| Founded | Founded c. 1971 by Hickey Nut, Angel, and King Rusty in or near Washington Heights |
|---|---|
| Formerly known as | Black Gangster Lynchmen |
| Affiliations |
Folk Nation
— c. 1979
–
2000 or later; |
| Colors | Black and Grey |
| Primary ethnicities | African American |
| Symbols | 3 Point Crown, Globe, and Lynchmen forks |
| Status | Inactive |
When Larry Hoover first assimilated with the Disciples and the Black Gangster Disciple nation was formed; Larry chose three men to be his top enforcers: King Rusty, Hickey Nut and Angel. Rusty was one of the original Outlaw Supreme Gangsters that settled in the Roseland neighborhood at 95th Street in 1968. Rusty, 100 Street Sam and Ulysses “U-S” Floyd were the founders of the Outlaws and Wild Hundreds GDs we know today.
In the year 1971, these three men and others had friction with some Black Gangster Disciples and wanted a split from the BGDN, these men then wanted nothing more to do with Disciple concepts which more or less meant they were no longer part of the BGDN but stayed loyal and true to the Gangster nation and Supreme Gangsters. Rusty opened the Lynchmen at 107th and Racine in the Racine Courts apartments in the Washington Heights neighborhood that year and kept his alliance with the Supreme Gangsters and the Gangster alliance. The name of the organization would be “Black Gangster Lynchmen.”
Eventually in the 70s the Lynchmen moved to the West Pullman neighborhood and took over Cooper Park (Coopville) which is an area between 115th to 118th, and Ashland to Racine.
In the year 1981, the Folk alliance was finalized on the streets and the Lynchmen were already part of the Folk alliance, now the Lynchmen was Folks on the streets. This was a time when the BGDN broke up because BGD now stood for just “Black Gangster Disciples” as a nation of itself while the Disciples part of the BGDN alliance either became BGDs or they became Black Disciples. The Lynchmen would not become BGD instead they remained independent only pledging a loyalty to the old Gangster nation that was defunct in 1981. Over time, Lynchmen would go to war with both Black Disciples and Gangster Disciples as they would not pledge to anything new accept being Folks.
Over time King Rusty and Angel were killed in the streets while Hickey Nut was put in prison and became the leader from behind prison walls. Over time LSG shrunk in size down to having main operations only at Cooper Park.
Known sections of Lynchmen Sercaun Gangsters past and present
Sections of Calumet Heights
93rd & Stoney Island
Sections of Morgan Park
111th & Racine
109th & Elizabeth
Washington Heights neighborhood Established 1971-1981
Sections of Washington Heights
107th & Racine (Racine Courts Apartments)
West Pullman neighborhood 70s-present years
Sections of West Pullman
115th to 118th, Ashland to Racine (Coopville) 70s-present years