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EarthFirst

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3. An overwhelming number of tattoo artists will refuse gang-related or hate symbol tattoos...

Reply to SunSeeker (Original post)

Tue Mar 18, 2025, 04:34 PM

Mar 2025

…they will be vocal about it and have a sign posted saying such.

Gang tattoos are often provided in two places: prison and private clubhouse/house party events.

I don't buy that a shop in Dallas would have provided this service to this young man.

Good luck to these families struggling to find answers…

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Relatives of missing Venezuelan migrants desperate for answers after US deportations to El Salvador [View all] SunSeeker Mar 2025 OP

This is So wrong. And a rose as a gang symbol, ffs?! How many rose tats are there out there? electric_blue68 Mar 2025 #1

If they are going to be deported for crimes, there should be criminal convictions. milestogo Mar 2025 #2

Absolutely, about convictions. Plus people have Gotten Rose Tats Forever, pretty sure! electric_blue68 Mar 2025 #5

Roses are used in religious symbolism too: milestogo Mar 2025 #6

Got it. Ty electric_blue68 Mar 2025 #7

Here's what the USBP Chief says are Tren de Aragua tattoos (spoiler alert: not roses!): SunSeeker Mar 2025 #8

An overwhelming number of tattoo artists will refuse gang-related or hate symbol tattoos... EarthFirst Mar 2025 #3

He got a rose tattoo, the national flower of the USA, designated so by Reagan in 1986. SunSeeker Mar 2025 #4