Klingman. “One of the main reasons for this is all of the black market trading already going on on sites like Stapleton Swap. They know there is money to be had here.” Rival gangs are interested in controlling the emerging market of used children’s clothes. One gang member opened up to The Stapletonion on condition of anonymity. “It’s like this, holmes. People here are buying mad amounts of used kids clothing. People that aren’t, well, they be buying it soon. So, we want to be the ones who give them that first taste. The ones to be disturbutin.’” Gangs have become more and more technologically savvy, and they keep their eyes open to new opportunities. “We’ve been watching (Stapleton) Swap now for a while. We talkin’ tens of thousands of dollars in transactions. We gotta get a piece.” The gangs are correct. The resale market in Stapleton is a large piece of pie. According to estimates provided to us by Stapleton Swap, that pie could be worth between two and five hundred thousand dollars a year. “We want to get in on transactional business,” said the gang member. “That’s where the easy money at.” “Tagging” is simply a gang’s way to let other gangs know this is their territory. And the battle to own the Stapleton territory and its used children’s clothing market could get fierce.]]>

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