their most recognizable symbol, a six-pointed star, honors their co-founder king david barksdale. and the sheriff's police are seeing it in more and more places. >> why'd you run, man? >> i just don't like being around police. >> are you gd? no, sir. >> these six-point star earrings in your ear? that's a star of david? >> tell us why you're wearing those earrings right now. you are a gd. you don't need to lie. we already know that. >> stand up for yourself, man. >> i don't want to get in no trouble. >> you're not going to get in any trouble for telling us stuff. what you can get in trouble from is running from the police today. >> as long as there is a demand for narcotics, we're never going to break the back of any gang, no matter what. so until something's done along those lines, we'll be out here every single day. >> the gangster disciples are likely here to stay. but authorities hope to hit them as hard as they can with "operation hostile >> this is the message sending here, you heat the guys at the top, the rest of the guys see them leave the tier under direct escort from us,