Almighty Vice Lord Nation
The Vice Lords is the oldest and the second-largest street gang in Chicago. They are believed to have been originally formed sometime in 1958, as a club in the Illinois State Training School for Boys in St. Charles, also known as the St. Charles Juvenile Correctional Facility. This group of youth from around 16th Street and the western part of Chicago that later organized themselves into a group called the Conservative Vice Lords. Though the gang's official colors are red and black/gold and black, members wear all colors. The Vice Lords have always controlled the vast majority of Chicago's west side. On the south side the current chief of the Mafia Insane Vice Lords is Maurice Sutton. He goes by the name "Rease Sko Pistol". He is the youngest leader in the history of the lords.
Their main rival is the Gangster Disciples.
Symbols or emblems
Over the last several decades, several sets of the Vice Lords have been identified, and they have also grown into a number of branches. They all use certain common symbols or emblems, including:
- Rabbit wearing a bow tie (The Playboy logo)
- Martini glass
- Top hat - representing celebration
- Cane
- Gloves
- Dollar sign
- Five-point star Love, Truth, Peace, Freedom, Justice - All five points of the star in order clockwise.
- Crescent moon
- 21 Brick pyramid
- Pitchforks down a symbol or disrespect
- Broken Heart with wings with pitchforks if it is pointing down it is a symbol or disrepect
Identified branches
Some of the identified branches of the Vice Lords are:
- Traveling Vice Lords
- Cicero Insane Vice Lords
- Conservative Vice Lords
- Ebony Vice Lords
- Insane Vice Lords
- Mafia Insane Vice Lords
- Renegade Vice Lords
- Spanish Vice Lords
- Unknown Vice Lords
- Undertaker Vice Lords
- The Four Corner Hustlers -
- Knot Krue Vice Lords
- Lady Vice Lords
- Mobstars
Gang structure
Each faction of the Vice Lords has their own 'Chief' and ranking officers. However, high-ranking members that hold the title of 'Universal Elite' are to be given respect by all Vice Lord members.