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{{Evil_Organization|Box title = Evil Organization|image = Crips Banner.jpg|fullname = Original Crip Homies|alias = Crips | {{Evil_Organization|Box title = Evil Organization|image = Crips Banner.jpg|fullname = Original Crip Homies|alias = Crips | ||
Blue Crips <br>|origin = Los Angeles, CA|foundation = 1969|headquarters = California|commanders = Stanley Williams (Founder)|agents = ~30,000 - | Blue Crips <br>|origin = Los Angeles, CA|foundation = 1969|headquarters = California|commanders = Stanley Williams (Founder)|agents = ~30,000 - 35,000|skills = Committing multiple crimes|goals = Varies|crimes = [[Murder]] <br> | ||
Drug Trafficking <br> | Drug Trafficking <br> | ||
Burglary <br> | Burglary <br> | ||
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==History== | ==History== | ||
Stanley "Tookie" Williams met Raymond Lee Washington in 1969, and the two decided to unite their local gang members from the west and east sides of South Central Los Angeles in order to battle neighboring street gangs. Most of the members were 17 years old. | Stanley "Tookie" Williams met Raymond Lee Washington in 1969, and the two decided to unite their local gang members from the west and east sides of South Central Los Angeles in order to battle neighboring street gangs. Most of the members were 17 years old. | ||
Williams discounted the sometimes cited founding date of 1969 in his memoir, Blue Rage, Black Redemption. Gang activity in South Central Los Angeles has its roots in a variety of factors dating back to the 1950s and '60s, including post-[[World War II]] economic decline leading to joblessness and poverty, racial segregation leading to the formation of black "street clubs" by young African American men who were excluded from organizations such as the Boy Scouts, and the waning of black nationalist organizations such as the Black Panther Party and the Black Power Movement. | Williams discounted the sometimes cited founding date of 1969 in his memoir, Blue Rage, Black Redemption. Gang activity in South Central Los Angeles has its roots in a variety of factors dating back to the 1950s and '60s, including post-[[World War II]] economic decline leading to joblessness and poverty, racial segregation leading to the formation of black "street clubs" by young African American men who were excluded from organizations such as the Boy Scouts, and the waning of black nationalist organizations such as the Black Panther Party and the Black Power Movement. | ||