In the past, their numbers have been offset by poor organization and a lack of leadership. They receive prices far higher than those in Los Angeles. When gang members arrive at a new area, they give crack samples to prospective customers.
Gang members are being linked to the increasing sales of crack cocaine in cities across the Nation and to the establishment of crack houses. Recent findings suggest that some members of the Crips and the Bloods are establishing themselves as more traditional organized crime groups through the lucrative market of cocaine sales. Today, law enforcement authorities throughout California and other States are reporting the widespread movement of Crips and Bloods gang members from the Los Angeles area into their jurisdictions.
Initially, they seemed to be primarily involved in predatory crimes in the Los Angeles area. They have an estimated 40,000 to 50,000 members. They began because of a territorial struggle, in which youths in neighborhoods felt the need to band together for protection from rival youths. The Crips and the Bloods street gangs originated in California in 1969.
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