Aniah Ferguson, 16, charged in Monday's brutal beating of a fellow teen girl at a Brooklyn McDonald's, belongs to an offshoot of the massive Folk Nation gang, officials said.
The 16-year-old accused of beating her grandmother and stabbing her brother before the teeth-chattering stomping she dealt to 15-year-old Ariana Taylor. during Monday’s McDonald’s melee is a member of the Young Savages. The gang is an offshoot of the Folk Nation, one of the largest gangs in the country, officials said.
The Folk Nation, which began in Chicago, operates out of several cities, federal officials said. It’s considered an alliance — a veritable United Nations of street gangs — that includes smaller Bloods and Crips crews, officials said.
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In Brooklyn, the Folk Nation operates out of the Ebbets Field Houses in Crown Heights — the same neighborhood where the Young Savages have their turf.
The Folk Nation’s Brooklyn set is responsible for several shootings and robberies, officials said. Its leader Devon (D-Bloc) Rodney was sentenced to 20 years in prison in 2012 after pleading guilty to ordering the death of a Crips member near the Ebbets Field projects in 2008.
His underlings tried to carry out his order and blasted away at Rodney’s rival at a block party, but shot and wounded an innocent 10-year-old girl instead, officials said.
