OutLaw Gangster Disciples

The OutLaw Gangster Disciple Nation is a subset of the Gangster Disciples street gang. It was formed in the Chicago Housing Authority's Cabrini-Green public housing project on the Near-North Side of Chicago, Illinois in the early 1990s, by Gangster Disciple board member and Cabrini resident Charles "Big Chuck" Dorsey.^[2] It has now branched out to the South-Side of the city.

OutLaw Gangster Disciples

Founded by	David Barksdale Larry Hoover, Charles "Big Chuck" Dorsey
Founding location	Cabrini–Green Homes, Chicago, Illinois, United States
Years active	early 1990s–present
Territory	Chicago
Ethnicity	African American
Membership (est.)	25,000–50,000 (2009)[1]
Criminal activities	Drug trafficking, robbery, extortion, murder
Allies	Folk Nation, Crips, Zoe Pound Gang, Black Guerilla Family, and Black Mafia Family
Rivals	People Nation, Ku Klux Klan, WPU (White Power United), and Black Disciples

Gangster Disciples in the military

Gangster Disciples have been documented in the U.S. military, found in both U.S. and overseas bases.^[3] Graffiti characteristics of the Gangster Disciples have reportedly been spotted in U.S. military bases in both Iraq and Afghanistan.

Symbols, Signs, and Emblems

Like most major gangs, Gangster Disciples use a well-defined system of symbols to communicate alliances and rivalries. This system is a combination of symbols representing the Gangster Disciple Nation or the Folk Nation as a whole and symbols that rivals use to represent their organization, typically inverted to show disrespect.