Editing Bacliff, Texas (section)

==Crime==
As of 2008 (Originally started in 1995), Bacliff had the 4th Street Bloods (4SB), a [[Gangs in the United States|street gang]] consisting of mostly [[White American]]s.<ref name="Lomax1">Lomax, John Nova. "Gangsters in Bacliff." ''[[Houston Press]]''. September 11, 2008. [http://www.houstonpress.com/2008-09-11/news/gangsters-in-bacliff/ 1] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080912125530/http://www.houstonpress.com/2008-09-11/news/gangsters-in-bacliff/ |date=2008-09-12 }}.</ref> The name of the gang originates from its headquarters in Bacliff. Documents filed in federal court stated that the gang was formed by six people in the mid-1990s. Cindy George of the ''[[Houston Chronicle]]'' said "The gang purportedly makes money by selling powdered and crack cocaine as well as methamphetamine."<ref name=Georgefacing>George, Cindy. "[http://www.chron.com/neighborhood/baytown-news/article/Reputed-Bacliff-gang-members-facing-drug-charges-1764318.php Reputed Bacliff gang members facing drug charges] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140408112124/http://www.chron.com/neighborhood/baytown-news/article/Reputed-Bacliff-gang-members-facing-drug-charges-1764318.php |date=2014-04-08 }}." ''[[Houston Chronicle]]''. May 21, 2008. Retrieved on May 6, 2013.</ref> To identify themselves, members wore red and had tattoos that read "4th Street Playa" and "Kliff Side".<ref name=Georgefacing/>

In 2008 the [[Federal Bureau of Investigation]] (FBI) Texas City Safe Street Task Force, the Galveston County Sheriff's Office, and other agencies started an investigation into the gang.<ref name=Fourmore>"[https://www.justice.gov/usao/txs/1News/Releases/2011%20September/110909%20Black%20et%20al.htm Texas City Safe Street's Task Force Nets Four More For Trafficking Crack]." ([https://web.archive.org/web/20140819161953/http://www.justice.gov/usao/txs/1News/Releases/2011%20September/110909%20Black%20et%20al.htm Archive], [https://www.justice.gov/usao/txs/1News/Releases/2011%20September/110909%20Black%20et%20al_print.htm Print], [https://web.archive.org/web/20140819193806/http://www.justice.gov/usao/txs/1News/Releases/2011%20September/110909%20Black%20et%20al_print.htm Archive]) [[United States Department of Justice]]. September 9, 2011. Retrieved on May 6, 2013.</ref> That year, 10 people were arrested, accused of drug charges.<ref name=Georgefacing/> In 2011 the [[Federal Government of the United States]] arrested four men from Bacliff, accusing to be a part of the gang and charging them crimes related to [[crack cocaine]] distribution.<ref name=Fourmore/> In 2011 12 people accused of being members faced drug charges.<ref>Aulds, T.J. "[http://www.khou.com/news/neighborhood-news/Bacliff-Drug-sweep-nabs-12-on-drug-charges-129591223.html Bacliff: Drug sweep nabs 12 on drug charges]." ([https://archive.today/20130629143025/http://www.khou.com/news/neighborhood-news/Bacliff-Drug-sweep-nabs-12-on-drug-charges-129591223.html Archive]) ''[[The Galveston County Daily News]]''. September 10, 2011. Retrieved on May 6, 2013.</ref> In 2012 a federal judge in Houston sentenced four 4SB men to prison.<ref>"[http://www.khou.com/community/blogs/crime-watch/Crime-Blog-4th-Street-Bloods-members-get-prison-time-for-drug-charges-161986555.html Crime Blog: 4th Street Bloods members get prison time for drug charges] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130621220139/http://www.khou.com/community/blogs/crime-watch/Crime-Blog-4th-Street-Bloods-members-get-prison-time-for-drug-charges-161986555.html |date=June 21, 2013 }}." ''[[KHOU]]''. July 10, 2012. Retrieved on May 6, 2013.</ref> They had pleaded guilty to their crimes.<ref>"[https://www.fbi.gov/houston/press-releases/2012/members-of-4th-street-bloods-gang-handed-federal-sentences Members of 4th Street Bloods Gang Handed Federal Sentences] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160313075425/https://www.fbi.gov/houston/press-releases/2012/members-of-4th-street-bloods-gang-handed-federal-sentences/ |date=2016-03-13 }}." [[Federal Bureau of Investigation]]. July 10, 2012. Retrieved on May 6, 2013.</ref>