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Dominicans Don't Play (DDP) is a New York based street gang comprised of Latino youths whose heritage is traced to the Dominican Republic. They are largely concentrated in the Washington Heights section of Manhattan parts of Queens, The Bronx and Brooklyn[1] . More recently the gang has expanded to New Jersey [2] [3] , Florida, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Ohio and Atlanta. Law enforcement identifies members through the wearing of black, blue, white and red beads [4] - which is problematic given these are also the colors of the flag of the Dominican Republic and numerous other countries. Throughout the group's relatively short history as a gang they have been involved in numerous violent altercations in New York [5] , New Jersey, Massachusetts, and Florida. In 2004 several people associated with DDP were arrested in connection with the fatal stabbing of a River Edge, New Jersey man after the North Hudson Dominican Day Parade in August 2003. They have had an ongoing feud with other area gangs, including the sets affiliated with the United Blood Nation and the Trinitarios, a group comprised also of Dominican youths. [6] . A scuffle between DDP and the Bloods at Pelham Prep High School in the Bronx on March 11, 2005 resulted in the stabbing of two teenage boys.[1] On April 13, 2005 fifteen year old Alex Ramirez, a member of the DDP off-shoot BONZ - or "Beat On Niggaz", was charged with second-degree murder after witnesses said he slashed 16-year-old Marviel Martinez (rival gang member trinitario) in the neck and then thrust the blade deep in the teen's back Tuesday morning at the Jerome Ave. station in 183st.[2] There was a recent arrest of three members of the DDP by the FBI. On January 01, 2007, 3 member of the gang DDP were arrested in New York. They were wanted for multiple charges relating to a shooting incident at a restaurant in which the three subjects fired several rounds killing one person and critically injuring three. They were arrested in NY with a .38 caliber hand gun. [7] . There was also a large brawl in Manhattan including Union Square
NOTICIAS DESDE MADRID.. Los pandilleros Dominican Don't Play toman las calles de Madrid TATIANA ESCÁRRAGA. 10.07.2006 Las claves: La Policía controla a 200 miembros de esta banda latina.Se ha convertido en la más importante en la región tras los últimos golpes policiales a los Latin King y los Ñetas. La banda Dominican Don't Play (DDP) son más bien anárquicos, enemigos acérrimos de los Ñetas y los Latin King se han convertido últimamente en la banda latinoamericana más poderosa de Madrid. Su creación en España data de 2004 y se nutren de dominicanos y desertores de los Ñetas y los Latin Los Dominican Don't Play tienen su origen en los barrios de Santo Domingo. Su aparición en la capital, según la información que maneja la Policía, data de diciembre de 2004. Antes, un jefe de esta banda en Estados Unidos había venido a crear la organización, que poco a poco se ha ido nutriendo de desertores de los Latin y los Ñetas, así como de nuevos miembros. Hasta ahora la Policía tiene identificados a una cantidad masiva de jóvenes pertenecientes a los DDP. Sobre los DDP pesan una masiva cantidad tentativas de homicidio.El pasado mes de mayo en la calle Amparo, en Lavapiés, los agentes detuvieron a cuatro integrantes de esta banda acusados de la muerte a cuchilladas de Hugo Emiliano Guallichico , un joven ecuatoriano conocido como El Abuelo. Así somos los DDP La mayoría son Dominicanos con edades de 16 o mas. Tengo entendido que los ddp que son menores de 16 tienen un nombre especial cual es"baby ddp, o dtc(dominicans taking control), Muchos han nacido en España y otros ya cuentan con la doble nacionalidad (dominicana y española). Admiten a colombianos y, excepcionalmente, a ecuatorianos, ya que contra éstos el odio
