The Bulldogs are described by authorities as the nation's largest independent street gang
7-year-old boy was forcibly tattooed with the gang's emblem, a Bulldog paw, authorities say."I felt so... angry," said Det. Jesse Ruelas, describing the case in which Enrique Gonzalez is said to have held down his son while fellow gang member Travis Gorman allegedly applied the tattoo. "Why would you permanently disfigure your child?" After a pause, the detective added, "Then I felt sad, like the police and the system had let him down and allowed him to be hurt."These days, police and the system are forcefully asserting themselves, but it's going to take time to determine the future of Bulldog Country.Here amid the alfalfa fields and almond orchards, where Fresno State University has provided many families their first access to a higher education, the gang's co-opting of the Bulldog brand has had strange and violent effects.Students in some local schools are banned from coming to class in sportswear showing off the college's snarling red m...