Robert Brzenchek, who writes for the website PoliceOne.com recently published an article titled, “3 things cops need to know about Juggalos.” In this article Robert decided to allegedly inform other cops about Juggalos.
I was not going to post this but we have been sent a few emails about it. You can read the article for yourself below.
With the recent arrests of the more than 600 suspected gang members in approximately 179 cities by the Homeland Security Department — quite possibly the largest crackdown on street gangs by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement — the old cliché “knowledge is power” comes to mind.
Everyone who has worn the badge has a mandate to serve and protect. In addition, everyone who has worn the badge wants to go home to their families after their shift. Striking this balance requires every tool in the toolbox being made readily available. Knowledge is one of the most important tools we have available to us as law enforcers.
Here, I aim to pass along some knowledge about a little known group called the Juggalos and the threat to the public and law enforcement.
1. Who are the Juggalos?
There has been a paradigm shift in law enforcement addressing the nation’s gang problems. In short, the criminal justice system is moving beyond an incarceration-centric approach to rehabilitation of offenders. Law enforcement has a vested interest in deterring juveniles from joining gangs.Over the past nine years, leftist groups have aggressively recruited from middle schools and high schools. Using the internet and direct recruitment, many adolescents have become participants in actions both socially aggressive and criminal by groups such as People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (Center for Consumer Freedom, 2008)
The National Gang Intelligence Center defines Juggalos as, “a loosely-organized hybrid gang, are rapidly expanding into many U.S. communities. Although recognized as a gang in only four states, many Juggalos subsets exhibit gang-like behavior and engage in criminal activity and violence. Law enforcement officials in at least 21 states have identified criminal Juggalo sub-sets.”
2. Where they Exist
They are located in Arizona, California, Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Mexico, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, and Washington.3. How They Recruit Members
Their philosophy and dress is derived from the Insane Clown Posse and Psychopathic records “Dark Carnival” from a set of 6 albums. Law enforcement professionals should be aware that this group routinely attracts members who come from difficult lives filled with trauma, parental neglect and, in many cases, serious mental disorders.This combination makes them easily manipulated by their leadership of radical organizations such as the Juggalos who have for the past several decades used these groups as recruiting centers.
Dale Yeager of Seraph — a Department of Justice Criminal Behavior Analyst on the Juggalos — said, “As various extreme environmental, animal rights and anti-globalization groups become emboldened by increased funding from NGOs and leftist political action committees, the use of youth movements such as Juggalos for recruitment of members will increase.
”Just as the White Supremacy movement of the 1980’s found these movements ripe with emotionally troubled youth, the radical leftists groups are using them for the same purpose of filling their ranks with eager ‘solders for their causes.’ Soldiers who are willing to commit illegal and violent acts for a cause; even killing law enforcement officers.”
Does your Intel gathering include these groups? Do you have training for your team members to understand these groups? Are they active in your world?
Faygoluvers Comments
wonka69
Comment posted on Thursday, July 10th, 2014 12:53 pm GMT -5 at 12:53 pm
wow! that is sum bull-shit!
EnduringShadows
Comment posted on Thursday, July 10th, 2014 01:11 pm GMT -5 at 1:11 pm
One of the people that left a comment on there had a good point. It isn’t that ICP is influencing them to do the crimes, it has more to do with teen angst than anything. Hell, just a week ago two teens ‘robbed’ a school local to me after they were smoking pot and wanted to go on an adventure they claimed. They got caught and all they stole were some Fruit Loops. Most people (myself included) think hey, they are just some dumb kids doing stupid things. They are not criminals. Just because somebody that makes some mistakes is wearing a certain brand or logo does not mean that is a gang.
I could ramble on and on for a while on this matter but I am gonna leave it at that.
Carnivalkilla44
Comment posted on Thursday, July 10th, 2014 01:23 pm GMT -5 at 1:23 pm
Sweet! Us Connecticut Juggalos don’t have to worry cause our state didn’t make the list. Sucks to be the rest of yall ninjas…
40 Swillin Juggalo
Comment posted on Thursday, July 10th, 2014 01:37 pm GMT -5 at 1:37 pm
Taking a minute to think about it, it really just fuckin seems that this shit has gotten WAY outta hand!… It seems like there’s so much other shit that the FBI could be focusing on, other than fuckin giving US a hard time!… Why not fuck with every musical fan base & level the playing field?!
BlackSand
Comment posted on Thursday, July 10th, 2014 02:11 pm GMT -5 at 2:11 pm
Shouldn’t be long now ’till Juggalos are put on the ‘No-Fly’ list or worse. There’s definitely an agenda bubbling under the surface here behind closed government doors. And as I read in the press on many local news and music outlets around America I notice it’s just a joke on 99% of the comments which pretty much means the Juggalos are on their own here without any support from the so-called ‘freedom of speech’ advocated you’d normally see in a censorship debate. The government has the upper hand in this and they intend to use it to do damage….. sadly.
Carnivalkilla44
Comment posted on Thursday, July 10th, 2014 02:27 pm GMT -5 at 2:27 pm
I hate to say it but… Maybe ICP suing only made the whole situation worse…? If they never sued and made a big deal over it, I guarantee there wouldn’t be as many negative article surfacing like this… Just my thoughts.
Cheshyr
Comment posted on Thursday, July 10th, 2014 02:42 pm GMT -5 at 2:42 pm
What kind of fuckery is THIS shit?!
