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{{Short description|Street gang founded in Los Angeles, California, US}}
{{Other uses|Blood|Blood (disambiguation)}}
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| name              = Bloods
| image             = Blood sign.jpg
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| caption           = The distinctive Blood [[gang signal]]<ref name=SIGNAL>{{cite web|url=https://northtownmud.org/docs/IPTM_Basic_Street_Gangs_Hand_Signs1.pdf|title=IPTM Basic Street Gangs Hand Signs|page=31|publisher=Institute of Police Technology and Management|access-date=September 3, 2020|archive-date=October 28, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201028221409/https://northtownmud.org/docs/IPTM_Basic_Street_Gangs_Hand_Signs1.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>
| founded           = {{start date and age|1972}}
| founders          = Sylvester Scott and Benson Owens
| named_after       = 
| founding_location = [[Los Angeles]], California, U.S.
| years_active      = 1972–present
| territory         = 33 U.S. states,<ref name="Criminal Street Gangs">[https://www.justice.gov/criminal-ocgs/gallery/criminal-street-gangs Criminal Street Gangs] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210201234000/https://www.justice.gov/criminal-ocgs/gallery/criminal-street-gangs |date=February 1, 2021 }} [[justice.gov]] (May 12, 2015)</ref> 1 U.S. territory ([[Guam]])<ref >{{cite web | title=GAIN outraged at gang, dogfighting allegations | website=kuam.com | date=25 September 2013 | url=https://www.kuam.com/story/23522076/2013/09/25/gain-outraged-at-gang-dogfighting-allegations | access-date=26 September 2023 | archive-date=April 1, 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230401070502/https://www.kuam.com/story/23522076/2013/09/25/gain-outraged-at-gang-dogfighting-allegations | url-status=live }}</ref> and  Canada<ref>{{cite web |author=Netgraphe inc. |url=http://fr.canoe.ca/infos/dossiers/archives/2006/09/20060930-073830.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130115074908/http://fr.canoe.ca/infos/dossiers/archives/2006/09/20060930-073830.html |url-status=usurped |archive-date=January 15, 2013 |title=Canoe – Infos – Dossiers Les gangs de rue se partagent Montréal |publisher=Fr.canoe.ca |date=September 30, 2006 |access-date=June 5, 2013 }}</ref>
| ethnicity         = Predominantly [[African Americans|African American]]<ref name="Criminal Street Gangs"/>
| membership        = <!--Any update needs a reliable source-->7,000–30,000<ref name="doj1">{{cite web|title=National Gang Threat Assessment 2009 – Appendix B. Street Gangs |url=https://www.justice.gov/ndic/pubs32/32146/appb.htm |publisher=National Gang Intelligence Center |date=January 2009 |access-date=October 25, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110228194543/http://www.justice.gov/ndic/pubs32/32146/appb.htm |archive-date=February 28, 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
| leaders           = 
| activities        = Drug trafficking, assault, auto theft, burglary, carjacking, drive-by shootings, extortion, homicide, identity fraud, and robbery<ref name="doj1"/>
| allies            = <!-- Any and all additions to this section require a reliable source. --> {{ubl|[[Black Guerrilla Family]]<ref name="dc.state.fl.us">{{cite web |url=http://dc.state.fl.us/pub/gangs/prison2.html |title=Major Prison Gangs(continued) |work=Gangs and Security Threat Group Awareness |publisher=Florida Department of Corrections |access-date=June 21, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100312183629/http://www.dc.state.fl.us/pub/gangs/prison2.html |archive-date=March 12, 2010 }}</ref> | [[Almighty Black P. Stone Nation|Black P. Stones]]<ref name="Bloods Street Gang Intelligence Report">[https://info.publicintelligence.net/BloodsStreetGangIntelligenceReport.pdf Bloods Street Gang Intelligence Report] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210218164144/https://info.publicintelligence.net/BloodsStreetGangIntelligenceReport.pdf |date=February 18, 2021 }} [[Virginia State Police]] (November 2008)</ref> | [[Italian-American Mafia]] (in New York)<ref name="masslive">{{cite web |title=In our world, killing is easy': Latin Kings part of a web of organized crime alliances, say former gangsters and law enforcement officials |url=https://www.masslive.com/news/2019/12/in-our-world-killing-is-easy-latin-kings-figure-in-web-of-organized-crime-alliances-say-former-gangsters-and-law-enforcement-officials.html |website=MassLive |date=December 28, 2019 |access-date=18 December 2021 |archive-date=December 18, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211218100536/https://www.masslive.com/news/2019/12/in-our-world-killing-is-easy-latin-kings-figure-in-web-of-organized-crime-alliances-say-former-gangsters-and-law-enforcement-officials.html |url-status=live }}</ref> | [[Juggalo gangs|Juggalos]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://info.publicintelligence.net/NGIC-Juggalos.pdf |title=Juggalos: Emerging Gang Trends and Criminal Activity Intelligence Report |publisher=Public Intelligence |access-date=June 5, 2013 |archive-date=January 29, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200129093748/http://info.publicintelligence.net/NGIC-Juggalos.