The Grape Street Watts Crips is a
Crip subset based in the
Watts
Watts is plural for ''watt'', the unit of power.
Watts may also refer to:
People
*Watts (surname), list of people with the surname Watts Fictional characters
*Watts, main character in the film '' Some Kind of Wonderful''
*Watts family, six chara ...
neighborhood of
Los Angeles
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. The gang's rivalry with the
Bounty Hunter Bloods
The Bounty Hunter Watts Bloods, also known as the Bounty Hunter Bloods, is a predominantly African American street gang situated in the Nickerson Gardens public housing projects in Watts, Los Angeles.
History
The gang was originally established ...
has been described as being "the most violent and long lasting feud between two gangs that are in the Watts area."
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.
Media appearances
Members of the Grape Street Watts Crips appeared in the documentary ''
Crips and Bloods: Made in America'', directed by
Stacy Peralta.
See also
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Jordan Downs
Jordan Downs is a 700-unit public housing apartment complex in Watts, Los Angeles, California, next to David Starr Jordan High School. It consists of 103 buildings with townhouse style units ranging from one bedroom to five bedrooms. The complex ...
References
Further reading
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Watts Beset by Retaliatory Shootings ''Los Angeles Times''.
External links
Organizations established in the 1970s
1970s establishments in California
Crips subgroups
African-American organized crime
Watts, Los Angeles
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