Crips

Introduction
Crips were created in California during the 60's.  The creators of the Crips was Stanley Tookie Williams and Raymond Lee Washington.  They were leaders of 2 different gangs, they simply combined their forces.  The gang was originally called Cribs because the members were no older than 17.  Then they started walking around with canes, so people called them cripple.  Crip is short 4 cripple.  In the 70's the Crips broke up into different sets (groups) and they fought each other.  When crack became popular in the 80's, the Crips became very rich and famous.  They spread all over the nation and the world.  There are over 800 sets of Crips and 30,000 members nationwide.   Bloods are the Crips rivals.  They are like Superman and Lex Luther.  Some Crips joined the military to become better killers.

Cripology
Crips love to wear blue.  They roll their right pants leg up and cock their caps to the right.  They have their own lingo.  They call each other Cuz.  They say what is C like to greet each other.  Some of their symbols are 6 pointed star, crowns, pitchfork, back to back C's (some sets see this as disrespect), etc.  If they weren't violent and didn't commit crimes they would be sweet!

Sets of Crips
Pirus: This was a gang in Compton that spread to surrounding areas.  They later became a Crip set. They later joined the Brimms Gang and created the Bloods.

Rollin 60's Neighborhood Crips: They are one of the worst gang in the Los Angles, California.  This gang has about 7,000 members.  They were allied to 8 Tray Gangsta Crips.  Later they became rivals. Rappers on Death Row Records was in this set.  Snoop Dog and Nate Dogg are down with the Rollin 20's.

8 Tray Gangsta Crips:  They like to wear Texas Longhorn caps. They are also one of the worst gangs Los Angles, California.  The feud they have with the Rollin 60's have resulted in the death of 50 people.  There are over 300 people in this gang.  They attacked an innocent person after the Rodney King verdict.  One of the gang's members known as Psycho ambushed 3 cops and caused them great harm.  They survived and one of them shot him in the head and he got 19 years in prison.  This was in response to the Rodney King verdict.  2 teenage women got killed by 5 members of this gang over a bad drug deal.  There is a gang member called Monster he was or is very violent.

Compton Crips: Mac Thomas was the founder of this gang.  This gang has dissolved into many different sets. CC Riders were formed in 1986.  It was created to bring all the Compton Crips sets under one roof.  Eazy-E, MC Ren, MC 8, and other rappers were in sets that were a part of CC Riders.  Bloods & Crips were created in 1993.  They were a group rappers from rival gangs.  They were signed to Ruthless Records.  The Southside Crips were beefing with Mac Mafia Crips, which resulted in the death of Venus and Serena sister. Her name was Yetunde Price, she was killed on 9/14/03.  The Orginal Swag Compton Crips are currently beefing with Compton Varrio 155.  The Orginal Swag Compton Crips are a set of CC Riders.  28 sets make up CC Ridaz.  Compton Varrio 155 is a latin gang that kills African Americans.

There are many other sets, but this will suffice.

Crips & Crack
Some people joined the Crips so they could sell crack.  They made a lot of $ from selling crack.  If someone sold crack to a White person they were more likely to go to jail than selling it to a Black person.  You get a lot more time in prison for selling crack than cocaine.

Freeway Rick Ross was a supplier of crack for gangs in Los Angles.  He became a hood celebrity. He got his drugs from a trafficker that was a member of Contras.  Contras were right-wing terrorist groups in Niagara.  They engaged in low-yield warfare, which means they killed innocent people. They thought the people would overthrow the government because of this.  Ronald Reagan called them freedom fighters. Contras were backed by the CIA.  Freeway trafficker name is Oscar Danilo Blando.  He got 4 years in prison.  After that, he became a US citizen.  He became an informant for the DEA and set up Freeway.

There are 2 rappers named after Freeway Rick Ross.  One of them is very famous and I think the other one lives in New Jersey.  Gray Web wrote books about the CIA bring drugs in the US.  He was assassinated for writing those books.

Crips in the Military
There was a Cuz (member of Crips) in the military.  He sold drugs so he was discharged.  Sometimes judges give gang members the option of joining the military instead of going to prison.  Gang members commit crimes in the military.  Sometimes they steal weapons and sell or use them on the streets.

Conclusion
The Crips have a long history and many rivalries between different sets and other gangs.  They are nationwide and worldwide.  A lot of rappers are Crips.  Some of them are in the military.  They would be cool if they weren't violent and if they didn't commit crimes.

References
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crips
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Crips_subsets
https://unitedgangs.com/
https://lifeinthehood.wordpress.com/category/crips/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contras
https://www.democracynow.org/2014/10/6/inside_the_dark_alliance_gary_webb
https://www.thebalance.com/gang-activity-in-the-u-s-military-3354199
http://www.businessinsider.com/fbi-gang-assessment-us-military-2011-10
https://www.quora.com/What-are-the-ideologies-of-gangs-like-the-Bloods-and-Crips-and-how-do-they-differ
http://www.hendonpub.com/resources/article_archive/results/details?id=1402
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