Gangs In The 1930's Essay

gangs in New Jersey are on a rise in urban areas since the early 1990’s, mainly consisting of the Bloods and Crips. So many people are dying from the senseless killings of innocent adults and young children. Trying to understand the mindset of young African American males and females joining street gangs and committing horrible crimes such as murder, drug dealing and other criminal activities. “African-American gangs began to emerge in the Los Angeles area during the 1920's, which was in concordance with the large black population in the city. The gangs in existence at this particular time in history were not territorial. On the other hand, they were "loose associations, unorganized, and rarely violent”(Bakeer Donald). Moreover, they did not employ monikers, graffiti, or various other gang characteristics to identify themselves. Gangs of the 1920's and 1930's were composed mainly of family members and friends, and they were involved only in very limited criminal actions. During the 1920's and 1930's, gangs such as the "Goodlows," "Kelleys," "Magnificents," "Driver Brothers," "Boozies," and the "Bloodgetts" wandered the streets of Los Angeles. All of …show more content…
One of the most well-known of these particular gangs is the Bloods, which came to be one of the other most violent and unlawful African-American gangs in Los Angeles. The Bloods established themselves around the West Pirus Street area in the Compton section of Los Angeles. Sylvester Scott and Vincent Owens were the founders of the Bloods, and this certain gang actually started out as the "Compton Pirus." The swift expansion of the Bloods was aided by a severe conflict between the "Compton Crips" and the "Compton Pirus" in which the Pirus were greatly outnumbered and brutally crushed. This conflict brought several sets of the Prius together, and the Pirus