The Grape Street Watts Crips is a set of the Crips gang based in the Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles. The gang's rivalry with the Bounty Hunter Bloods has been described as being "the most violent and long lasting feud between two gangs that are in the Watts area."[3]
 Grape Street, Los Angeles | |
| Founding location | Watts |
|---|---|
| Years active | 1970s – present |
| Territory | California, Tennessee,[1] New Jersey[2] |
| Rivals | Bounty Hunter Bloods[3] |
History
editBrandon "BL" Bullard, a veteran of the Grape Street Watts Crips, was murdered by the East Coast Crips in 2008. The murder of Bullard sparked a war that resulted in 26 wounded and 9 dead in the six weeks that followed.[4]
Media appearances
editMembers of the Grape Street Watts Crips appeared in the documentary Crips and Bloods: Made in America, directed by Stacy Peralta.[5]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "16 with ties to 'Grape Street Crips' gang indicted on drug trafficking". August 7, 2019.
- ^ "The gang leader who loved Instagram. Inside the takedown of Jersey's notorious Grape Street Crips". August 5, 2018.
- ^ a b "THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. CORDELL HAWKINS, Defendant and Appellant" (PDF). Superior Court of Los Angeles County. June 8, 2016. Retrieved December 14, 2015.
- ^ Temple-Rastan, Dina (June 8, 2008). "Cops Target L.A. Gangs' 'Shot Callers'". National Public Radio. Retrieved December 13, 2016.
- ^ Stacy Peralta (Director) (January 20, 2008). Crips and Bloods: Made in America (Motion picture). United States: PBS.
Further reading
edit- "PCP drug bust in South Los Angeles: 20 arrested". ABC7 Los Angeles. February 13, 2014. Retrieved March 22, 2015.
- "Second South Los Angeles Gang Leader Sentenced to Life Without Parole in Federal Prison for Distributing PCP". FBI. February 4, 2011. Retrieved March 22, 2015.
- "13 L.A. street gang members indicted in sale of PCP". Los Angeles Times. March 27, 2008. Retrieved March 22, 2015.
- Watts Beset by Retaliatory Shootings. Los Angeles Times.
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