What constitutes a "gang"?
Here's a short clip from Sunday's Portland Press Herald:
"Goffstown, N.H.
Fight among youths results in two stabbings
Two local brothers stabbed early Saturday morning apparently were involved in a fight between two feuding groups of armed youths, according to police.
The brothers, aged 21 and 19, were stabbed and the windows of their car smashed with a baseball bat.
The older brother was stabbed four times in the back and run over by a car.
The younger brother was stabbed in the chest. Both were treated at Manchester hospitals and expected to recover. Their names were not released."
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Here's the full story from the Manchester Union Leader:
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Since the Press Herald does not have a real online archive, it's impossible for me to research their use of the word "gang" vs. "two feuding groups of armed youths". Goffstown is a largely white suburb of the most racially diverse city in NH, Manchester (ok..the only fairly racially diverse city in NH). In what way would the story have been written differently if the fight/attack happened within Manchester, or in Boston or some other large city? I don't know. I just know that the phrase "two feuding groups of armed youths" basically means "gangs". If they had said "gangs", how much ink would have been saved by reducing the language by 24 letters?
"Goffstown, N.H.
Fight among youths results in two stabbings
Two local brothers stabbed early Saturday morning apparently were involved in a fight between two feuding groups of armed youths, according to police.
The brothers, aged 21 and 19, were stabbed and the windows of their car smashed with a baseball bat.
The older brother was stabbed four times in the back and run over by a car.
The younger brother was stabbed in the chest. Both were treated at Manchester hospitals and expected to recover. Their names were not released."
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Here's the full story from the Manchester Union Leader:
link
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Since the Press Herald does not have a real online archive, it's impossible for me to research their use of the word "gang" vs. "two feuding groups of armed youths". Goffstown is a largely white suburb of the most racially diverse city in NH, Manchester (ok..the only fairly racially diverse city in NH). In what way would the story have been written differently if the fight/attack happened within Manchester, or in Boston or some other large city? I don't know. I just know that the phrase "two feuding groups of armed youths" basically means "gangs". If they had said "gangs", how much ink would have been saved by reducing the language by 24 letters?
posted by joe sweeney at 8:01 PM
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