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FREE INSIDE THE CRIPS: LIFE INSIDE L.A.S MOST NOTORIOUS GANG PDF Colton Simpson,Ann Pearlman,Ice-T | 328 pages | 03 May 2007 | St Martin's Press | 9780312329303 | English | New York, United States Inside the Crips: Life Inside L.A.'s Most Notorious Gang by Ann Pearlman The Crips are a gang based in the coastal regions of southern California. Once a single alliance between two autonomous gangs, it is now a loosely connected network of individual "sets", often engaged in open warfare with one another. Its members traditionally wear blue clothing, a practice that has waned Inside the Crips: Life Inside L.A.s Most Notorious Gang due to police crackdowns targeting gang members. Historically, members have been primarily of African American heritage. The Crips are one of the largest and most violent associations of street gangs in the United States. The Crips have a long and bitter rivalry with the Bloods. Stanley Tookie Williams met Raymond Lee Washington inand the two decided to unite their local gang members from the west and east sides of South Central Los Angeles in order Inside the Crips: Life Inside L.A.s Most Notorious Gang battle neighboring street gangs. Most of the members were 17 years old. Bythere were 45 Crips gangs, called sets, in Los Angeles. They were heavily involved in the production of PCP, marijuana and amphetamines. On March 11,Williams, a member of the Westside Crips, was arrested for four murders and on August 9,Washington was gunned down. Washington had been against Crip infighting and after his death several Crip sets started fighting against each other. The Crips' leadership was dismantled, prompting a deadly gang war between the Rollin' 60 Neighborhood Crips and Eight Tray Gangster Crips that led nearby Crip sets to choose sides and align themselves with either the Gangster Crips or Neighborhood Crips, waging all-out war in South Central and other cities. Bythe Crips were in turmoil, warring with the Bloods and against each other. The gang's growth and power really took off in the early s when crack cocaine hit the streets. Crips sets began distributing crack cocaine. The huge profits induced many Crips to establish new markets in other cities and states. As a result, Crip membership grew steadily and by the late s it was one of the country's largest street gangs. Some sources suggest that the original name for the alliance, "Cribs", was narrowed down from a list of many options and chosen Inside the Crips: Life Inside L.A.s Most Notorious Gang from three final choices, over the Black Overlords and the Assassins. Cribs was chosen to reflect the young age of the majority of the gang members. The name evolved into "Crips" when gang members began carrying around canes to display their " pimp " status. People in the neighborhood then began calling them cripples, or "Crips" for short. In his memoir, Williams refuted claims that the group was a spin-off of the Black Panther Party or formed for a community agenda, writing that it "depicted a fighting alliance against street gangs—nothing more, nothing less. Williams recalled that a blue bandana was first worn by Crips founding member Buddha, as a part of his color-coordinated clothing of Inside the Crips: Life Inside L.A.s Most Notorious Gang Levi's, a blue shirt, and dark blue suspenders. A blue bandana was worn in tribute to Buddha after he was shot and killed on February 23,and the color became associated with Crips. The Crips have over sets with 30, to 35, members and associate members, including more than 13, in Los Angeles. Members typically consist of young African American men, with some being white, Hispanic, Asian, and Pacific Islander. In the LAPD estimated 15, Crips in sets; other source estimates were 30, to 35, in sets in California. Crips have served in the United States armed forces and on bases in the United States and abroad. The Crips became popular throughout southern Los Angeles as more youth gangs joined; at one point they outnumbered non-Crip gangs by 3 to 1, sparking disputes with non-Crip gangs, including the L. By the gang's notoriety had spread across Los Angeles. After two years of peace, a feud began between the Pirus and the other Crip sets. It later turned violent as gang warfare ensued between former allies. This battle continued and bythe Pirus wanted to end the violence and called a meeting with other gangs targeted by the Crips. After a long discussion, the Pirus broke all connections to the Crips and started an organization that would later be called the Bloods[20] a street gang infamous for its rivalry with the Crips. Since then, other conflicts and feuds were started between many of the remaining Crips sets. It is a common misconception that Crips sets feud only with Bloods. In reality, they also fight each other—for example, the Rolling 60s Neighborhood Crips and 83 Gangster Crips have been rivals since The Bloods are the Crips' main rival. The Bloods initially formed to provide members protection from the Crips. Between andthe rivalry between the Crips and Bloods grew, accounting for a majority of the gang-related murders in southern Los Angeles. Members of the Bloods and Crips occasionally fight each other and are responsible for a significant portion of gang-related murders in Los Angeles. In the late s and early s, Inside the Crips: Life Inside L.A.s Most Notorious Gang many Crip gang members were being sent to various prisons across the country, an alliance was formed between the Crips and the Folk Nation in Midwest and Southern U. This alliance was established to protect gang members incarcerated in state and federal prison. It is strongest within the prisons, and less effective outside. The alliance between the Crips and Folks is known as "8-ball". A broken 8-ball indicates a disagreement or "beef" between Folks and Crips. Some practices of Crip gang life include graffiti and substitutions and deletions of particular letters of the alphabet. The letter "b" in the word "blood" is "disrespected" among certain sets and written with a cross inside it because of its association with the enemy. The letters "CK", which stand for "Crip killer", are avoided and replaced by "cc". For example, the words "kick back" are written "kicc bacc". Many other letters are also altered due to symbolic associations. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Street Inside the Crips: Life Inside L.A.s Most Notorious Gang from Los Angeles, California. For "Crip theory", see Disability studies. See also: List of Crips subgroups. Department of Justice, Crips. Retrieved 21 March Florida Department of Corrections. Archived from the original on Retrieved Gang Prevention Services. 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Inside the Crips (July 28, edition) | Open Library Colton Simpson lives in Los Angeles. She has a private psychotherapy practice in Ann Arbor, Michigan, where she lives. Account Options Sign in. Top charts. New arrivals. Inside the Crips: Life Inside L. Inside the Crips is the memoir of the author Colton Simpson's life as a Crip--beginning at the tender age of ten in the mid-seventies--and his prison turnaround nearly twenty-five years later. Colton "C-Loc" Simpson calls himself the only gang member ever allowed to quite the Crips--and one Inside the Crips: Life Inside L.A.s Most Notorious Gang the few to survive Inside the Crips: Life Inside L.A.s Most Notorious Gang his thirties. Simpson--son of a ballplayer for the California Angels and a mother who was relentlessly rough with her sons after their fathers left her--became a gang member at ten. Inside The Crips tells the remarkable--and at the same time, all too common--story of gang life in the s in immediate and descriptive prose that makes this book a gripping true-life read. Inside The Crips covers the rush that comes from participating in gang violence and the years-long wars between the Bloods and Crips. Simpson's story also puts the reader in the middle of the struggle between the Crips and corrections officers in Calipatria prison. It covers gang life from the mid-seventies to the mid-nineties, and introduces characters it's impossible not to care about: Simpson's fellow gangbanger Smile; and Gina, the long-suffering friend and mother of two sons who married Simpson in prison. Reviews Review Policy. Published on. Flowing text. Best for. Web, Tablet, Phone, eReader. Content protection. Read aloud. Learn more. Flag as inappropriate. It syncs automatically with your account and allows you to read online or offline wherever you are. 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