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‘It’s mind-blowing... a total misrepresentation,’ one British tattoo artist whose work was cited as a symbol of the crime syndicate Tren de Aragua tells Io Dodds

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[–] Gerudo@lemm.ee 11 points 17 hours ago

They didn't show my favorite example, the autism awareness ribbon tattoo with the brothers name under it.

[–] lemmyng@lemmy.ca 24 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Everything else aside, it would be hilarious if Michael Jordan sued ICE for misrepresenting his trademark as "jump man".

[–] blakenong 8 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago)

Has an Apple brand logo tattoo, must be “Mexican Fruit Gang”

[–] hopesdead@startrek.website 6 points 17 hours ago

Has the person who identified this artwork ever seen a crowd in public? They look like pretty much anything you’d random see in a random crowd.

[–] BigMacHole@lemm.ee 12 points 21 hours ago

Oh NO! CLOCKS are Gang Tattoos? I'm now TERRIFIED because EVERY person I see with a Tattoo has one of those FREAKING Clocks! I NEED to call ICE! And I'm NOT a SNOWFLAKE And I DO my OWN RESEARCH!

[–] jrs100000@lemmy.world 8 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

Oh great, I need to call up a bunch of old Army buddies with tattoos and let them know they are in a gang, cause thats the exact style of star the military uses in their art.

[–] entwine413@lemm.ee 7 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Yeah, that star is insanely popular in American traditional.

[–] this_1_is_mine@lemmy.world 4 points 18 hours ago

The amount of teenage girls that I knew growing up that had these.....

[–] brognak@lemm.ee 8 points 20 hours ago

Wait...trains? Oh shit is this just a long con to put all the foamers under lock and key?!

[–] ChicoSuave@lemmy.world 5 points 20 hours ago

It's just the Aryans clearing America of other gangs. This is prison beef spilled over into real life.

[–] ellypony@lemmy.world 3 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

LOL LeBron’s no. is a gang sign now?

[–] SendMePhotos@lemmy.world 4 points 21 hours ago

Other examples used by DHS can be found in online posts dating back up to 11 years, suggesting that they were acquired simply by searching the internet for tattoos of various topics, including crowns, trains, stars, clocks, and the words "Hijos de Dios" (meaning "sons of God"), or “HJ” for short.

The government dudes are probably already familiar with looking up "HJ"