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Originally Posted by Jeremy Weimer
Now you don't hear so much about them because there's so many different gangs and they've just kinda faded away from the spotlight.
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uhhhh, no...crips have not faded away, they are still 1 of the biggest 5 street gangs in america. they, along with the bloods, have splintered into many various factions, usually centered around a particular area/neighborhood. there is a lot more in-fighting than used to be and i equate it to the same thing that happened with the Italian or Columbian Mafias. The head honcho gets busted/killed and 8 different guys think they should be the new leader. Next thing you know you have 8 warring factions of the same gang/mob. There are currently 198 Crip affiliated gangs in LA alone. A lot of which are from the same "family" but reside and "claim" their own particular neighborhood/street (ie. Rollin 20s, Rollin 30s, Rollin 40s, etc). BTW - Snoop Doggy Dogg is probably the most well known Crip of all-time, to the average american that is, and claims Rollin 20s Crips from Long Beach.
Just to give you an idea, these are crips (blue) and bloods (red) territories in Compton.
http://www.streetgangs.com/crips/comptonmap.jpg
sorry, enough of the gang lesson