Gang bust in Harlem

 

  

  

   

More than 100 suspected gang members were busted in Harlem Wednesday in one of the largest gang take-downs in New York City history.

Hundreds of New York City police officers, many heavily armed, swarmed the Manhattanville and Grant Houses in the early morning hours.

Those arrested included some of the most dangerous gang members accused of terrorizing residents of the housing complexes, according to police.

As one of the suspects was being walked out of 545 W. 126th St. he yelled out "Happy Stacc Day. Still defiant."

Stacc is a reference to the 3 Staccs crew that police have been targeting as part of 'Operation Crew Cut' which began in 2010 under former NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly.

Sources told Fox 5 News that at least one of the suspects arrested may be connected to the the murder of 18-year-old high school basketball star Tayshana Murphy in 2011. Two men have already been convicted in Murphy's killing.

The gangs involved in the takedown are notorious for taking to social media to boast about their crimes, often for no real reason and acting like they had total impunity to do their dirty work.

Of those arrested as part of 'Operation Crew Cut', many were taken in with outstanding warrants using hand scanners that resemble mini iPads.

NYPD Commissioner Bill Bratton and Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. held a news conference at police headquarters for Wednesday.

"The deadly and dangerous feud between the Manhattanville and Grant Houses dates back decades," Vance said. "In the last four years, it has escalated into a bloody turf war marked by violence for the sake of violence. To build a case this extensive, prosecutors and investigators analyzed more than 40,000 calls from correctional facilities, screened hundreds of hours of surveillance video, and reviewed more than a million social media pages."

The indictments charged 103 members of the Make it Happen Boys, Money Avenue, and 3 Staccs gangs across 145 counts, authorities said.

Romans 13:

3 For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to the evil. Wilt thou then not be afraid of the power? do that which is good, and thou shalt have praise of the same:

4 For he is the minister of God to thee for good. But if thou do that which is evil, be afraid; for he beareth not the sword in vain: for he is the minister of God, a revenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth evil.

Leviticus 26:

17 And I will set my face against you, and ye shall be slain before your enemies: they that hate you shall reign over you; and ye shall flee when none pursueth you.

Jeremiah 5:

21 Hear now this, O foolish people, and without understanding; which have eyes, and see not; which have ears, and hear not:

22 Fear ye not me? saith the LORD: will ye not tremble at my presence, which have placed the sand for the bound of the sea by a perpetual decree, that it cannot pass it: and though the waves thereof toss themselves, yet can they not prevail; though they roar, yet can they not pass over it?

23 But this people hath a revolting and a rebellious heart; they are revolted and gone.

24 Neither say they in their heart, Let us now fear the LORD our God, that giveth rain, both the former and the latter, in his season: he reserveth unto us the appointed weeks of the harvest.

25 Your iniquities have turned away these things, and your sins have withholden good things from you.