Gang Member Who Got Trophy Tattoo?
Santo Lozoya, 24, also known by the street name ‘Saint,’ pleaded guilty earlier this year to racketeering conspiracy for his role in the Milwaukee Kings street gang, which used shootings, beatings, murder and other violence to promote the gang’s status and control territory in the city’s Belmont Cragin neighborhood.
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What are the most common tattoos in the Blood gang?
Examples of gang tattoo systems – It would be impossible to list the tattoos of all the gangs in the world – partly because there are so many of them, and partly because this is not exactly a well-researched subject. Many criminal groups are highly secretive about their markings – understandably – and don’t make them public knowledge. The Crips are an infamous gang based in the coastal regions of southern California, locked in bitter rivalry with the Bloods. Alongside the use of the symbol of a three-pointed or six-pointed crown, the Crips use code in a lot of their tattoos. One form involves replacing individual letters in a word with the letter’s number in the alphabet – 1 for A, 2 for B, 3 for C, etc. For instance, the numbers 211 tattooed on a Crip member stand for ‘BK’, which in turn means ‘Blood Killer’ – indicating the individual has killed a member of the rival gang, the Bloods. 
The Bloods also use forms of code in their markings. One example is the 13/13 cipher – splitting the alphabet in half and replacing the letters from the first half with those of the second, and vice versa – A becomes N, and N becomes A, B becomes O and O becomes B, etc. Besides the use of code, Blood members will often have the letters MOB tattooed – standing for ‘Member of Blood’.
Many also use codes and ciphers, such as those adopted by California’s Crips and Bloods. The word ‘Piru’ is also common. The original Blood gang was called the Compton Pirus (named after West Piru street in Los Angeles), so this is a throwback to the gang’s origins.
A dog paw is also a common marking. Recommended Reading: Check out our inspirational bear tattoo guide. 
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Are gang tattoos a positive thing?
Gang and prison tattoos – Members of certain criminal gangs and mafia groups in and out of prison carry tattoos imbued with highly specific meanings. These tattoos and their meanings vary from group to group, as every gang has its own ‘tattoo language’, so to speak. 
Some gang tattoos are meant as tokens of recognition for the individual’s rank and experience, the specific skills they have, or the crimes they’ve committed in the course of their activity within the group. These tattoos are done voluntarily, meaning the individual has to agree to receive the tattoo. 
But gang tattoos aren’t always a ‘positive’ thing. Sometimes, they are used as punishment , often given forcibly (without the person’s consent). Typically, these are placed somewhere highly visible and impossible to hide, such as the person’s face. For criminal groups in prisons, tattoos have further meanings. 
This can either be a form of positive recognition – if the crime was seen as beneficial to the criminal group – or of punishment – if the crime is something that the group disapproves of. The former increases the person’s standing within the group, while the other is meant to shame them and mark them as traitors. Recommended Next: Don’t miss our guide to samurai tattoos next! Prison tattoos can also have more neutral meanings, such as the number of times the person has been to prison. 
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What do the symbols on tattoos mean in gangs?
General criminal tattoo symbols 1 Tiger – power and strength 2 Spider web – time spent in prison or time spent ‘caught in the web’ of the inescapable gang lifestyle 3 Three dots – arranged in a triangle, they stand for ‘prison, hospital, cemetery’ – the typical path of a gang member.
What are the tattoos on King Kong’s face?
His face is covered in tatts including a crown, diamond, raindrops, a knuckle-duster and the word ‘warrior’.
