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Tag: Crips: Page 2
Special Units
N.J. Gang Investigators Provide Training
The New Jersey Gang Investigators Association has scheduled a gang training event later this month covering Bloods and Crips, the group announced. The intelligence sharing roundtable has been scheduled for 9 a.m. Sept. 24 in Sayreville.
September 13, 2012
Gangs
Inside the Black Panther Party (2 of 2)
By the late 1960s, many of the Black Panther Party leadership had become entangled in criminal trials or were serving long prison sentences. Some had been killed. The remaining BPP leaders could not agree on how to overcome these issues.
September 11, 2012
Gangs
Inside the Black Panther Party (1 of 2)
The Black Panther Party was formed to protect and defend African-American neighborhoods from police brutality. By the late 1960s, it represented a major threat to the Oakland Police Department.
September 5, 2012
Gangs
African Immigrant Gangs
Somali gangs tend to align and adopt gang names based on clan or tribe, although a few have joined national gangs such as the Crips and Bloods.
April 4, 2012
Gangs
East Coast Gangs
Are street gangs from different geographic regions really different? Are West Coast gangs different from Midwest Gangs? Are East Coast gangs different from Southern gangs? The answer is they are all the same with a few "twists of lemon."
March 28, 2012
Special Units
East Coast Blood Hand Signs
Gang members use hand signs to communicate with each other and to challenge rival members or law enforcement officers in what they call "throwing signs." After forming in Los Angeles in the early 1970s, the Bloods street gang spread to the East Coast and formed "sets." These sets include the Piru Bloods, Fruit Town Brims, and South Side Brims (in western Maryland). The hand signs in this gallery were recovered during a multi-agency investigation earlier this year. Photos courtesy of Det. Rich Keys of the Maryland State Police.
December 28, 2011
Patrol
FBI Investigating L.A. Sheriff's Captain In Narcotics Probe
Capt. Bernice Abram, who has been on leave from her role as commander of Carson station since April, is being investigated for involvement in the narcotics ring run by Dion Grim, the leader of Compton's Front Hood Crips.
August 29, 2011
Gangs
TV Gang Docs: Turning Hoodlums Into Heroes
Why do some people feel the need to rewrite history to suit their needs? Many of these "documentaries" are only as good as their sources of information and the twisted interpretation of facts that the writers and producers invent. Unfortunately, this usually results in the truth winding up on the editing-room floor.
July 26, 2011
Special Units
L.A. Crip Allegedly Kidnapped Man who Claimed to Have Shaq O'Neal Sex Tape
A man identified as the leader of Main Street Mafia Crips in Los Angeles has been arrested for allegedly directing other members to kidnap, beat and rob a man who claimed to have a sex tape involving former NBA star Shaquille O'Neal.
June 14, 2011
Special Units
Tulsa Police Trace Dead Gang Member's Gun to Detroit Officer
The 9mm handgun possessed by a Crip gang member who was shot by a Tulsa (Okla.) Police officer was once the service weapon of a Detroit Police officer.
April 18, 2011
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
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
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