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In November 2014, David Scott, a member of the Crenshaw Mafia, killed two Crips in Denver. Scott was sentenced to 30 years in federal prison. [5] In 2024, two members of an Inglewood Family Gangster Bloods set in Atlanta, Georgia had been arrested for prostituting a minor who also happened to be a missing person. [6]
Nevertheless, by 1972, the Piru Street Boys formed an alliance with other smaller street gangs such as the Brims, Bishops and Denver Lanes, which also opposed the Crips. [7] This alliance became known as the Bloods, as the members of this alliance called each other "blood". [7] Over time, more Blood "sets" would form, including the Mob Piru Bloods.
On October 22, 2002, Mob Piru members Timothy “Tim Roo” McDonald and Darryl “Biggie” Small attempted to kill a member of the Denver Lane Bloods in Compton, in retaliation for the death of Henry Smith. [8] McDonald and Small drove to 112th and Vernon Avenue, Compton, where McDonald pointed a handgun out his window, at a man on the sidewalk.
The Crips and the Bloods, two majority-Black street gangs founded in Los Angeles (L.A.), have been in a gang war since around 1971. [30] [31] It has mostly taken place in major American cities, especially L.A., but is also present in Australia, Belize, Canada, the Netherlands, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom.
The Rollin 30s or Tre Tre Crips still have a powerful presence in the Denver area. [citation needed] In 2017 there were an estimated 2000 Bloods and Crips from Denver. [citation needed] These gangs are in various locations including Five Points, East Denver, Commerce City, Englewood, Aurora, North-East Park Hill and Federal Heights. Crips and ...
The song "Piru Love" from Bangin' on Wax (1993) by Bloods & Crips makes references to various Piru sets, including Holly Hood, Elm Street and Lueders Park. The song "M.A.A.D City" from good kid, m.A.A.d city (2012) by Kendrick Lamar makes references to the Bloods, being Pirus particularly with the line "If Pirus and Crips, all got along" in the ...
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The Colorado crime family, also known as the Smaldone crime family, the Denver crime family, the Arvada Cop Mafia, the Denver Mafia or the Mountain Mafia, was an Italian-American Mafia crime family based in Pueblo and Denver, Colorado. The family originated as a bootlegging organization headed by the brothers Pete and Sam Carlino, which was ...