Tiny Rascal Gang

Tiny Rascal Gang
Founded1981[1]
Founding locationEastside, Long Beach, California[1]
Years active1981–present
TerritoryUnited States (especially California, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia, North Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Washington) and Canada[2]
EthnicityPredominantly Cambodian
Membership (est.)2,000+ active members (1999);[3] 5000–10,000 members and associates (2009)[4]
ActivitiesDrug trafficking, assault, arms trafficking, murder, theft[5]
Allies14K[6]
Wah Ching[7]
Wo Hop To[6]
RivalsAsian Boyz[8]
Bloods[9]
Crips[10]
Latin Kings[11]
Sureños[12][13]
Notable membersRun Chhoun

The Tiny Rascal Gang, (abbreviated TRG) is a primarily Cambodian-American gang based in Long Beach, California. During the 1990s, Mexican Mafia "green light" hit lists began including the TRG during the 1990s, and Sureños were soon at war with them. The Mexican Mafia ordered the West Side Longo gang to put aside its rivalry with the East Side Longo and support their former rivals against the TRG.[14]

The gang was founded in 1981 for protection by Cambodian youth groups who had escaped the Cambodian genocide. Gang members are as young as 12 years old.[15][16] A group left the gang and became the Asian Boyz (ABZ). The TRG, the Eastside's first Cambodian gang,[17] had an estimated membership of over 2,000 in 1999 and 5,000 to 10,000 "members and associates" in 2009.[4][3]

  1. ^ a b TRG (Tiny Rascal Gangsters): Asian Gangs in Long Beach Richard Valdemar, policemag.com (December 22, 2008)
  2. ^ "2011 National Gang Threat Assessment – Emerging Trends". 2011. Archived from the original on 2016-06-19.
  3. ^ a b "The Tiny Rascal Gang: Big Trouble". Police. Police Magazine. 1999-12-31. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
  4. ^ a b "National Gang Threat Assessment - 2009". Federal Bureau of Investigation.
  5. ^ The Tiny Rascal Gangsters (Tiny Rascals) justice.gov
  6. ^ a b "Organised Crime in California 2009" (PDF). 2020-09-08.
  7. ^ Los Angeles Gangs and Hate Crimes Archived 2017-07-30 at the Wayback Machine, Police Law Enforcement Magazine February 29, 2008
  8. ^ Fresno man resentenced to 80 years to life in prison for killing pregnant woman in 2006 Archived 2017-07-30 at the Wayback Machine, Fresno Bee July 21, 2016.
  9. ^ Prosecutors say man involved in South Seattle gang war shootings Archived 2014-04-09 at the Wayback Machine, KIRO-TV, April 7, 2014.
  10. ^ Not on our turf California gangs create havoc here, "Milwaukee Journal Sentinel", July 28, 1994.
  11. ^ Agar, John New documents give inside look at Holland Latin Kings, drugs, violence, MLive, February 17, 2013.
  12. ^ Hay, Jeremy (May 22, 2005). "A HARDER EDGE TO GANG VIOLENCE" (PDF). Press Democrat. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 15, 2014. Retrieved March 15, 2014.
  13. ^ Moxley, R. Scott. We Don't Care Gang Killer Begs Judges To Care About His Trial Complaint Archived 2014-04-19 at the Wayback Machine, OC Weekly, July 2013.
  14. ^ Richard Valdemar (21 December 2008). "TRG (Tiny Rascal Gangsters): Asian Gangs in Long Beach". www.policemag.com. Retrieved 2022-10-06.
  15. ^ Garcia, Fernando Haro (2023-10-10). "Gangsters bragged about mass shooting that left partygoers dead, prosecutors say at trial". Long Beach Post News. Retrieved 2023-11-24.
  16. ^ "The Tiny Rascal Gang: Big Trouble". Police Magazine. 1999-12-31. Retrieved 2023-03-04.
  17. ^ "TRG (Tiny Rascal Gangsters): Asian Gangs in Long Beach". Police Magazine. 2008-12-21. Retrieved 2023-11-24.