Attached to this link are newspaper articles on the Appleton murder to assist in writing your paper.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/1995/07/06/gang-dea…
https://www.twincities.com/2007/05/15/court-reject…
You will be required to submit an essay comparing the characteristics of the D-Mac crew to big city gangs. Be prepared to discuss the risk factors that were present for each member. Where there any stages in their lives where intervention could have prevented the murder? Why did the police, schools, and parents do anything?