What gangs use purple?

Purple represents the Grape Street Crips, a sub-set of the Crips gang.

What colors do gangs wear?

A bandana in gang colors is often hung from a pocket or around the head to “fly one’s colors”.

• BLUE.
• RED.
• PURPLE.
• YELLOW.
• GREEN.
• BROWN.
• WHITE or BLUE.
• BLACK.

Why do Grape Street Crips wear purple?

In addition to wearing blue, the Grape Street Watts Crips sport the color purple to sygnify Grape Street, a north-south street in Watts, and 103rd in the heart of their neighborhood. This rivalry became so bloody and intense that a truce had to be brokered between themselves and other Watts gangs in 1992.

What colors do Gangster Disciples wear?

Symbolism/colors The predominant symbol of this gang is the six-pointed Star of David. The Gangster Disciples also use the upward crossed pitchforks (“rakes” or “pitchforks”) and a heart. The organization’s members wear black and blue attire.

What does a purple bandana mean?

Grape Street Crips
They don’t just limit it to bandanas. Here’s a breakdown from investigators: Blue stands for Gangster Disciples OR Crips. Purple represents the Grape Street Crips, a sub-set of the Crips gang. Light blue stands for the Neighborhood Crips.

Is Watts a Blood or Crip?

Gangs

What colors do Crips wear?

Bloods wear red, Crips wear blue. There are thousands of gangs in the U.S. and most identify with one or more colors of every description.

What gang wears black and red?

Black and red are the colors worn on clothing and used for identification by the Black Disciples, an African-American street gang. The gang is based in Chicago, Ill., and was formed in 1960 by David Barksdale .

What are different gang colors?

Colors: Many gangs use one or more colors to represent their gang. Colors are usually represented with clothing, bandanas , shoelaces, hats, and other accessories. Some known gang colors include blue/grey/orange/purple, black/gold, red/black/brown/pink, blue/black.

What gang is the Color Purple for?

2.Bloods – Main color is Red (or burgundy if they are Piru) 3.Green – certain gangs identified with Parks or certain cities – Gardena Shotgun Crips or Lincoln Park Bloods (San Diego) 4.Purple – Grape Street Watts Crips (L.A.) 5.Brown – Fudgetown Crips (Compton) 6.Orange – Hoover Criminals (South Central Los Angeles)

What do gang members wear?

Members of the gang “bloods”wear red and members of the gang “crypts” wear blue. However, if a blood gangmember has to wear red ( example… school uniform shirt is blue) they will wear a band-aid somewhere visibly on the blue shirt .