Essay On Crips

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The Crips are a group of gangsters that never listen to excuses, never give chances, and are unjust. They are basically like drug dealers, and like drug dealers they always get caught during dirty work. Over 164 Crip members went to jail for murder and drug dealing in the year 1981. Also the Crips have been and still are stealing things such as jewelry, drugs, and money. According to the article “Crips” on Unitedgangs.com, this group has the worst record for theft, murder, and possession of illegal drugs. The Crips are a group of people that steal, kill, sell illegal drugs, and are very unjust.
The Crips break the law all of the time by selling harmful and illegal drugs in Los Angeles. In the 1900’s James C. Howell, a guy who used to be friends with a member of the Crips, told of how the Crips have been taking advantage of the drug market by trading illegal drugs for crack. In 1986 the Crips trading at the drug market came to an end, thanks to our policemen. They caught 7 Crip members selling illegal drugs at the market and took them all to jail. That put an end to selling at the drug market, but the Crips found …show more content…

According to the article Crime from the Crips, they stole over 105 grams of crack cocaine in 2001. The Crips steel from other drug dealers all the time because they don’t have the will to buy it. The Crips steal jewelry to sell to other people so that they can make enough money to buy their blue hankies and leather jackets. They steal jewelry from bags, purses, and sometimes even out of houses. According to the article Crips (AKA the Stealers,) often the Crips steal money out of wallets, purses, and pockets. The Los Angeles Police have noted that the Crips have stolen over 40 wallets in the past year, but they have returned every single item to its rightful owner if they knew whose it was. This group steals things every year and that’s very

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