city, belonging to about 160 gangs. In 2009, law enforcement agencies identified a local Hispanic gang on Denver's west side known as the Gallant Knights Insane as having been responsible for crack cocaine and firearms trafficking, homicides, drive-by shootings, aggravated assaults, home invasions, and robberies in the area. Founded By Gregorio Ramirez II a.k.a “West Side” a long time well respected West Side Denver representative who served nearly a 30 year sentence stemming from a bank robbery & other crimes with His Wife Lillian Baca The Mother of His 3 daughters (M.Ramirez S.Ramirez & L.Ramirez) Starting as “The Lipan Boyz” later on becoming The “Gallant Knights Insane” classy well dressed violent chicanos who grew by the thousands across Denver & surrounding cities. 211 Crew was created by Benjamin Davis in 1995 as a new low level white power gang in county jail. It has since expanded throughout Colorado and reached the streets. Allied with the Aryan Brotherhood, 211 Crew is known for brutal acts of violence, including the shooting of the director of the Colorado Department of Corrections, Tom Clements at his home in 2013 as an act of revenge for moving gang shot callers and disrupting the gang's hierarchy. This gang is closely related to 303 Mafia, a tagging and drug trafficking gang that is also situated in the Englewood area. A Hispanic street gang called the North Side Mafia has been involved in various criminal activities such as homicide, robberies, and drug trafficking. The 18th Street gang, a Los Angeles gang, reportedly has had a large presence in Denver due to gang members who relocate to the city to avoid probation problems in Southern California. Other more nationally recognized street gangs in Denver are the Rollin' 30, which are located on Denver's East Side, Florencia 13, MS 13, Crenshaw Mafia Gangster Bloods, 83 Gangster Crips, Rollin' 60 Neighborhood Crips, Bounty Hunter Bloods, and Compton Crip Riders. Denver's gang activity has expanded into adjacent areas such as Aurora, Commerce City, Edgewater, Lakewood, Sheridan, Mountain View, Twin Lakes, Sherrelwood, Thornton, Federal Heights, and Englewood. Movement against gangs There are social service groups in the community engaged in discouraging young people from becoming involved in gangs. Some of their efforts were featured on the TV program Gangland in March 2010 in an episode entitled "Mile High Killers" that was perceived locally as having misrepresented their work and possibly promoted violence between