The Crips gang was first founded in 1969 by Stanley “Tookie” Williams and Raymond Washington. To date it is one of the most popular street gangs with a reported 30,000-35,000 active members in the United States. The gang was primarily an African American based gang but is not limited to, there are members of all […]
I was watching the BET commentary on Stanley “Tookie” Williams, American Gangster, and I was amazed. I don’t know if the piece was done poorly or if there was a lot of miscommunication about this man’s life. Different cultures have different strategies, and urban communities for urban strategies to create “urban legends” from those who […]
According to reports released by the New Jersey State Police and the National Crime Data Bank, the crime rate in New Jersey is at it’s lowest since the 1960’s. However the number of murders, as well as the amount of gang related crime is higher than ever. Incidents of gang crime, including gang graffiti, murder, […]
On September 7, 1996, Tupac had attended the Mike Tyson fight at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. After the Mike Tyson fight, Tupac saw Orlando “Baby Lane” Anderson who was a member of the South Side Crips. Tupac Shakur rushed Anderson and knocked him down. Tupac’s entourage also had rushed Anderson. The fight was […]
It used to be that gangs were big-city problems that residents of smaller communities were thankful they did not have to worry about. But with law enforcement tightening their grip on gang activities in cities such as Chicago, Milwaukee and Minneapolis, gangsters are increasingly moving their illegal activities, particularly drug sales, outside the metro areas. […]