Black P. Stones Jungles is a division ("set") of the Bloods street gang in some parts of Los Angeles.

Overview

History

The Black P Stones Jungles first emerged in California in 1969 and had operated in the West Adams area of Los Angeles. Over the years the P Stones had grown into one of the larger gangs that were in South Los Angeles. There were an estimated 700 members of the Black P Stones, of whom used to live in Baldwin Village.

Territory

The BPS consisted of two separate gangs: The City Stone Bloods, also known as the "bity" in the Mid-City/ Arlington Heights area, and the Jungle Stone Bloods, the exclusive area that was once known as the Jungles (during the 1960s to the early 2000s) now officially known as

Baldwin Village, Los Angeles Baldwin Village is a neighborhood in the South Los Angeles region of Los Angeles County, California. Geography In 1988, Baldwin Village became be a distinct community in the city's General Plan, and signs were to be posted to identify the area ...

on the West Side of South Central Los Angeles, saw 28 murders and more than 1,500 assaults from 2000 to 2005.

Intergang relations

In 1972, the LA Brims, Piru St Boys, Athens Park Boys, Bishops, Denver Lanes, Pueblos and Lueders Park Hustlers founded the Bloods after constant attacks on independent gangs by the Crips in addition to Crip and Crip rivalries that also began to surface. BPS, in later years, joined the Bloods movement and founded their own factions Jungle Stones & city/Bity stones

LAPD raids

On November 10, 2005, the FBI Los Angeles Office and

Los Angeles Police Department The Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD), officially known as the City of Los Angeles Police Department, is the municipal police department of Los Angeles, California. With 9,974 police officers and 3,000 civilian staff, it is the third-lar ...

carried out many

police raids A police raid is an unexpected visit by police or other law-enforcement officers with the aim of using the element of surprise in order to seize evidence or arrest suspects believed to be likely to hide evidence, resist arrest, be political ...

against alleged BPS members accused of conspiracy and drug trafficking in a joint effort called "Operation Stone Cold". At least 18 people were arrested. There was also another police raid in 2011 arresting at least 30 to 40 members.

Ownership crackdown

The

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and prosecutors are heavily targeting property owners and managers of the Chesapeake Apartments, (a 425-unit

apartment complex An apartment (American English), or flat (British English, Indian English, South African English), is a self-contained housing unit (a type of residential real estate) that occupies part of a building, generally on a single story. There are man ...

spread over more than 17 acres and was a longtime stronghold for a street gang called the BPS) to solve crime. LAPD has also conducted

and arrests among the apartment buildings as well, which decreased crime within that area dramatically.

Continual arrests

LAPD has continued to make arrests against members, while many members are being pushed out the city limits altogether.

In the media

The 2001 film ''

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'', starring

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, was filmed on a cul-de-sac in

Baldwin Village Baldwin Village is a commercial enclave in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is located in the west of downtown Toronto, within the Grange Park neighbourhood, one block north of Dundas Street West, between Beverley and McCaul Streets. The former ...

, and featured Cle Shaheed Sloan of Athens Park. Additionally, the gang was featured in another film that year, '' Baby Boy''. The Jungles appear in season 2, episode 1 of the television series '' Southland'' and season 1, episode 12 of ''

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'', as well as the music video for the Waka Flocka Flame song " Hard in da Paint".

Notes

Organizations established in 1969 1969 establishments in California

Jungles A jungle is land covered with dense forest and tangled vegetation, usually in tropical climates. Application of the term has varied greatly during the past recent century. Etymology The word ''jungle'' originates from the Sanskrit word ''jaṅ ...

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