Rollin 60 Neighborhood Crips

The Rollin 60 Neighborhood Crips is a street gang based in Los Angeles, California. In 1976, the Rollin' 60's formed as a faction of the original Crip gang, the Westside Crips, and have since grown. They are also engaged in the most violent gang rivalry between two gangs in the history of Los Angeles gang conflict [ [http://www.streetgangs.com/crips/rollin60s.html Rolling 60s Crips in Los Angeles] , StreetGangs.com ] , as the body count with the Rollin' 60s Crips is the in several hundreds. They are considered the most violent and notorious Black gang in all of LA County. Their main rival is the Eight Tray Gangster Crips to the East, however they also fight with all Hoover Criminal sets. In fact, this may be a reason that the Hoover Criminals (formerly Hoover Crips), stopped claiming Crip.

The Rollin' 60's Neighborhood Crips, although commonly beefing with other Crip sets, also rival the Van Ness Gangsters, a Blood set directly North of their turf. School zoning forces members of these two sets to attend school together, and incidents can sometimes occur at Crenshaw High School. Still, the Rollin 60's dominate the schools population, despite it being North of their actual turf, because the Van Ness Gangsters are a much smaller gang. The Rollin' 60's Neighborhood Crips control a territory around Slauson to the North, and are bounded by Florence to the South. They are also bounded by the Eight Tray Gangster Crips on Western Avenue, to the East.

According to the "Los Angeles Daily News", Rollin 60 Neighborhood Crips is "the largest black criminal street gang in the City of Los Angeles with over 1,600 active members.- the size of an army brigade" [ [http://lang.dailynews.com/socal/gangs/articles/dnp5_culture.asp Rollin 60s give unique window into gang culture] , Beth Barrett, staff writer, Los Angeles Daily News, September 30, 2004]

Alexander family shooting

They became notorious when several men identified as members of the Rollin' 60 were arrested by police investigating the murders of the family of Kermit Alexander, an All-American football icon. Apparently, Cox, the perpetrator, had purchased bunk cocaine and was angry at the dealer for swindling him out of his money. He went to kill the drug dealer, but mistaked the drug dealer's house for that of Alexander's family. [ [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E07E6DE1039F936A35752C1A962948260 Two Gang Members Arrested In Alexander Family Killings] , UPI wire, New York Times, November 5, 1984]

Identification

Members of the Rollin' 6O's Neighborhood Crips are identified by tattoos as other gang members, but additionally wear Seattle Mariners caps for the large "S"(sixty) or North Carolina University caps for the blue color and the "NC" (neighborhood crip). Also, like other crip sets, they wear blue, and mark their territory with graffiti.

Rivals and Allies

*Enemies of all"Gangster Crip" sets, especially 83 Gangster Crips
*Enemies of all "Blood" sets, especially Van Ness Gangsters
*Enemies of all "Hoover Criminal" sets
*Allies of all "Neighborhood Crip" sets

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