BLOOD history origin

As the Crips grew in South Central Los Angeles in the early 1970s it began to other gangs. It was during this period of conflict that several gangs joined forces against the growing threat crip. The best known gang within this group was the Piru Street Boys. They lead the revolt against the Crips and its role in creating the Bloods gang in 1972.

Over the next 10 years the Bloods continued to operate and grow in a fragmented manner. Conflict with the Crips and Bloods were found following a small minority.

Between 1982 - 1984 of violence between the two groups has soared. At this time crack hit Los Angeles. Crackm or more properly called rock cocainem is cheaper and more addictive than powder drugs. Gang territories became more important than the blood and crip fought numerous series of drug sales locations. Some members of the blood in several major cities on the West Coast market for their drugs. To minimize attention from law enforcement, many Blood gang members abandon wearing obvious identifiers of gang connections, to enable them to continue illegal activity with little fear of arrest.

During the late 1980s that the Bloods became a household name. The film Colors, staring Sean Penn and Robert Duvall, which was published on the gang problem in Los Angeles. There is rumor that some cinemas in fact promote the film by offering a bandana films participants. It was after this film that many young people who are not following the gang based in Los Angeles began creating their own Blood gangs. Although many of these groups were nothing more than childish dress imitating the pipe bands and they have seen in a film, a number was soon involved in violent activities and comparable sales of drugs gang blood committed by gang members home in California.

In 1993, a group on the East Coast, a gang known as the United Blood Nation. Born in the Rikers Island prison in New York, African American prisoners of the group as a means to protect themselves from the Latin Kings, the most common group in the prison system of the time. Although blood Nation (UBN) was born in prison, that members of parole in the streets, they formed street gangs on the East Coast, under the same name, while emulating the lifestyle of Los blood Angeles.

Although the majority of Blood gangs identify with the color red, members do not always wear gang identifiers in May in the commission of criminal offenses. On the west coast are more likely to use a scarf for identification, while some Blood sets on the east coast, will use a necklace of colored beads.

Although Blood gangs share the same name, there is no structure for all blood groups. A member of a gang of blood in Springville, Utah in May to be very active in the life of gangster, but has no blood tie gangs in the East or West.

Bloods will align themselves with other gangs for criminal activities, including their rivals the Crips, although most alliances quickly. The Bloods are known to be involved in all forms of criminal activity, but they are best known for selling drugs.