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> | [[Latin Kings]]<ref name="gangs_in_maryland">{{cite web|url= http://gangs.umd.edu/wfrmGangsinmdDetail.aspx?id=Bloods|title= Bloods|access-date= February 21, 2009|work= Gangs In Maryland|publisher= University of Maryland|url-status= dead|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20081206052937/http://gangs.umd.edu/wfrmGangsinmdDetail.aspx?id=Bloods|archive-date= December 6, 2008}}</ref> | [[Mongrel Mob]]<ref>Jarrod Gilbert. (2010). [https://ir.canterbury.ac.nz/bitstream/handle/10092/9400/gilbert_thesis.pdf The rise and development of gangs in New Zealand] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161019203449/http://ir.canterbury.ac.nz/bitstream/handle/10092/9400/gilbert_thesis.pdf |date=October 19, 2016 }} PhD Thesis</ref>{{Better source needed|reason=[[WP:SCHOLARSHIP]]|date=May 2022}} | [[People Nation]]<ref name="Bloods Street Gang Intelligence Report"/> | [[United Blood Nation]]<ref name="Bloods Street Gang Intelligence Report"/> | [[Almighty Vice Lord Nation|Vice Lords]]<ref>[http://www.covingtontn.com/gang-task-force.html "Gang Task Force"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210305130226/http://www.covingtontn.com/gang-task-force.html |date=March 5, 2021 }} covingtontn.com</ref>}}
| rivals            = <!-- Any and all additions to this section require a reliable source. --> {{ubl|[[Crips]]<ref name="Bloods Street Gang Intelligence Report"/> | [[Aryan Brotherhood]]<ref name="ABabout">{{cite web |url=http://crime.about.com/od/gangsters/a/aryanbrothers.htm |title=The Aryan Brotherhood: Profile of One of the Most Notorious Prison Gangs |publisher=About.com |last=Montaldo |first=Charles |date=2014 |access-date=July 2, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160721073746/http://crime.about.com/od/gangsters/a/aryanbrothers.htm |archive-date=July 21, 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref> | [[Asian Boyz]]<ref>{{cite web|author=Derek J. Moore|url=http://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/20080315/news/803150313#page=0&#124;|title=Ruthless Asian gangs blaze trail of violence Killing in Jenner casts spotlight on ultraviolent syndicates with roots in Long Beach|work=Press Democrat|date=March 15, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407074831/http://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/20080315/news/803150313#page=0&#124|archive-date=April 7, 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> | [[Florencia 13]]<ref>Alicia Victoria Lozano and Erik Ortiz (March 29, 2020), [https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/nipsey-hussle-s-killing-inspired-rival-gangs-march-peace-year-n1171211 "Nipsey Hussle's killing inspired rival gangs to march in peace. A year later, did it last?"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210130050638/https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/nipsey-hussle-s-killing-inspired-rival-gangs-march-peace-year-n1171211 |date=January 30, 2021 }}, [[NBC News]]</ref> | [[Folk Nation]]<ref name="Bloods Street Gang Intelligence Report"/> | [[Gangster Disciples]]<ref name="Gangster Disciple">Echo Day (December 12, 2019), [https://covingtonleader.com/news/courts/gangster-disciple-gov-rob-jones-sentenced-to-10-more-years-in-prison-heres-what-we-know-about-him/ "Here's what we know about the Gangster Disciple governor who was sentenced to 10 years in prison"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210201230640/https://covingtonleader.com/news/courts/gangster-disciple-gov-rob-jones-sentenced-to-10-more-years-in-prison-heres-what-we-know-about-him/ |date=February 1, 2021 }}, ''The Leader''</ref> | [[MS-13]]<ref name="Bloods Street Gang Intelligence Report"/> | [[Tiny Rascal Gang]]<ref>[http://www.kirotv.com/news/news/prosecutors-say-man-involved-south-seattle-gang-wa/nfTch/ "Prosecutors say man involved in South Seattle gang war shootings"], {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140409063438/http://www.kirotv.com/news/news/prosecutors-say-man-involved-south-seattle-gang-wa/nfTch/ |date=April 9, 2014 }}, KIRO-TV, April 7, 2014.</ref>}}
| notable_members   = {{plainlist| <!-- Per Wikipedia's policies on living people, every entry requires a reliable source. -->
* [[Wardell Fouse]]
* [[Suge Knight]]
* [[Murder of Alton McDonald|Alton McDonald]]
* [[O. G. Mack|Omar Portee]]
* [[Cle Shaheed Sloan]]
* [[Regis Deon Thomas]]
* [[Skipp Townsend]]
}}
}}
The '''Bloods''' are a primarily [[African Americans|African American]] street [[gang]] which was founded in [[Los Angeles]], California. The gang is widely known for [[Crips–Bloods gang war|its rivalry]] with the [[Crips]]. It is identified by the red color worn by its members and by particular [[gang symbol]]s, including distinctive hand signs.

