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It's popularly said the name Bloods is an acronym for “Brotherly Love Overcomes Overrides and Destruction.” However, the Bloods, given their origins as a counter-Crip alliance, likely take their name from 1960s slang, blood, short for blood brother, referring to a “fellow (young) black person.”
Bloods members commonly call themselves CKs (for Crip-Killer), MOBs (Member of Bloods), dawgs, or ballers (meaning drug dealers).
Woo originates in Brooklyn as a gang consisting of both Blood and Crip sets. In recent years, it has been popularized in the mainstream by rappers such as Pop Smoke and Fivio Foreign.
The number 5 is commonly used by the Bloods, and the number 6 is used by the Crips. The up arrow through the 5 is showing respect to the Bloods while the down arrow through the 6 is showing disrespect to the Crips. To the right is an example of Crip graffiti.
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Crips do not use the letters “ck” as it denotes “Crip Killer” and substitute it for “cc” (as in “kicc” for “kick”). While traditionally African-American, today's Crip membership are multi-ethnic. Crips: The Bloods were formed to compete against the Crips.
Rivalry with the Bloods
The Bloods are the Crips' main rival. The Bloods initially formed to provide Piru Street Gang members protection from the Crips. The rivalry started in the 1960s when Washington and other Crip members attacked Sylvester Scott and Benson Owens, two students at Centennial High School.
A common greeting among Bloods members is “SuWoop!” (representing a police siren) and members will often say “Blaat!” (representing the sound of automatic gunfire) to announce their presence. The numbers 0, 3, and 1 are very significant to East Coast affiliated Bloods and will appear in their graffiti and tattoos.
Various Crip and Blood factions have begun to cooperate with each other based on drug trafficking. They have established funds from drug money to provide for bail and lawyers. Some of the older and more successful street gang members in Los Angeles County have purchased legitimate businesses to launder money.
The Bloods and Crips distinction is complex. These two gangs from Los Angeles have different histories, reasons for forming, beliefs, and cultures. The colors they wear signify their gang affiliation – red for Bloods and blue for Crips. But, the reality of their gangs is more complicated than clothes color.
Theatrical blood, stage blood or fake blood is anything used as a substitute for blood in a theatrical or cinematic performance. For example, in the special effects industry, when a director needs to simulate an actor being shot or cut, a wide variety of chemicals and natural products can be used.
Biscuit: A gun. Other terms for gun include 'gat', nine (for the 9-mm handgun), puppy (among Jamaicans) and pump (for shotgun). Crab: What the Bloods call Crips, referring to crabs of the sexually transmitted variety. Drinking milk: Used by Crips term to mean targeting or killing a rival.
Urea and electrolytes (U&E)
This checks for chemicals, called electrolytes, in the blood, such as sodium (salt), potassium and magnesium. If the levels are too high or too low, this can cause abnormal heart rhythms, so it is important to adjust them if the levels aren't right.
History: The Bloods gang was formed during the 1970s in the Compton area of California. According to NDIC reporting, Silver Scott is credited with forming the Piru Street gang and Benson Owens established the Westide Pirus. Both groups aligned with several neighborhood gangs in an attempt to unite against the Crips.
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Some claim it derives from Swahili; others believe it imitates the sound of police sirens. The most likely explanation, though, is that soo woo is a variation on woop woop, a slang way to express excitement. During the 1990s various Bloods members started using woop woop to greet one another.
Many centuries ago, shaking hands was an ancient ceremonial testimony between two people who wanted to enter into a friendly pact or agreement. Each would cut his palm, and then, with the blood flowing, they would clasp hands; the flowing blood would blend together and become one blood.
Stones, LA Brims, Pueblo Bishops, and Athens Park Boys, decided to join together as a protection against the Crips, henceforth calling themselves the Bloods. The gang name was allegedly chosen due to gang members calling each other "blood" out of endearment and fondness.
The predominately African American gang is traditionally associated with the color red. It is nationally known for its rivalry with the Crips. The gang was formed in the early 1970s as the Crips spread throughout Los Angeles.
The Bloods are a predominantly African American street gang that originated in South Central Los Angeles, California in 1972. The genesis of the Bloods street gang is traced to the intense street violence that consumed the city in the late 1960s and early 1970s.
Blood gangs are active in 123 cities and in 33 states. The main source of income for the Bloods is derived from the street-level distribution of cocaine and marijuana. Bloods members are also involved in the transportation and distribution of methamphetamine, heroin, and to a lesser extent, PCP (phencyclidine).
Stanley Tookie Williams III (December 29, 1953 – December 13, 2005) was an American gangster who co-founded and led the Crips gang in Los Angeles. He and Raymond Washington formed an alliance in 1971 that established the Crips as Los Angeles' first major African-American street gang.
In the past, wearing colors affiliated with rival gangs was forbidden among Crips. However, since the colors are less symbolic than they used to be, it's now common to see these gang members in different colors. Although, wearing rival colors blatantly is not common.
It was initially called Cribs, a possible reference to how young its members were or based on crib's slang meaning, “home.” Soon, however, the gang became known as the Crips. Numerous explanations have been offered for the revised name.