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Revision as of 00:03, 17 October 2008 by 71.31.210.105 (talk) (→History)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff) Criminal organization| Founded by | Raymond Washington |
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| Founding location | Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Years active | 1969-present |
| Territory | Nationwide |
| Ethnicity | African American |
| Membership (est.) | 30,000-35,000 |
| Criminal activities | Drug trafficking, robbery, extortion, murder, burglary and identification theft. |
| Allies | Folk Nation , Gangster Disciples , La Raza |
| Rivals | Bloods , Latin Kings , People Nation |
The Crips are a primarily, but not exclusively, African American gang founded in Los Angeles, California in 1969 mainly by 16-year-old Raymond Washington and Stanley Williams. What was once a single gang is now a loosely connected network of individual sets, often engaged in open warfare with one another.
The Crips are one of the largest and most violent associations of street gangs in the United states. with an estimated 30,000 to 35,000 members. The gang is known to be involved in murders, robberies, drug dealing, among many other criminal pursuits. The gang is notorious for its gang members' flamboyant use of the color blue in their clothing. However, this practice has waned due to contentious police crackdowns on gang members.
The Crips are publicly known to have an intense and bitter rivalry with the Bloods as well as various Hispanic street gangs.
Crips have been documented in the U.S. Military, found in bases in the United States and abroad.
History
A bunch of idiots who got together one day because they had someting in common. They were dumb broke losers who thought they were cool cause they killed people over the stupedist of reasons. Dumbfucks. They probably can't read this they're so stupid. Grow up bastards. You make your people look bad.
Crip on Crip violence
In 1971, a Crip set on Piru Street in Compton, California, known as the Piru Street Boys was formed. After two years of peace, a feud began between the Piru Street Boys and the other Crip sets. It would later turn violent as gang warfare ensued between former allies. This battle continued until the mid 1970s when the Piru Street Boys wanted to call an end to the violence and called a meeting with other gangs that were targeted by the Crips. After a long discussion, the Pirus broke off all connections to the Crips and started an organization that would later be called the Bloods, a street gang infamous for its rivalry with the Crips.
Since then, other conflicts and feuds were started between many of the remaining sets of the Crips gang. It is a popular misconception that Crips sets feud only with Bloods. In reality, they fight each other — for example, the Rollin' 60s and 83rd Street Gangster Crips ("Eight-Tray") have been rivals since 1979. In Watts, Los Angeles, the Grape Street Watts Crips and the P Jay Crips have feuded so much that the P Jay Crips even teamed up with the local Bloods set, the Bounty Hunter Bloods, to fight against the Grape Street Crips.
References
- U.S. Department of Justice, Crips, p.3.
- ^ U.S. Department of Justice, Crips, p.1.
- U.S. Department of Justice, Crips, p.2.
- A Brief History of the Los Angeles based Crips
- "War and Peace in Watts". LA Weekly. 2005-07-14. Retrieved 2007-05-04.
Reference publications
- U.S. Department of Justice (2002). Crips. U.S. Department of Justice. Copies can be requested here: Request Product number:2002-M0465-001.
See also
External links
- History of Crip Gangs in LA early formation of Los Angeles Crips
- Snopes Urban Legend – The origin of the name Crips
- L.A.-based gangs – An overview of LA-based gangs