Grape Street Watts Crips Explained

Grape Street Watts Crips
Founding Location:Watts
Years Active:1970s – present
Territory:California, Tennessee,[1] New Jersey[2]
Rivals:Bounty Hunter Bloods

The Grape Street Watts Crips is a "set" of the Crips gang based in the Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles. The gang's rivalry with the Bounty Hunter Bloods has been described as being "the most violent and long lasting feud between two gangs that are in the Watts area."[3]

History

Brandon "BL" Bullard, a veteran of the Grape Street Watts Crips, was murdered by the East Coast Crips in 2008. The murder of Bullard sparked a war that resulted in 26 wounded and 9 dead in the six weeks that followed.[4]

Media appearances

Members of the Grape Street Watts Crips appeared in the documentary , directed by Stacy Peralta.[5]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: 16 with ties to 'Grape Street Crips' gang indicted on drug trafficking . August 7, 2019 .
  2. Web site: The gang leader who loved Instagram. Inside the takedown of Jersey's notorious Grape Street Crips . August 5, 2018 .
  3. Web site: THE PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. CORDELL HAWKINS, Defendant and Appellant . . June 8, 2016 . December 14, 2015 .
  4. Web site: Temple-Rastan . Dina . Cops Target L.A. Gangs' 'Shot Callers' . June 8, 2008 . . December 13, 2016 .
  5. Stacy Peralta (Director) . January 20, 2008 . . Motion picture . United States . .