The Bloods is a notorious LA-based street gang involved in various crimes, including drug trafficking, theft, assault, burglary, and even murder. Most of its members are African American. Furthermore, ...

It was the early 1970s in Los Angeles — a city divided by race, poverty, and lost hope. What began as small neighborhood ...

Mesmerizingly portrayed with vintage photos and film footage, Crips and Bloods: Made in America opens with a raw look at the violence and unrest that exploded in central Los Angeles during and after ...

Tyrone White was a member of the 65 Menlo Gangster faction of the Crips gang in South Central Los Angeles during the late '80s and '90s. White held the position of a street soldier and participated in ...

The war between the Rollin’ 60s Crips and the Inglewood Family Bloods was past its 50th year when Skipp Townsend brought the sworn enemies together over brunch. During the meal at a swanky open-air ...

Deputy City Attorney Brooke White began a recently filed court motion with the words “There is something terribly wrong in Oakwood.” That is about the only thing widely agreed upon in what’s become, ...

Peace is brewing in parts of San Diego between decades-long sworn enemies the Crips and the Bloods. Veterans from both gangs hope that dialogue will trump threats and badly needed resources will ...

Faced with the dilemma of devoting their lives to their religion or firebombing the homes of rivals, Mormon gangbangers decided they could do both. Back in the 1980s and 1990s, youngsters in Salt Lake ...

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It's time for the Bloods and Crips to lawyer up. Harris County is taking a bunch of gangsters to civil court. "This is a grand day in Harris County," DA Pat Lykos said this morning during a news ...