Crips

Crips

Tattooed Crip
Founded	1969; 55 years ago (1969)
Founders	Raymond Washington and Stanley Williams
Founding location	Los Angeles, California, United States
Years active	1969–present
Territory	41 U.S. states,[1] Canada[2] and Belize[3]
Ethnicity	Predominantly African American[1]
Membership (est.)	30,000–35,000[4]
Activities	Drug trafficking, murder, assault, auto theft, burglary, extortion, fraud, robbery[1]
Allies	Italian-American Mafia[5] Black Guerrilla Family[6] Black Power[7] Folk Nation[8] Gangster Disciples[9] Juggalos[10] Sin City Deciples MC[11] Tiny Rascal Gang[12]
Rivals	Aryan Brotherhood[13] Bloods[14] Florencia 13[15] Latin Kings[16] People Nation[17] Playboys[18] Santa Monica 13[19] Tiny Rascal Gang[20] United Blood Nation[21] Venice 13[22]
Notable members	Orlando Anderson Tiequon Cox Duane Davis Kelly Jamerson Kody Scott Colton Simpson Darren Taylor Cameron Terrell

The Crips are a primarily African-American alliance of street gangs that are based in the coastal regions of Southern California. Founded in Los Angeles, California, in 1969, mainly by Raymond Washington and Stanley Williams, the Crips began as an alliance between two autonomous gangs, and developed into a loosely connected network of individual "sets", often engaged in open warfare with one another. Its members have traditionally worn blue clothing since around 1973.

The Crips are one of the largest and most violent associations of street gangs in the United States.^[23] With an estimated 30,000 to 35,000 members in 2008,^[4] the gangs' members have been involved in murders, robberies and drug dealing, among other crimes. They have a long and bitter rivalry with the Bloods.

Some self-identified Crips have been convicted of federal racketeering.^[24][25]