Juggalos, Devil's Rejects and the edges of the gang label

The FBI's National Gang Intelligence Center labeled Juggalos, fans of Insane Clown Posse, "a loosely-organized hybrid gang" in 2011, and the Sixth Circuit left that label in place on December 18, 2017. The public South Carolina record is thin: a 2016 Myrtle Beach police statement naming Juggalos, and 2010 and 2012 Orangeburg County reports on the Santee-based Devil's Rejects and the Bootleg Militia. [1][2][3][4][5]

Key South Carolina cases

The Times and Democrat reported on October 5, 2010, that two Maryland men were struck with a hammer in the parking lot of Coasters, a Santee nightclub, early the previous Saturday. Witnesses told investigators the Maryland men started the fight by provoking the men in Devil's Rejects vests; the report names no suspect and no charge. [5]

Where it stands

In 2014 ICP members Violent J and Shaggy 2 Dope, several Juggalos and the ACLU sued the Department of Justice and the FBI in the Eastern District of Michigan (No. 2:14-cv-10071) over the gang designation. [6][1]

The district court dismissed the suit for lack of standing. On September 17, 2015, the Sixth Circuit reversed and remanded. On remand the district court held the designation was not a final agency action and dismissed the suit. On December 18, 2017, the Sixth Circuit affirmed, leaving the 2011 report in place. [1][2][6]

On September 16, 2017, Juggalos held a rally in Washington, D.C., against the designation; organizers expected about 3,000 people. [7]

South Carolina law defines a "criminal gang" by conduct: five or more persons formed to commit criminal activity who take part in a pattern of criminal gang activity. [8]

The full profile, with every source, the county records and a dated timeline, is on the group page.