Public enemy it to describe various notorious fugitives they were pursuing throughout the 1930s. Unlike Loesch's use of the term, the FBI's "Public Enemies" were wanted criminals and fugitives who were already charged with crimes. Among the criminals whom the FBI called "public enemies" were John Dillinger, Baby Face Nelson, Bonnie and Clyde, Pretty Boy Floyd, Machine Gun Kelly, Ma Barker, and Alvin Karpis. The term was used so extensively during the 1930s that some writers call that period of the FBI's early (the BOI became the FBI in 1935) history the "Public Enemy Era". Dillinger, Floyd, Nelson, and Karpis, in that
Public Enemy No. 1 (street gang) or "ᛈᛞᛋ" (PDS), from Germanic runic alphabets. Public Enemy No. 1 (street gang) Public Enemy No. 1 (abbreviated as PENI), also known as PENI Death Squad (or PDS), is a racist skinhead prison and street gang based in Southern California, United States. The California Department of Justice in 2004 described it as "one of the most powerful and fastest-growing gangs inside and outside prison" and said it had about 200 members statewide. Its main activities include identity theft, credit card fraud and methamphetamine sales. The formation of the group was greatly influenced by members in the hardcore punk rock scene