Crips

Blue street gang

The Crips are a street gang founded in Los Angeles in the late 1960s, known for wearing blue and their rivalry with the Bloods.

The name has become broadly associated with Black American gang culture: Crips and Bloods have been at war for decades.

Members are called Crips; a single member is a Crip.

gang

blue

Primary color; also sad

sets · bandana · gangbanging · Crip · walk · rivalry · turf · initiation · OG · hood

disability

crippled

Severely damaged or impaired

handicapped · mobility · wheelchair · limp · infirm · incapacitated · paralyzed · hobbled · maimed · debilitated

Categories
Opposites
gang rivalry

CripsLatin Kings

Hispanic street gang

MS-13

legal/social order

Cripslaw enforcement

Upholding legal codes

police · LAPD · FBI · ATF · DEA

criminality vs. lawfulness

Cripscommunity organizations

Local bodies serving shared interests

neighborhood watch · civic groups · churches · social workers · mentorship programs

Phrases
Family

cripple

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Mostly American · Timeless · Concrete · Negative · Everyday, not technical · Rated PG-13