The Bloods comprise various subgroups known as "[[Set (gang)|sets]]", among which significant differences exist, such as colors, clothing, operations, and political ideas that may be in open conflict with each other. Since the gang's creation, it has branched throughout the United States.

== History ==
The Bloods gang was formed initially to compete against the influence of the [[Crips]] in Los Angeles. The [[Crips–Bloods gang war|rivalry]] originated in the late 1960s when [[Raymond Washington]] and other Crips attacked Sylvester Scott and Benson Owens, two students at [[Centennial High School (Compton, California)|Centennial High School]] in [[Compton, California]]. As a result, Scott formed the [[Piru Street Boys]], the first "Bloods" gang. Owens subsequently established the West Piru gang. The Bloods was initially formed to provide members protection from the Crips. Many of the non-Crip gangs used to call one another "blood".<ref name="Gangland">{{cite book|first=Donnie|last=Harris|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=U3LiWVoCoNoC&q=Sylvester&pg=PA51|title=Gangland|publisher=Holy Fire Publishing|location=Goose Creek, South Carolina|date=2004|isbn=978-0976111245|page=49|access-date=January 14, 2015}}</ref> On March 21, 1972, shortly after a concert featuring [[Wilson Pickett]] and [[Curtis Mayfield]], 20 youths belonging to the Crips attacked and robbed Robert Ballou Jr. outside the [[Hollywood Palladium]]. Ballou was beaten to death after refusing to give up his leather jacket. The sensational media coverage of the crime and the continued assaults by the Crips increased their notoriety. Several non-Crips gangs formed during this period were no match for the Crips and became concerned with the escalating Crip attacks. The [[Pirus]], [[Black P. Stones (Jungles)|Black P. Stones]], Athens Park Boys and other gangs not aligned with the Crips often clashed with them. On June 5, 1972, three months after Ballou's murder, Fredrick "Lil Country" Garret was murdered by a Westside Crip. This marked the first Crips murder against another gang member and motivated non-Crip gangs to align with each other. The Brims struck back on August 4, 1972, by murdering Thomas Ellis, an original Westside Crip. By late 1972, the Pirus held a meeting in their neighborhood to discuss growing Crip pressure and intimidation. Several gangs that felt victimized by the Crips joined the Pirus to create a new federation of non-Crips neighborhoods. This alliance became the Bloods.<ref>{{cite book|first=Alex|last=Alonso|title=Black Los Angeles: American Dreams and Racial Realities|chapter=Out of the Void|editor1-first=Darrell|editor1-last=Hunt|editor2-first=Ana-Cristina|editor2-last=Ramos|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Mk7A7bdaELsC&q=bloods+1972&pg=PA153|publisher=[[NYU Press]]|location=New York City|page=153|date=2010|isbn=9780814773062|access-date=January 14, 2015}}</ref> The Pirus are therefore considered the founders of the Bloods.

