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3 OVERVIEW The Bloods street gang has become one of the most violent and notorious criminal organizations, spreading its influence in the U.S. from coast to coast. A traditionally African American gang, Bloods membership today includes Caucasians, Hispanics, and Asians. Blood members are involved in a variety of criminal activities
Bloods, street gang based in Los Angeles that is involved in drugs, theft, and murder, among other criminal activities. The predominately African American gang is traditionally associated with the color red.
9 Ιουν 2011 · The Bloods are a predominantly African American street gang that originated in South Central Los Angeles, California in 1972. The genesis of the Bloods street gang is traced to the intense street violence that consumed the city in the late 1960s and early 1970s.
By 1978, there were 15 Blood sets. Crips still outnumbered Bloods 3 to 1. To assert their power, the Bloods became increasingly violent. During the 1980s, Bloods began distributing crack cocaine in Los Angeles. Blood membership soon rose dramatically as did the number of states in which they were present.
gang is historically important to the creation of the Bloods. Ironically, the Bloods were an offshoot from their now rival gang, the Crips. By 1971, many Crips gangs had merged with other Crips sets and had expanded their gang culture and ideology throughout the Los Angeles area. Many gangs began to populate the Los Angeles area; sev-
To protect themselves from the Crips, the other Los Angeles-based African-American street gangs banded together. This group became known as the Blood gangs, completing the polarization of West Coast African-American street gangs, who are no longer social organizations, but are involved in violent and illegal activities.
8 Ιαν 2013 · All UBN gang members greet each other by doing a Universal UBN Handshake called the "Lock and Load" and then throwing up their particular gang/set/line/hood handsign afterwards. While they are doing this handshake, they are known (to shout "Peace Blood".
