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The term peckerwood has been adopted as the name of a street gang. The Peckerwood gangs are concentrated in California, where some trade in methamphetamine.^[1] In the East Bay Area of California (Contra Costa County, Martinez, Richmond, Pittsburg, Antioch) the peckerwood gang members are identified by the CO. CO. County (contra costa county tattoo, usually in but not limited to the abdominal/stomach region). The tattoo and Co. Co. County "WhiteBoy" gang trails to the prison California gang F.A.I.M. (Family Affiliated Irish Mob) affiliates of the Aryan Brotherhood.^{[citation needed]}

Under Peckerwood law, members are required to physically harm any other white person who has had a history of child molestation. On May 4, 2013, Charles Gaskin, who was a member of the gang according to his probation report, was sentenced for 26 years to life for the murder of registered sex offender Neil Lee Hayes.^[4]

On March 27, 2013, Tobias Dustin Summers, an alleged member of a Peckerwood street gang, kidnapped a 10 year old girl from her home in Northridge, Los Angeles and repeatedly sexually assaulted her. His accomplice, Daniel Martinez was caught on April 1, 2013, while Summers fled to Mexico. Summers was caught in a rehab clinic in Mexico on April 24, 2013. Summers has been charged with 37 felony counts—one of kidnapping a child, one of burglary, one of kidnapping to commit another crime, and 34 counts related to sexual assault against the kidnapping victim.^[5][6]

In popular culture[edit]

                                                               "PECKERWOODS"

Coined in the 19th century, “Peckerwood” or “Wood” is a derogatory term used Southern blacks to describe poor and/or rural Southern whites. Blacks viewed the blackbird as a symbol of themselves, and viewed the redheaded woodpecker as a representation of whites. In the 1940s, the term “wood” became part of California prison slang and, in the early 1970s, was used to refer to white prison inmates, who were willing to fight to avoid being raped or robbed regardless. Inmates eventually made the term peckerwood a source of pride, and the term was adopted by white power gang members around the late 1980s.

Identifiers

The Peckerwoods exhibit the standard Aryan symbols in various manners to denote their support of white supremacy ideology. In addition to these symbols, their tattoos usually display the phrases “Peckerwood,” “Pure Peckerwood,” “100% Pure Wood,” “Pure Peck,” “Pure Wood,” “Peckerwood Inc,” “Peckerwood Tribe,” “100% Peckerwood,” or images of the woodpecker bird to indicate set affiliation. See the gallery for examples of tattoos worn by members of the Peckerwoods.

To be a wood or Peckerwood is a term thats been around along time,What makes a white guy a Peckerwood is His will to fight for  being white,Usually he has been incarcerated and has fought for the simple fact he is white against toads,niggers,hammers watermelons,coons,tar babies,became the slang term "Wood" became part of the California prison system in the 1970's to refer to white inmates, so if you havent been in a California prison it doesnt mean you can't be a wood as long as you have fought and have stood up for your White European Ancestors,Then your a wood!!! 

peckerwood Co Co County photos