By Kumba Jagne Mr. Hood, who asked that his first name be omitted for this story, got involved with the Bloods, a nationwide gang notorious for wearing the color red, when he was 12 or 13. None of his friends deterred him from getting involved with gangs while he was growing up in Uniondale and other villages on Long Island. He later became a “big homie,” directing the movements of other Bloods members at seven jails. As he entered adulthood, he…
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