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Crenshaw Mafia
Crenshaw Mafia member with gang apparel
Founding locationInglewood, California
Years active1970s-present
EthnicityPrimarily African-American
ActivitiesMurder
Drug trafficking
AlliesLA Denver Lane Bloods
Inglewood Family Gang
Athens Park Bloods
Family Swan Bloods, Juggalos
RivalsCarver Circles
Dry Town Posse
Lick Style Gang

The Crenshaw Mafia (also known as the Crenshaw Mafia Gang Bloods) are a "set" of the Bloods gang alliance. The gang are depicted in several movies including Boyz n the Hood and Straight Outta Compton. [1]

History

Formation

There is some disagreement about when the gang formed. According to one source, the gang formed in Inglewood during the 1970s and was named after Crenshaw Boulevard. [1] However, another source claims that the gang was formed in 1981, by members of the Inglewood Family Gang. [2]

1997 injunction against the Crenshaw Mafia

On December 17, 1997, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office and Los Angeles Sherriff's Office sought an injunction against the Crenshaw Mafia Gangster Bloods, as the gang had been responsible for 19 murders in the preceding four years. [3] In the two years following the implementation of the injunction, the gang committed no murders. [3]

Spreading outside of California

By the mid-1980s, the Crenshaw Mafia spread to Denver, Colorado. [4] In November 2014, David Scott, a member of the Crenshaw Mafia, killed two Crips in Denver. Scott was sentenced to 30 years in federal prison. [5]

Depictions in media

  • In the 1991 film Boyz n the Hood, a student replies "I ain't from Africa. I'm from Crenshaw Mafia!", after a young Tre explains that humans originated from Africa. [6] 7 years later, when a police officer harasses Tre, he accuses Tre of being a member of the Crenshaw Mafia.
  • In the 1993 song " Piru Love" by Bloods & Crips from their album Bangin' on Wax, the Crenshaw Mafia is mentioned. [7]
  • In the 2015 film Straight Outta Compton, a Crenshaw Mafia member named OG 2 Tone confronts some students on Ice Cube's school bus, after they display Crip gang signs. He warns "Remember me. OG 2 Tone. Crenshaw Mafia, Blood". [8]

References

  1. ^ a b "Crenshaw Mafia Gang (CMG)". 2010-04-05. Retrieved 2023-03-29.
  2. ^ "Crenshaw Mafia Gangster, CMG in Inglewood, CA | StreetGangs.Com & Street TV". www.streetgangs.com. Retrieved 2023-03-29.
  3. ^ a b O'Deane, Matthew D. (2011). Gang Injunctions and Abatement: Using Civil Remedies to Curb Gang-Related Crimes. CRC Press. p. 336. ISBN  9781439867884.
  4. ^ Jackson, Steve (2020). No Angels: The Short Life And Brutal Death Of Brandaline Rose Duvall. WildBlue Press. ISBN  9781952225291. The Crenshaw Mafia Gangster Bloods had started out as a Black gang near 104th Street and Crenshaw Boulevard in Los Angeles. They'd shown up in Denver in the mid-Eighties, and their power had been growing ever since.
  5. ^ "Gang member sentenced to 30 years in prison after shell casings tied to 2 murders". 9 News. July 22, 2019. Retrieved 2023-03-30.
  6. ^ Cokley, Kevin O. (2014). The Myth of Black Anti-Intellectualism: A True Psychology of African American Students. ABC-CLIO. p. 1. ISBN  9781440831577.
  7. ^ Bloods & Crips (Ft. Fo' Clips) – Piru Love, retrieved 2023-03-29
  8. ^ Straight Outta Compton | Ice Cube Meets the Crenshaw Mafia, retrieved 2023-03-30
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