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5percent — Part 1

280 pages · May 08, 2026 · Document date: Jun 2, 1965 · Broad topic: Religion & Belief · Topic: 5percent · 280 pages OCR'd
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: ee . rs OS, . MEN tony Ae rata be ben etree tetas Letene oreses 7 _ the “Special Unit." The NYCPD feels that this extensive wa wraubie in schools, chiefly Junior High School #120 at wed c are gang members as Watiah", CLARENCE we ar cs oD DARREL IIMB nm 0 MEE Pe menting ely ee TE MON res taan n s PR We Sener er ais eae Seed MRR URNS BEANE oy san BAP Peet a MIELE IPEM SELES MATE ES HEPA GI So, . o ea r men . . f™. _ NY 157-1489 [\t WD cucnisnes the rotiowing information{.) The NYCPD is continuing to conduct a full-time, extensive investigation of the "Five Percenters”, which ‘ineludes daily interrogation of gang members and nightly 3 surveillances of them. The investigation is being handled } by a special squad of the NYCPD Youth Division, !kmown as coverage has succeeded in detering the activity of the gang and has opened the way for numerous arrests for assaults, muggings and marijuana emoking charges by gang members .) The NYCPD investigation has determined that there are approximately 200 "Five Percenters" in NYC, ranging in age from 12 to 21. Approximately 125 of them are centered in Harlem, around the 120 series of streets, bounded by —. 7th and Lenox Avenues. The remaining 75 youths are scattered over Bronx, Brooklyn and Queens, with the most concentrats3 in the Fort Greene area of Brooklyn and the St. Marys Pari ‘area of the Bronx. The gang is responsible for numerous assaults and muggings, chiefly aimed at whites on the fringe area of Harlem, However, if the gang is unable to find a white victim they have no reservations about choosing a ; as also caused a av dea oY Madison Avenue and 120th Street in Harlem, where they dLerupt classes, demand to be called by their Muslim name and have asspulted some teachers(y- P ; De EMCE SAirt, leaders of the "Five Pervente Wa v, OWELL, both of whom are incarcerated JOWARS fe ps atric raaamoe 13 JOWARS is mown to =~ X or ‘Puddin". JOWARS and HOWELL were” jailed on emerged as the leader of the gang. bee" le, age 22 However, W arre 8 o one of the gang members on 8/29/65, and ae is currently incarcerated awaiting sentencing after having
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