Gang History
The Bloods: Born From the Crips' Own Violence
The Bloods formed in 1972 when Piru Street Boys in Compton refused Crip pressure and built a rival alliance around the color red.
Gang History
The Bloods formed in 1972 when Piru Street Boys in Compton refused Crip pressure and built a rival alliance around the color red.
Gang History
How two teenagers in South Central Los Angeles built the Crips in 1969 — and why the LAPD's occupied-territory policing guaranteed what grew.