New York gangs use emojis as a secret language to plan crimes: In the secret code of New York gangs, texting two thumbs up doesn’t mean everything is OK.
It means you’re a member of the Harlem Crips, a ruthless band of hoodlums who have terrorized upper Manhattan for decades, according to police.
They say violent city street toughs have turned to cutesy emoji and other digital imagery to communicate with each other, using seemingly innocuous symbols as tools of murder, assault, rape and robbery.
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