Why Does the FBI Call Juggalos a Gang? Because of Oregon Crimes

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By AARON MESH

Horrorcore rappers Insane Clown Posse announced last week that they're looking into why the Federal Bureau of Investigation has categorized their fans, the Juggalos, as a gang.

The band's front men, Violent J and Shaggy 2 Dope, might want to look at Oregon.

The FBI's 2011 National Gang Threat Assessment lists Juggalos as a "hybrid gang," citing a 2010 attack by two Corvallis teenagers on a homeless man. Corvallis police said the teens were Juggalos, according to the Corvallis Gazette-Times.

It's one of only two crimes the FBI attributes to Juggalo gang activity.

But the feds could have mentioned others. A report last year in the Medford Mail-Tribune said Juggalos and Juggalettes were involved in a series of assaults.

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