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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 ...
Cameron Terrell is an American former member of the Rollin 90s Neighborhood Crips gang, [1] who was acquitted for his alleged role in the murder of 21 year-old Justin Holmes. Terrell's case received national media attention, as Terrell was white and came from an affluent background, which is unusual among members of the Crips gang. [2]
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.
The number of families facing extortion from gangs in Oklahoma prisons is unknown — many cases go unreported for fear of ... a 65-year-old mother of two who lives in Oklahoma City, estimated she ...
Eight people pleaded "not guilty" Wednesday in Oklahoma County District Court on charges related to a shooting at a south Oklahoma City club on April 1 that left three people dead.
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 ...
In some cases, a set from one gang may form an alliance with a specific set from a rival gang. For example, the PJ Watts Crips are known for their alliance with the Bounty Hunter Watts Bloods. [7] This alliance formed due to mutual opposition to the Grape Street Watts Crips set. [7] Conflict between rival sets is referred to as "set tripping". [8]
Why We Bang starts by depicting a short history of African-American organizations and communities during the 1960s and 1970s such as the Black Panthers.It is then suggested that these organizations were "infiltrated by the CIA", eventually leading to the division of the then more unified African-American community, and again leading to the establishment of new violent street gangs.