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Gangs

Encounters with Bloods and Crips

Whether on duty or off duty, whether you are a federal agent or a county sheriff, whether intended or unintended, close encounters with Blood and Crip gang members can be very dangerous.

March 21, 2011

Special Units

Six Tennessee Bloods Indicted for Murder, Conspiracy

Bloods gang members and associates allegedly committed and conspired to commit acts of murder, attempted murder, robbery, narcotics trafficking, bribery and extortion over a more than four-year period.

February 23, 2011

Special Units

N.Y. Bloods Wear Colors To Court To Intimidate Witnesses

"They should not be coming into this courthouse wearing their colors," says Mariela Palomino Herring, the chief of the Queens district attorney's gang violence bureau. "This is our territory, not theirs."

November 28, 2010

Special Units

LAPD, FBI Take Down Blood Clique

Federal agents and police swept into a South Los Angeles housing project Wednesday and arrested dozens of alleged gang members indicted on federal racketeering charges for murder, drug dealing and assaults, law enforcement officials said.

August 25, 2010

Patrol

Click It or Die Bleeding

While vehicle crashes attributed to just 26 percent of all law enforcement deaths between the years 1980 and 1982, they comprised 54 percent of officer deaths between 2005 and 2007. Fatalities incident to foot or motorcycle patrol remained largely unchanged, yet deaths in patrol cars spiked.

August 25, 2010

Special Units

FBI Searches for Three New York Gang Members Wanted on Narcotics Charges

Wanted posters listing the names of the fugitives and those that have been captured has been made available to the public. Those who were indicted are suspected to be members of the Bloods and Latin Kings gangs.

July 1, 2010

Training

Compton Leaders Hope To Reestablish Police Department

Compton council members voted Tuesday to sever ties with the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department that has overseen a precipitous drop in the murder rate.

June 1, 2010

Special Units

78 Bloods and Latin Kings Members and Associates Charged with Narcotics Trafficking

A coordinated multi-agency law enforcement strike in "Operation Blood Drive" and "Operation Black Crown" shut down vast drug operations in Newburgh, New York.

May 12, 2010

Patrol

Colors Movie Trailer

Two Los Angeles Police Department officers played by Sean Penn and Robert Duval patrol the streets of South Central in Dennis Hopper's 1988 cop classic.

March 3, 2010

Special Units

Crips and Bloods Documentary

This promo is for "GangBangin' Fo' Life, Vol. 1," a propagandistic documentary that shows members of the Crip and Blood street gangs in the Compton and Watts areas of Los Angeles. The clip shows active gang bangers involved in fights, crack cooking, drug deals and other activities.

February 22, 2010

Gangs

Gangster Clothing: Dressing for Success In Prison

No one in a predatory environment wanted tight, close-fitting clothing. Status in custody was displayed by wearing new, especially large baggy clothing, ironed or pressed to military-like creases.

January 25, 2010

Special Units

MySpace Brags Spur Busts of Crips, Bloods Who Terrorized Housing Project

Crips and Bloods drug dealers who terrorized a Manhattan housing project and boasted of their gang ties on MySpace were busted Wednesday, authorities said.

January 13, 2010