They may be expressive of a free-spirit, but be wary of designs that are associated with gang activity. A teardrop tattoo under the eye or on the cheek are often associated with gangs. An outlined one symbolism mourning a gang member who died.
Mourning a loved one could feel like a good reason to get a teardrop tattoo in the early days following their demise. However, such a permanent reminder of your loss may not be suitable for your mental health in the long run. This is also something you should consider if you are choosing a teardrop tattoo as a mark of self-pity after becoming a victim of violence.
A filled teardrop tattoo could symbolize the wearer killed someone. The number of filled teardrop tattoos usually indicates how many people the gang member has killed. Firstly, many gangs around the world may take offense at your tattoo if you travel to areas where teardrop tattoos hold deeper meanings such as murder or allegiance to a specific gang.
Even when you are not under immediate threat, it is never a great idea to draw the attention of any gangs under any circumstances. Secondly, you could overcome your need to put up a violent front as you grow older. How will you cope with the tattoo regret that will follow?
Even when you get a teardrop tattoo as a fashion statement, and without any deep meanings tied to it, the general public can give it a meaning for you. This could cause problems for you in the future. Similarly, you may find yourself regularly explaining how your tattoo has nothing to with a criminal past, prison-time or a gang affiliation to a prospective romantic partner.
Latin Kings have a huge presence both in and out of prison, and their roots go back to the s. Other details of the crown, such as the colors of the jewels in the points, can have a whole other level of hidden meanings. Three dots Photo Whiserkino. This tattoo is typically found on the hands or around the eyes. The three dot tattoo is often created using a stick-and-poke method, requiring very rudimentary tools. Five dots Photo My Sarisari Store. These dots differ greatly from the previous tattoo — five dots represents time done in prison.
Also known as the quincunx, the four dots on the outside represent four walls, with the fifth on the inside representing the prisoner.
This tattoo can be found internationally, among both American and European inmates. Five dots on other parts of the body can have different meanings, such as an association with the People Nation gang.
The clock with no hands Photo Tattoo Me Pink. Those serving a longer sentence might get this tattoo done on their wrist, with watch straps and all, much like a real watch. The clock face itself can come in a few forms, such as the face of a wall clock or a grandfather clock. Not all clock tattoos are tied to prison; generally just the ones lacking hands. Aryan Brotherhood Photo Media Lib. The Brotherhood makes up 1 percent of the inmate population, but are responsible for 20 percent of murders inside of U.
The unofficial dividing line between the two is in Delano, California. La Eme Photo Police Mag. They are one of the largest and most ruthless prison gangs in the U. La Eme was started not in Mexico, but in Mexican-Americans who were incarcerated in American prisons. MS 13 Photo Wikimedia. Typically these tattoos can be found anywhere on the body, but are most often found in highly visible places like the face, hands or neck. Similarly, someone might get their teardrop design to remind themselves that they do not want to go back to prison, though this is definitely the rarer of the two meanings.
Multiple teardrops can represent multiple murders, or might represent the number of years that have been served in prison.
Sometimes each teardrop represents one person murdered or one year in jail, while in other cases each one can represent 10 or 20 people or years apiece. The number itself does not usually hold a significant meaning, but it is a way to differentiate one teardrop tattoo from all of the others.
Because there is not necessarily any remorse over these crimes, the teardrop becomes an ironic symbol as a tear typically reveals sadness. It is a common misconception that the owner of the teardrop tattoo is sad about something when in fact they are actually very proud of whatever the tears represent. But, as you will see below, these days plenty of people do get teardrops to actually symbolize some type of sadness.
In some cases, the teardrop is a symbol of remorse and is received after a prison sentence has been served. The teardrop in this way is a reminder of past mistakes and motivation to choose a more fulfilling lifestyle.
In these cases people usually only get one teardrop in their tattoos. This is actually one of the only face tattoos that symbolize remorse. More appropriately, the teardrop tattoo can serve as a memorial or tribute to a lost loved one with or without any gang affiliations.
The teardrop is a representation of grief and the indelibility of the tattoo emphasizes the duration of sadness. To make these types of tattoos more unique, the owners will sometimes include the initials of the lost person or some other type of symbol that reminds them of the deceased.
A rarer version of the teardrop tattoo is when the significant other or partner of an inmate gets the tattoo to symbolize their solidarity to their incarcerated loved one. A popular example of this is when singer Amy Winehouse got her teardrop when she felt that her boyfriend was unjustly in prison and she wanted the world to see that she would always support him. Mara Salvatrucha is an extremely violent organization that has businesses all around the United States, El Salvador and Canada.
They mostly deal in drug trafficking, but have been known to head human trafficking operations and even child prostitution. Based out of Chicago, the Latin Kings are an extremely organized gang that uses heavy symbolism in their rituals and hierarchy, and boasts tens of thousands of members from coast to coast. This tattoo usually has either 3-points or 5-points, with the five-point crown being more common, thanks to their affiliation with the People Nation Gang, a loose confederation of Chicago gangs whose identifying marker is the number 5.
Usually seen on elbows or hands, cobweb tattoos are a classic example of jailhouse ink that symbolizes being behind bars for a really, really long time. The idea of placing the cobwebs on elbows or on hands is that it signifies sitting with your hands or elbows on a table for so long that a spider has woven a web on you.
One thing to note, though: there are plenty of cobweb tattoos in popular culture that make use of multiple colors. These are not likely to be jailhouse tattoos, as tattoo artists in prisons rarely, if at all, have access to multiple colors of ink. White supremacists use a variety of nazi symbols as tattoos, from the most common swastika and German eagle, to the lightning bolt and SS. However, some nazi symbols are less pronounced. Although the Aryan Brotherhood represents about 1 percent of the entire inmate population in the United States, they account for over 20 percent of gang-related deaths and murders in U.
Having this symbol as an inmate can bring you huge benefits from the Brotherhood, but can make you a large and glaring target for non-White inmates. The numbers can be used together, separately, or with a slash in the middle. The 88 represents the 8 th letter of the alphabet: H. Combined, they form HH, a shorthand for Heil Hitler.
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