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so that idiotic teardrop tattoo that the gang-bangers get is supposed to mean they've killed someone right?

Jun 02, 2007 by Winston Smith | Posted in Tattoos

yeah that's really gonna help when you get out of jail and you're going for a job interview, especially if the guy knows what it means. idiots.
"it means that someone died who they loved, not that they killed someone"
ooooh, is

"The tear tattoo is a symbolic tattoo that is placed underneath one's eye to create the impression that the individual is crying. This tattoo has multiple, regionally-variant meanings. However, its usage is known to have originated in the Chicano

fear of the dark | Jun 03, 2007

In your face: Front-and-center tattoos no longer just a gang trend

18.05.12

Facial tattoos, once largely confined to street gangs, have grown more popular among teens and young adults, who generally have them done by unlicensed artists in private homes, authorities say.

Wheeler, an underground tattoo artist known as "J Artist," loves visual art, got his first tattoo when he was 17 and has been tattooing others for about two years.

Recently, in a basement in Oxford Circle, the buzz of a friend's tattoo gun on a woman's belly provided the soundtrack for Wheeler to discuss face tattoos.

"Mike Tyson, that's what made me want to get a tattoo on my face," Wheeler said.

Struggles with depression and anxiety four years ago left him unable to work, Wheeler said. "I figured another way of getting money is doing something I like to do," he said.

Body art became an addiction, and six years after the first one, Wheeler has gotten 70 tats all over his body - including on his face, neck and inside both ears.

"I did it to be different," he said. "One thing I didn't think about is what happens when I get older."

Source: Philadelphia Inquirer

Tear Drop Tattoo

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Teardrop Tattoo « What's Good?

by Gawon

It turns out that feather or tear tattoo on the face means the person had either killed someone or attempted to kill someone. A half filled tear means the person has lost a loved-one due to a gang-related event, and the individual responsible for that loss was avenged by the tattoo-holder. I later looked it up (especially because I recalled that lil wayne and Game both had this tattoo — and little did I know the history behind it), and it turns out different types of tear also means different things....

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Urban Physical Education, Instructional Practices and Cultural Activities
160 pages 		Urban Physical Education, Instructional Practices and Cultural Activities

Creator: Rhonda L. Clements, Amy M. Rady | Education - 2012-01-30
Recognizing Gang Tattoos The word tattoo is taken from the Tahitian word tatu. Tattoos are used to identify people in ... Teardrop Tattoo and Dot Tattoos The teardrop tattoo worn under one eye may have originated with Hispanic gangs in ...
Gang investigations, a street cop's guide
150 pages 		Gang investigations, a street cop's guide

Creator: Derrick Watkins, Richard Ashby, American Society of Law Enforcement Trainers | Social Science - 2007
Gang investigators need to be very careful when forming opinions about tattoos. For instance, the well-known teardrop tattoo can mean many different things. We have heard it means that the subject has committed murder, that the subject ...
Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Learning
Security in the health care environment
440 pages 		Security in the health care environment

Creator: David H. Sells | Medical - 2000-06-01
Tattoos are also worn to honor slain gang members. These tattoos usually consist of the letters "RIP" with the deceased gang member's nickname. Another way of eulogizing a deceased gang member is with the teardrop tattoo or by wearing a ...
Publisher: Aspen Pub
Schools, violence, and society
357 pages 		Schools, violence, and society

Creator: Allan Michael Hoffman | Education - 1996
Gang tattoos are usually found on the arms or chest of male gang members; however, it is not unusual to find them on female gang members, too. Some tattoos have also been found on hands, fingers, and ankles. Teardrop tattoos near the ...
Publisher: Praeger Publishers
When violence erupts, a survival guide for emergency responders
210 pages 		When violence erupts, a survival guide for emergency responders

Creator: Dennis R. Krebs, American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons | Health & Fitness - 2003
Although such a tattoo can be found anywhere on the body, it is usually located on the hand, face, or neck. Many gang members, regardless of ethnicity or affiliation, will have a teardrop tattoo under one eye. Generally, this means that ...
Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Learning

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Mad skills
San Diego CityBEAT - Apr 19, 2011
Mad skills the street gang that also claims the symbol. It's about symbology and numerology, two subjects he studied while seeking daytime shelter in the public library. Smith also wears a tear-drop tattoo, which represents the death of his mother in 2006 and

Mug shot of the day
Annapolis Capital (blog) - Apr 04, 2011
At 17, Zachary Payne already has a teardrop tattoo under his left eye, as you can see in this mug shot taken last week, when he was arrested in an armed robbery. (He's charged as an adult.) A teardrop tat can represent several things, none of which are

Acquittal overturned after jury told about killer's teardrop tattoo
Toronto Star - May 18, 8804
At the retrial, Dr. Mark Totten told jurors a teardrop tattoo could symbolize a number of things, including that the wearer has lost someone or taken a life. The jury also heard from former Malvern Crew gang members who implicated Abbey in the murder,

In El Salvador, gang ties are more than skin deep
Kansas City Star - May 18, 8728
His forehead bore the large tattooed inscription "MS-13 Sur," a unit of the feared Mara Salvatrucha, or MS-13, gang that has tentacles across Central America and the US Two tattooed teardrops trickled down his cheek below his left eye.

In El Salvador, gang ties are more than skin deep
MiamiHerald.com - May 18, 4008
Two tattooed teardrops trickled down his cheek below his left eye. Huge tattoos on his chest and back gave him an inky sort of body armor. His fingers and legs also sported gang tattoos. On his sixth visit to a state Tattoo Removal Clinic,