Since their creation, the Bloods gangs have branched out primarily in the United States and Canada. They can also have distinctive ‘ gang signs’ (hand signs). With the escalating Crip attacks on other non-Crips gangs, several gangs that felt victimized by the Crips allied with Piru Street Boys, and soon transformed into ‘Bloods’.īloods members can be identified by the color red that is worn by their members. After the confrontation, Scott established the Piru street-gang, (known to be the first ‘Bloods’ street-gang), while Owens established the West Piru street-gang, as a protection from the Crips. It all started when Raymond Washington (One of the Crips founders) and several other Crips members confronted Sylvester Scott and Benson Owens. Getty Images/Moment/Geraint Rowland Photographyįounded in 1972, Los Angeles, California, the Bloods are primarily an African-American street gang that was initially formed to compete against the influence of the Crips.
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