PoliceMag.com/El Gato Negro (photographer)
♦ Salisbury, N.C., well known for its gang life and violent crime, appears here in a photographic study of its most noted folk art form Gang Graffiti:
All of the Graffiti posted here is vintage Salisbury, N.C. gang tag style graffiti photographed Downtown, around Salisbury High, and in several Salisbury communities. This form of graffiti is a written form of communication between street gangs. Persons knowledgeable in this form of graffiti will note valuable information about past, current and future gang activities. Gang Graffiti (gang tags) are used to mark off turf boundaries, give insults to rival gangs, act as a warning of impending death, list fallen comrades, announce the presence of a gang in a certain area of the city or show gang alliances. Warning: Images may contain profanity. Peace.
Salisbury High School:
Salisbury Crack House:
Downtown Salisbury:
Salisbury Car Gets Picked Off by Taggers:
Salisbury’s infamous “Wailing Wall” where gang taggers from the Bloods, the Crips, the Sueranos, M-13, the Puzos, and others chronically graffiti:
Butler and Bost Streets in Salisbury
