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318 - Bloods and Crips - America's Deadliest Gang Rivalry

Timesuck with Dan Cummins

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Black Culture Has Just as Many Fucking Dorks in It as White Culture Does

The East Coast Bluds, all known as United Blood Nation, formed by inmates at Rikers Island. Akila Shrilles and his brother Daude went to the four biggest housing projects in Watts to start some peace talks. By 1990, most major U.S. cities had bludged crypts both. Then on April 28, 1992, something happens that actually slows down bluds and crypts violence. The bluds and Crypts join together to establish a historic peace treaty.

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