How The Crips Gang Actually Works | How Crime Works | Insider

This is exactly how these stories need to be told, from the complex perspective of someone that has lived it.

Imagine fighting to achieve absolutely nothing

My brother was a crip. Killed in 1995. 18 years old "defending" a neighborhood that was gentrified in the early 2000's. Incredibly pointless. EDIT: Thanks for the kind comments. That ish is still very painful. A couple of things to note...My parents owned their house, and they still own it. My primary point is that gangbanging is stupid IMO, but honestly, if you grow up in certain neighborhoods you have very few choices. My brother made bad choices, I did not. Also the people asking me to name the city and set... I tried, but every time I replied youtube deleted it.

Everytime I see crips walk, I can't help but recall the South Park meme when they go "Wow, these guys really are crippled."

I really like how he balances calling out racism and the police without exonerating the gangs and the "us vs them" mentality. That is still hard to find.

In the 90s, I remember so many kids in my suburban middle school idolized gang members and all of sudden said "they were from the hood". I was like "you grew up like 5 houses down from me in a cul-de-sac."

i was going down this path as a teen all my cousins and uncles are bloods, you couldn't catch me not wearing red, super glad i smartened up and got into cooking cant have time to be in the streets when you always in the kitchen.

When my son was in middle school in the late 2000s they had former gang members in conjunction with the police come in the school and talk with the kids about the dangers of gang banging. My deepest respect and thanks to men like them and Mr White for doing so. It definitely had an impact on my son and his friends and I believe steered him in the right direction.

This thing that really hurts to hear is that people only unite to fight another group. It's never for a good cause except for pride. It's not just a gang thing. It's how we ALL are

Imagine being a cashier at McDonald’s in the 90s and have a grown man walk up to you and order a “curger” with extra “cacon” oh and I want a “boke” for my drink

"My name is Daniel Bag, I'm a former fortune 500 CEO, and this is how crime works."

This was a captivating interview, damn.

"Sticks and Stones can break your bones but Names can get you Shot?"DAMN....

From Crip to Cop - from one blue gang to another - dude really does love the color blue.

Thank you for this.

Informative!

Imagine the logic of these people fighting for no reason, and the grand prize is either death, or spending the rest of your life in prison.

LA Gangs are now a tourist attraction

Wow! Thanks for sharing your story.

Great interview. Well spoken and succinct. More like this please Peace to everyone reading this 🙏