This HAS to be some kind of trolling. It HAS to be. This site can’t possibly be involved with ACTUAL police organizations as it is FULL of political back talking and neo conservative bullshit with all the jargon and acronyms that get used by psycho republican radio shows. “Leftist Groups”?!
Check out the comments on the article’s page:
http://www.policeone.com/gangs/articles/7357684-3-things-cops-need-to-know-about-Juggalos/
They sure aren’t bots leaving them but there’s just way too many single sentence agreements to be from actual, individual people. They all sound less like they come from ACTUAL police officers and more like they come from wannabe rent-a-cops and those weirdoes that dress up like cops and try to pull people over on the street.
RECRUITING?! Where the hall are these meetings we all go to in order to organize CRIMES being held?
LEADERSHIP?! These people need to watch a marathon of “Gangland” on SpikeTV before they start throwing out bullshit like this. The Gathering is about as “organized” as Juggalos ever get and even *then, we’re having our own problem just trying to meet up with EACH OTHER just to say “Hi!”!
Fer fuck’s sake, the death metal band groupies that burned down churches in Sweden n’shit didn’t even get this kind of scrutiny of labels put on them!
And especially after this FBI case got struck down, *-THIS-* is exactly the kind of thing that judge was eluding to as the kinds of thing/people (ie the dick that wrote the article and this “cop” website) that ICP “should have” been suing!!
Someone should sic 4chan and Anonymous on that friggin’ website!
Wow!
Cheshyr
Comment posted on Thursday, July 10th, 2014 03:28 pm GMT -5 at 3:28 pm
Ah… thanks to Google, I got a better perspective…
Yeah, this Robert guy is a wannabe rent-an-expert. A paid court room “consultant”. His bone fides are from a bunch of ONLINE and “strip mall” type colleges and this guy “Dale Yeager” he quotes in the article is the “dean” of his school (who he seems to be pals with) and president of something called “Seraph- The Problem Solving Company”. They tackle such problems as: “Theft, Absenteeism, Lateness, Human Resources, Aggression, Investigations, Security Team, Risk Management, Emergency Planning and Workplace Bullying.School Safety Training, School Security Audit, Truancy, Climate Assessment, Security Equipment, Bullying, Gangs and Teacher Safety.” ie rent-a-cop training.
He’s also attached to some convention called “GovSec” which is like a sellers market for over priced first responder “technology” that seems to be promoted by CCC-TV (Christian Cultural Center). A bio I found says he used to be a defense contractor (ie he sold crap)
The convention was held back in May of this year where he was doing THIS:
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PETA Terrorism
Controversial Presentation To Be Given at Federal GovSec Conference DC
A training session for federal law enforcement officials has members of various politically left U.S. groups disturbed by the content.
‘THE FORGOTTEN DOMESTIC TERRORISTS: Radical Left-Wing Gangs in America’, will be presented at the national GovSec – Government Security – conference Tuesday May 13th
The presentation given by Forensic Profiler Dale Yeager of SERAPH and Peirce College Criminal Justice Professor Robert Brzenchek focuses on groups such as PETA, Direct Action, Straight Edge and Juggalos and their connection to domestic terrorism.
“Radical political / movements that have leftist politics are not receiving the focus that right wing type groups receive even though they are involved in terrorist and criminal acts throughout the U.S. and Canada”, states Yeager.
The presentation will explain the rise of these groups and their movement towards violent action against civilians and police agencies including a new threat called the ‘Neo – Nihilistic Movement’.
“In the Law Enforcement – Criminal Justice worlds we cannot worry about fallout or criticism from these groups. When public safety is involved we must be dispassionate and objective and provide the information that protects society from violence,” states Yeager.
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So… as hypothesized, this guy has a political ax to grind and you can see where he’s lumping Juggalos into his agenda.
And like I said, THIS is the kind of shit that ICP needs to sue over…
“Neo-Nihilistic”? So much for Juggalo positivity…
YayYay
Comment posted on Thursday, July 10th, 2014 03:46 pm GMT -5 at 3:46 pm
This is getting ridiculous.
DarkBlades
Comment posted on Thursday, July 10th, 2014 04:07 pm GMT -5 at 4:07 pm
read this…
not even caring… Why should I be surprised or upset? Hasn’t people who dont know been responding like this since the beginning of time? o_O
Fr3ekshow
Comment posted on Thursday, July 10th, 2014 04:14 pm GMT -5 at 4:14 pm
Juggalos are no more a gang than Korn’s ‘Freaks’ and Slipknot’s ‘Maggots’ and any other “fan’s” little nickname. I know juggalos in gangs, but those gangs are not known as ‘The Juggalos’. If that was the case, then ‘Goths’, ‘Emos’,’Scene kids’, ‘Jocks’, ‘Nerds’, and ‘Preps’ would be gangs as well. This is fucking dumb!
Mr.Bitches
Comment posted on Friday, July 11th, 2014 05:29 am GMT -5 at 5:29 am
…WoW…This guy is a Dipshit…
stretchSquiggles
Comment posted on Friday, July 11th, 2014 05:34 am GMT -5 at 5:34 am
@YayYay
i think it’s been past “Getting” ridiculous, and moved to all out insanity…
For_We_R_Many
Comment posted on Friday, July 11th, 2014 09:52 am GMT -5 at 9:52 am
So basicaly he hates clowns lmao
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