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The Bloods was initially formed to provide members protection from the Crips. Many of the non-Crip gangs used to call one another "blood". [ 18 ] On March 21, 1972, shortly after a concert featuring Wilson Pickett and Curtis Mayfield , 20 youths belonging to the Crips attacked and robbed Robert Ballou Jr. outside the Hollywood Palladium .
Nevertheless, by 1972, the Piru Street Boys formed an alliance with other smaller street gangs such as the Brims, Bishops and Denver Lanes, which also opposed the Crips. [7] This alliance became known as the Bloods, as the members of this alliance called each other "blood". [7] Over time, more Blood "sets" would form, including the Mob Piru Bloods.
The Piru Street Boys are considered the forerunners to the Bloods, [4] which is why the terms "Piru" and "Blood" are often used interchangeably. However, this interchangeable use of the terms is inaccurate, [5] as many non-Piru gangs such as the Denver Lanes and Brims were also instrumental in the formation of the Bloods. [6]
This Crips–Bloods war was brought back to Belize City. The war in the city grew after the release of the 1988 film Colors, whose plot involves the two gangs in Los Angeles. By 2012, there were 20 to 25 different gangs in the city with some affiliation to either the Crips or Bloods. [42]
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By the early 1830s, the Mexican War of Independence had subsided, and some 60 to 70 families had settled in Texas—most of them from the United States. Because there was no regular army to protect the citizens against attacks by native tribes and bandits, in 1823, Stephen F. Austin organized small, informal armed groups whose duties required them to range over the countryside, and who thus ...
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