Crips, fierce competition from a gang of blood

Crips Background: A gang is very high since the street gangs in Los Angeles, California in late 1960. Original Black Crips gang was first reported on the campus of Washington High School in South-Central Los Angeles. In early 1970 the company has grown and launched in other parts of the County of Los Angeles. This new subsidiary of street gangs known as the set and they use the word "Crips" gang in the name of each - namely Harbor City Crips, Crips Compton Ave.





Members: Best Crip gang members street aged 12-24 years. The average age of 17-18. Most members of the White and Black Hispanics but known to be members of Crips sets in various regions of the United States. Crip members are rarely identified and most of their street name (nickname) using an alias. Gang initiation is usually done in several ways: armed robbery, assault or murder, drive by shooting, or fighting, in which other members are physically beaten prospective members. This is often referred to as "jump-ins" and aims to show the courage and loyalty to the band.

Identification: Crips identify with the color blue and usually wore a blue bandana as identifiers, called the flag.

Crips refer to each other as "Cuzz" and use the letter "C" to replace the letter "B" in conversation and writing. They have a complex communication system that involves not only graffiti on the wall - which marked the limits of their territory - but also use hand signals (flashing), displaying their colors and wear sports selected. The initials BK represent their status as "Blood Killers." Crips seldom wear tattoos . Their graffiti represents past or future gang activity.