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]

See also

• Jordan Downs

Further reading

• Web site: PCP drug bust in South Los Angeles: 20 arrested . ABC7 Los Angeles . February 13, 2014 . . March 22, 2015.
• Web site: Second South Los Angeles Gang Leader Sentenced to Life Without Parole in Federal Prison for Distributing PCP . FBI . February 4, 2011 . . March 22, 2015.
• News: 13 L.A. street gang members indicted in sale of PCP . . March 27, 2008 . . March 22, 2015.
• Watts Beset by Retaliatory Shootings. Los Angeles Times.

External links

• FBI Charges Grape Street Crips

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 . .