By 1978, there were 15 Blood sets. Crips still outnumbered Bloods 3 to 1. To assert their power, the Bloods became increasingly violent. During the 1980s, Bloods began distributing [[crack cocaine]] in Los Angeles. Blood membership soon rose dramatically as did the number of states in which they were present. These increases were primarily driven by profits from crack cocaine distribution. The huge profits allowed members to relocate to other cities and states.<ref name="Gangland"/>

=== United Blood Nation ===
{{main|United Blood Nation}}
"Bloods" is a universal term used to refer to West Coast Bloods and [[United Blood Nation]] (UBN, also known as the East Coast Bloods). These two groups are traditionally distinct, but both call themselves "Bloods". UBN started in 1993 in [[Rikers Island]]'s George Motchan Detention Center (GMDC) to form protection from the [[Latin Kings]] and [[Ñetas]] who were targeting African-American gang members. UBN is a loose confederation of predominantly African-American street gangs. Once released from prison, UBN leaders went back to their New York neighborhoods, where they retained the Bloods name and started recruiting members. UBN has between 7,000 and 15,000 members in the Eastern US. It makes its income through various criminal activities, including distribution of crack cocaine and smuggling drugs into prison.<ref>{{cite book|first=Michael D.|last=Hyman|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bRU4AAAAQBAJ&q=united+blood+nation&pg=PA473|title=Drugs in Society: Causes, Concepts and Control|chapter=Appendix II: Gangs Highlighted by the National Drug Intelligence Center|publisher=[[Routledge]]|location=Abingdon, England|date=2013|isbn=978-0124071674|page=473|access-date=January 14, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|first=Robin|last=Barrett|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RjmfBAAAQBAJ&q=united+blood+nation&pg=PT113|title=The Mammoth Book of Hard Bastards|publisher=[[Little, Brown Book Group]]|location=Boston, Massachusetts|date=2011|isbn=978-1849017596|access-date=January 14, 2015}}</ref>

==Membership==
Bloods are a loosely structured association of smaller street gangs, known as "[[Set (gang)|sets]]", that have a common gang culture.<ref>{{cite journal|first = Cheryl L.|last = Maxson|date = October 1998|title = Gang Members on the Move|journal = Juvenile Justice Bulletin|publisher = [[U.S. Department of Justice]]|location = Washington DC|url = http://www.streetgangs.com/academic/cmaxson_move.pdf|archive-url = https://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20060928005044/http://www.streetgangs.com/academic/cmaxson_move.pdf|url-status = dead|archive-date = September 28, 2006|access-date = April 17, 2006}}</ref> Each set has its own leader and generally operates independently from the others. Most Bloods members are African-American males, although some sets have recruited female members as well as members from other races and ethnic backgrounds.<ref name="Bloods Street Gang Intelligence Report"/> Members range in age from early teens to mid-20s, but some hold leadership positions into their late twenties and occasionally thirties.

