gang have been circulating throughout

the country for the past twenty-five years.

The gang was actually created in the early

1970's in Los Angeles to compete with a rival

gang called the "Avenue Boys", which was

active in the Los Angeles area for several

years. Eventually, the name was changed to

the "Avenue Cribs". By early 1972, the name

"Crib" was gradually phased out and

substituted with "Crip".

gang is historically important to the

creation of the Bloods. Ironically, the Bloods

were an offshoot from their now rival gang,

the Crips. By 1971, many Crips gangs had

merged with other Crips’ sets and had

expanded their gang culture and ideology

throughout the Los Angeles area. Many gangs

began to populate the Los Angeles area; several

of these gangs eventually becoming part

of the original Bloods family. The Piru Street

Boys in Compton, the Bishops, Athens Park

Boys and the Denver Lanes were originally

associated with the Crips prior to 1972.

Interestingly, they were temporarily known

as the Piru Street Crips and also wore the

traditional blue bandannas as part of their

attire.

Pirus had a conflict, which resulted in a

rumble. The Pirus were out-numbered, and

the Crips won the battle. The Pirus wanted

to terminate peaceful relations with the Crips

and had turned to another gang for back up.

The gangs then called a meeting on Piru

Street. The Crips had murdered a L.A. Brim

member earlier that year, so the Pirus asked

the Brims to attend the meeting along with

the Denver Lanes and the Bishops.

how to combat Crips intimidation, as

well as the creation of a new alliance to

counter the Crips. Hence, the group created

a united organization, which eventually

C-73 at the NYC Department of

Correction facility on Riker's Island. The

Bloods’ godfather was able to unite African-

American prisoners to compete with the

Hispanic gangs, such as Latin Kings and the

Netas, who were more organized and better

equipped to dominate the inmate

infrastructure.

have spent time on the West Coast,

where he became a member of the West

Coast Miller Gangsta Bloods. The ideology he

imported caught on quickly, spread to the

streets, and eventually developed into the

formation of the various Bloods subsets, such

as Nine Trey Gangstas;183 Gangstas; Sex,

Money, Murder, etc. (see page 4 for detailed

information on the Bloods subsets). While

the East Coast Bloods are based on the ideology

of the West Coast Bloods, the leaders

do not appear to have any contact with each

other. The West Coast Bloods consider

themselves superior to East Coast Bloods,

due in large part, to newspaper coverage of

the East Coast Bloods victimizing "Neutrals"

(those individuals not involved in gang

warfare).