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Barton claims that in 1969, he witnessed a conversation between Raymond Washington and Washington's best friend Craig, where the pair were deciding the name of their new gang. During this conversation, Raymond was wearing the shoes of his brother Reggie, whose nickname was “Crip”, which was written on the side of the shoe.
Raymond Lee Washington (August 14, 1953 – August 9, 1979) was an American gangster, known as the founder of the Crips gang in Los Angeles. [1] Washington formed the Crips as a minor street gang in the late 1960s in South Los Angeles, becoming a prominent local crime boss.
The Crips are a primarily African-American alliance of street gangs that are based in the coastal regions of Southern California.Founded in Los Angeles, California, in 1969, mainly by Raymond Washington and Stanley Williams, the Crips began as an alliance between two autonomous gangs, and developed into a loosely connected network of individual "sets", often engaged in open warfare with one ...
SCRANTON — Three people are facing charges after a juvenile was injured during a Crips gang initiation, law enforcement officers say. James Hankins, 33, of 1371 N. Washington Ave., Scranton ...
T&A Crips gang members were first charged in 2018 for crimes including five murders, 26 attempted murders, drug-trafficking and other crimes. Last of 19 T&A Crips convicted gets maximum 40-year ...
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The Crips and the Bloods, two majority-Black street gangs founded in Los Angeles (L.A.), California, have been engaged in a gang war since the 1970s. [30] [31] The war is made up of smaller, local conflicts between chapters of both gangs, and has mostly taken place in major cities in the United States, especially L.A.
A gang change. At one time, gang members in the Braggtown set could also be part of the Crips as well as other homegrown gangs that hung out in the Hoover Road public housing area.