What the heck is a Juggalo, you ask?
In a July FBI report Juggalos were classified as a "loosely organized hybrid gang."
The report said those who identify as Juggalos have committed assaults and vandalism, and a "small number" of them have engaged in more serious crimes.
In the past two weeks, about a dozen businesses in North Portland have received the same threatening note — featuring the black-and-white mask of the Juggalo fans — telling them to leave the neighborhood.
Employees arriving to work at restaurants and shops on November 6 found the black-and-white post
(Insane Clown Posse members Joseph Bruce, aka Violent J, left, and Joseph Utsler, aka Shaggy 2 Dope, are seen after a news conference in Detroit on Jan. 8, 2014.(Photo: Carlos Osorio, AP)
Juggalos are followers of hardcore hip-hop groups such as the Insane Clown Posse, a duo popular in the 1990s that raps about horror scenarios and other violence.
Juggalos insist worshiping the band is simply a lifestyle, but the federal government has labeled them a criminal gang.
Last year, two Corvallis men affiliated with the group made national headlines when they were arrested for beating up strangers.
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