There is no known national leader of the Bloods but individual Blood sets have a hierarchical leadership structure with identifiable levels of membership. These levels of membership indicate status within a gang. A leader, typically an older member with a more extensive criminal background, runs each set. A set leader is not elected but rather asserts himself by developing and managing the gang's criminal enterprises through his reputation for violence and ruthlessness and his charisma. The majority of set members are called "soldiers", who are typically 16 to 22. Soldiers have a strong sense of commitment to their set and are extremely dangerous because of their willingness to use violence both to obtain the respect of gang members and to respond to any person who "disrespects" the set. "Associates" are not full members, but identify with the gang and take part in various criminal activities. To the extent that women belong to the gang, they are usually associates and tend to be used by their male counterparts to carry weapons, hold drugs, or prostitute themselves to make money for their set.<ref name="Bloods Street Gang Intelligence Report"/>

Recruitment is often influenced by a recruit's environment. Bloods recruit heavily among school-age youth in poor African-American communities. Gang membership offers youth a sense of belonging and protection. It also offers immediate gratification to economically disadvantaged youth who desire the trappings of gang life, such as gold jewelry, cash, and expensive sports clothing.<ref name="gangs_in_maryland"/> Blood sets have a loose structure of ranks based on how long a person has been involved with a particular set.{{citation needed|date=May 2010}} The ranks do not signify leadership or dominance over the set; they merely signify respect for those who have been in the set longer and have survived the longest.<ref>{{cite news|first=CJ|last=Sullivan|url=http://www.nypress.com/blood-in-blood-out-bronx-gang-members-explain-their-creed/|title=Blood In, Blood Out: Bronx Gang Members Explain Their Creed|newspaper=[[New York Press]]|publisher=[[Manhattan Media]]|location=New York City|date=November 5, 2002|access-date=January 12, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190113232214/http://www.nypress.com/blood-in-blood-out-bronx-gang-members-explain-their-creed/|archive-date=January 13, 2019|url-status=dead}}</ref> Those with a higher rank do not have a position of authority over those of lower rank.<ref>{{cite book|first=Herbert C.|last=Covey|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=F5RzCQAAQBAJ&q=bloods+ranks+big+homies&pg=PA163|title=Crips and Bloods: A Guide to an American Subculture|chapter=Crips and Bloods Snapshots: Examples of Crip and Blood Gangs|publisher=[[ABC-CLIO]]|location=Santa Barbara, California|date=2015|isbn=978-0313399305|page=163}}</ref>

Bloods members commonly call themselves CKs (Crip Killer), MOBs (Member of Bloods), dawgs, or ballers (meaning drug dealers).<ref name="riviello">{{cite book |first=Ralph|last=Riviello |title=Manual of Forensic Emergency Medicine: A Guide for Clinicians |publisher=[[Jones & Bartlett Learning]]|location=Burlington, Massachusetts|date=2009 |isbn=978-0-7637-4462-5 |page=191}}</ref> The gang has a membership of between approximately 15,000 and 20,000 active in 123 cities and in 33 U.S. states,<ref name="Criminal Street Gangs"/> primarily on the [[West Coast of the United States|West Coast]] and, to a lesser extent, the [[Great Lakes region]] and the [[Southeastern United States|Southeast]].<ref name="NCGIA Gang Profiles: Bloods">{{cite web|url=http://www.ncgangcops.org/Bloods.html|title=NCGIA Gang Profiles: Bloods|access-date=January 14, 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141217000730/http://www.ncgangcops.org/Bloods.html|archive-date=December 17, 2014}}</ref> Gangs including Bloods [[Gang presence in the United States military|have been documented in the U.S. military]], in both U.S. and overseas bases.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.military.com/news/article/gangs-increasing-in-military-fbi-says.html |title=Gangs Increasing in Military, FBI Says |agency=McClatchy-Tribune Information Services |website=Military.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091113055104/http://www.military.com/news/article/gangs-increasing-in-military-fbi-says.html |archive-date=November 13, 2009|access-date=February 21, 2009}}</ref> Blood sets also operate in the Canadian cities of [[Montreal]] and [[Toronto]].<ref>[https://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.867.7956&rep=rep1&type=pdf Alliances, Conflicts, and Contradictions in Montreal's Street Gang Landscape] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210206161703/https://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.867.7956&rep=rep1&type=pdf |date=February 6, 2021 }} Karine Descormiers and Carlo Morselli, ''[[International Criminal Justice Review]]'' (October 17, 2020)</ref><ref>[https://nationalpost.com/news/toronto/the-dixon-road-bloods-are-back-six-alleged-gang-members-arrested-in-connection-to-murder The Dixon Road Bloods are back: Six alleged gang members arrested in connection to murder] Natalie Alcoba, ''[[National Post]]'' (April 2, 2015)</ref>

