Zoe Pound is a criminal street gang based in Miami, Florida founded by Haitian immigrants in 1990.
"[10] The origin of "Pound" is disputed, but the most widespread theory is that it acts as an acronym of "Power Of Unified Negroes (in) Divinity".
[9][11] Zoe Pound was founded in 1990 in response to growing attacks on Haitian Americans, initially acting as a vigilante self-defense group before morphing into a gang by the mid-1990s.
[12][13][14] In 1999, the Miami-Dade Police Department cracked down on the Boogie Boys and John Does, both at-the-time prominent Miami gangs.
[15][16][17] Zoe Pound took advantage of the power vacuum caused by their sudden decline, expanding across Florida and eventually other states.