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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 ...
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.
Despite becoming one of the largest gangs in the United States, the origins of the Crips gang is disputed, as different sources provide incompatible explanations about the origins of the group. [1] There are disagreements regarding the year the gang was founded, the motivation for forming the gang, how the gang was named and who the cofounders ...
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.
Stanley Tookie Williams III [1] [2] (December 29, 1953 – December 13, 2005) was an American gangster who co-founded and led the Crips gang in Los Angeles. He and Raymond Washington formed an alliance in 1971 that established the Crips as Los Angeles' first major African-American street gang.
The Bloods are a primarily African-American street gang which was founded in Los Angeles, California.The gang is widely known for its rivalry with the Crips.It is identified by the red color worn by its members and by particular gang symbols, including distinctive hand signs.
The Kitchen Crips is a predominantly Black gang that claims as its territory an area of South Los Angeles east of the 110 Freeway.
In April 1996, the gang's leader, Dalmin "Diamond" Mayen, fired a gun at an elderly neighbor who confronted him about his drug dealing, prompting police to begin investigating the gang. Following a seven-month investigation, 24 members of the Rollin' 30s Harlem Crips in East Harlem were arrested on charges of attempted murder, sexual assault ...