==Identification==
[[File:Bloods - Gang Sign.jpg|thumb|The [[gang symbol]] of the Bloods,{{r|SIGNAL}} as the sign reads the word "blood"]]
Bloods members identify themselves through various indicators, such as colors, clothing, symbols, tattoos, jewelry, graffiti, language, and hand signs. The Bloods' gang color is red. They like to wear sports clothing, including jackets that show their gang color. The most commonly used Bloods symbols include the number "5", the five-pointed star, and the five-pointed crown. These symbols are meant to show the Bloods' affiliation with the [[People Nation]], a large coalition of affiliates created to protect alliance members in federal and state prison. These symbols may be seen in the tattoos, jewelry, and clothing gang members wear as well as the [[gang graffiti]] with which Bloods mark their territory. Such graffiti can include gang names, nicknames, declaration of loyalty, threats against rival gangs, or descriptions of criminal acts in which the gang has been involved.<ref name="Bloods Street Gang Intelligence Report"/>

Bloods graffiti can include rival gang symbols (especially those of the Crips) drawn upside down. This is meant as an insult to the rival group and its symbols. Bloods members also have a distinctive slang. They greet each other using the word "Blood" and often avoid using words with the letter "C". Bloods use hand signs to communicate with one another. Hand signs may be a singular movement, like the [[American Sign Language]] letter "B", or a series of movements using one or both hands for more complex phrases. United Blood Nation (UBN) or East Coast Bloods initiates often receive a dog paw mark, represented by three dots, often burned with a cigarette on their right shoulder. Other UBN symbols include a bulldog and a bull.<ref name="gangs_in_maryland" />

==Sets==
The Bloods gang is a network of individual chapters known as "[[Set (gang)|sets]]". These sets are often loosely connected, having their own leader(s) and operating independently from one another.
* [[Black P. Stones (Jungles)]]
* [[Bounty Hunter Watts Bloods]]
* [[Crenshaw Mafia Gangster Bloods]]
* [[Dixon Bloods]]
* [[Pirus]]
** [[Mob Piru]]
** [[Fruit Town Piru]]
** [[Elm Street Piru]]
** [[Tree Top Piru]]
** [[Cedar Block Piru]]
* [[United Blood Nation]]
** [[Nine Trey Gangsters]]
** [[Sex Money Murder]]

== See also ==
* [[African-American organized crime]]
* [[Crime in Los Angeles]]
**[[Gangs in Los Angeles]]
* ''[[Crips and Bloods: Made in America]]''
* ''[[Slippin': Ten Years with the Bloods]]''
* ''[[Why We Bang]]''

==References==
{{reflist}}

==Further reading==
* Yusuf Jah, Sister Shah'keyah, ''UPRISING : Crips and Bloods Tell the Story of America's Youth In The Crossfire'', {{ISBN|0-684-80460-3}}
* Bing, Leon, '' Do or Die: For the First Time, Members of L.A.'s Most Notorious Teenage Gangs - The Crips and Bloods - Speak for Themselves. ''  {{ISBN| 978-1-4930-0760-8}}
* Deutsch, Kevin, ''The Triangle : A Year on the Ground with New York's Bloods and Crips'', {{ISBN| 0060163267}}
* {{cite web|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/news/gangstas-launch-blood-feud-crew-superior-warns-wanna-bes-article-1.773983|title=Gangstas launch blood feud crew's superior warns wanna-bes|author=Kriegel, Mark|date=October 13, 1997|work=[[NY Daily News]]|access-date=January 14, 2015}}
*[http://www.nj.com/essex/index.ssf/2014/04/east_orange_police_raid_apartment_building_as_part_of_crackdown_on_bloods_set_authorities_say.html East Orange police raid apartment building as part of crackdown on Bloods set, authorities say]. ''Nj.com''. Accessed April 4, 2015.
* [http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2011/07/east_orange_crime_crackdown_le.html East Orange crime crackdown leads to nearly 60 arrests]. ''Nj.com''. Accessed April 4, 2015.

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