Here’s a list of recommended reading on the dangers and impact of gang databases:
- Immigration Officials Use Secretive Gang Databases to Deny Migrant Asylum Claims | ProPublica
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The Largest Gang Raid in NYC History Swept up Dozens of Young People Who Weren’t in Gangs | The Intercept
- A routine police stop landed him on California's gang database. Is it racial profiling? | LA Times
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Immigrant released from detention after being wrongly listed as gang member | Chicago Tribune
- He Drew His School Mascot — and ICE Labeled Him a Gang Member | ProPublica
- Police Accountability and Public Defender Groups Demand Transparency on NYPD Gang Policing | The Appeal
- Advocates say innocent teens are stamped with ‘gang’ label | Bay State Banner
- From Gang Allegations to Deportation: How Boston is Putting its Immigrant Youth in Harm’s Way | The Appeal
- Gang Database Criticized for Denying Due Process May Be Used for Deportations | The New York Times
- How Gang Victims Are Labelled as Gang Suspects | The New Yorker
- A Minor Fight In A Boston School Landed One Student In ICE Custody, Advocates Fear | WBUR
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New York City’s Gang Database Is 99% People of Color, Chief of Detectives Testifies | JJIE
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To the Chicago Police, Any Black Kid Is in a Gang | New York Times
- Undocumented Teens Say They're Falsely Accused Of Being In A Gang | NPR
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Mayor Walsh, let’s build our own wall—to protect Bostonians from Trump | ACLU of Massachusetts
- How ICE Uses Secret Police Databases to Arrest Immigrants | Marshall Project
- Boston Police Can Protect Their Residents by Limiting Cooperating With the Federal Government | ACLU
- Marked For Life: U.S. Government Using Gang Databases to Deport Undocumented Immigrants | The Intercept
- No longer in the gang database, yet forever marked a gangster | Bay State Banner
- Gang Databases Are a Life Sentence for Black and Latino Communities | Pacific Standard
- Gang Databases Are the Latest Controversial Policing Tool | Wall Street Journal
- Gang databases are growing in major cities—and they’re fueling racial profiling and deportation | The Daily Dot
- New York gang database expanded by 70 percent under Mayor Bill de Blasio | The Intercept
- Report: How Gang Databases and Detentions Affect Communities | Voices of NY
- Chicago’s Gang Database Is Full of Errors — And Records We Have Prove It | ProPublica
- Massive gang database kept by Chicago police under fire as inaccurate, outdated | Chicago Tribune
- Gang databases: Context and questions | Criminology and Public Policy 8.4
- Tracked and Targeted: Early findings on Chicago's gang database | Policing in Chicago Research Group
This list is by no means exhaustive. If you have something to add, tweet to us @ACLU_Mass.
