Mistaken for gang member based on his tattoos “Londonio stated that he did not request to be transferred but was allegedly mistaken for being affiliated with a gang based mainly on his tattoos.” ...

A judge will allow a gang member to cover his tattoos during his murder trial next week. James "Pimpin' " Barron, 24, is charged with killing Bloods street gang member Kamar Allen on Aug. 21, 2011.

The designs of those tattoos are often different, specified by the individual and their gang, but there's an underlying reason for why they get them, and it makes perfect business sense.

Venezuelan soccer star Jerce Reyes Barrios was deported to El Salvador after a tattoo was misinterpreted as a sign of gang affiliation.

When Aaron Hernandez was first arrested and accused of murdering his friend Odin Lloyd back in 2013, he didn’t have a tattoo on his neck. That appeared to change sometime earlier this year when ...