FBI notes increase in gang violence in Anchorage

The FBI said it’s seeing an uptick in gang activity in Anchorage and a lot of it seems to center around drugs.
Special Agent Mike Watson — a member of the Safe Streets Task Force, an interagency group that works to stop gang violence — said gangs have been active in Anchorage for years, but authorities haven’t always acknowledged it.
“It was kind of like the big thing in the room that no one wanted to talk about,” Watson said. “People don’t wa