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Grape Street Watts Crips

Grape Street, Los Angeles
Founding location	Watts
Years active	1970s – present
Territory	California, Tennessee, New Jersey
Rivals	Bounty Hunter Bloods

The Grape Street Watts Crips is a set of the Crips gang based in the Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles. The gang's rivalry with the Bounty Hunter Bloods has been described as being "the most violent and long lasting feud between two gangs that are in the Watts area."

History

Brandon "BL" Bullard, a veteran of the Grape Street Watts Crips, was murdered by the East Coast Crips in 2008. The murder of Bullard sparked a war that resulted in 26 wounded and 9 dead in the six weeks that followed.

Media appearances

Members of the Grape Street Watts Crips appeared in the documentary Crips and Bloods: Made in America, directed by Stacy Peralta.

See also

• Jordan Downs

References

1. "16 with ties to 'Grape Street Crips' gang indicted on drug trafficking". August 7, 2019.
2. "The gang leader who loved Instagram. Inside the takedown of Jersey's notorious Grape Street Crips". August 5, 2018.
3. ^ "THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. CORDELL HAWKINS, Defendant and Appellant" (PDF). Superior Court of Los Angeles County. June 8, 2016. Retrieved December 14, 2015.
4. Temple-Rastan, Dina (June 8, 2008). "Cops Target L.A. Gangs' 'Shot Callers'". National Public Radio. Retrieved December 13, 2016.
5. Stacy Peralta (Director) (January 20, 2008). Crips and Bloods: Made in America (Motion picture). United States: PBS.

Further reading

• "PCP drug bust in South Los Angeles: 20 arrested". ABC7 Los Angeles. February 13, 2014. Retrieved March 22, 2015.
• "Second South Los Angeles Gang Leader Sentenced to Life Without Parole in Federal Prison for Distributing PCP". FBI. February 4, 2011. Retrieved March 22, 2015.
• "13 L.A. street gang members indicted in sale of PCP". Los Angeles Times. March 27, 2008. Retrieved March 22, 2015.
• Watts Beset by Retaliatory Shootings. Los Angeles Times.

External links

• FBI Charges Grape Street Crips

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