Black P. Stones Jungles is a division ("set") of the
Bloods
The Bloods are a primarily African-American street gang founded in Los Angeles, California. The gang is widely known for its rivalry with the Crips. It is identified by the red color worn by its members and by particular gang symbols, includin ...
street gang in some parts of Los Angeles.
Overview
History
The Black P Stones Jungles first emerged in California in 1969
and had operated in the West Adams area of Los Angeles. Over the years the P Stones had grown into one of the larger gangs that were in
South Los Angeles
South Los Angeles, also known as South Central Los Angeles or simply South Central, is a region in southwestern Los Angeles County, lying mostly within the city limits of Los Angeles, south of downtown.
It is "defined on Los Angeles city maps as ...
. There were an estimated 700 members of the Black P Stones, of whom used to live in Baldwin Village.
Territory
The BPS consisted of two separate gangs: The City Stone Bloods, also known as the "bity" in the
Mid-City/
Arlington Heights area, and the Jungle Stone Bloods, the exclusive area that was once known as the Jungles (during the 1960s to the early 2000s) now officially known as
Baldwin Village, Los Angeles
Baldwin Village is a neighborhood in the South Los Angeles region of Los Angeles County, California.
Geography
In 1988, Baldwin Village became be a distinct community in the city's General Plan, and signs were to be posted to identify the are ...
on the West Side of
South Central Los Angeles
South Los Angeles, also known as South Central Los Angeles or simply South Central, is a region in southwestern Los Angeles County, lying mostly within the city limits of Los Angeles, south of downtown.
It is "defined on Los Angeles city maps as a ...
, saw 28 murders and more than 1,500 assaults from 2000 to 2005.
Intergang relations
In 1972, the LA Brims, Piru St Boys, Athens Park Boys, Bishops, Denver Lanes, Pueblos and Lueders Park Hustlers founded the
Bloods
The Bloods are a primarily African-American street gang founded in Los Angeles, California. The gang is widely known for its rivalry with the Crips. It is identified by the red color worn by its members and by particular gang symbols, includin ...
after constant attacks on independent gangs by the
Crips
The Crips is an alliance of street gangs that is based in the coastal regions of Southern California. Founded in Los Angeles, California, in 1969, mainly by Raymond Washington and Stanley Williams, the Crips were initially a single alliance ...
in addition to Crip and Crip rivalries that also began to surface. BPS, in later years, joined the Bloods movement and founded their own factions
Jungle Stones & city/Bity stones
LAPD raids
On November 10, 2005, the
FBI
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is the domestic Intelligence agency, intelligence and Security agency, security service of the United States and its principal Federal law enforcement in the United States, federal law enforcement age ...
Los Angeles Office and
Los Angeles Police Department
The Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD), officially known as the City of Los Angeles Police Department, is the municipal police department of Los Angeles, California. With 9,974 police officers and 3,000 civilian staff, it is the third-large ...
carried out many
police raids against alleged BPS members accused of conspiracy and drug trafficking in a joint effort called "Operation Stone Cold". At least 18 people were arrested. There was also another police raid in 2011 arresting at least 30 to 40 members.
Ownership crackdown
The
Los Angeles City Attorney
The Los Angeles City Attorney is an elected official who serves as the city of Los Angeles' government's lawyer and as a criminal prosecutor for misdemeanor violations. The Los Angeles County District Attorney prosecutes felonies. The city attorne ...
and prosecutors are heavily targeting property owners and managers of the Chesapeake Apartments, (a 425-unit
apartment complex
An apartment (American English), or flat (British English, Indian English, South African English), is a self-contained housing unit (a type of residential real estate) that occupies part of a building, generally on a single story. There are ...
spread over more than 17 acres and was a longtime stronghold for a street gang called the BPS) to solve crime.
LAPD
The Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD), officially known as the City of Los Angeles Police Department, is the municipal police department of Los Angeles, California. With 9,974 police officers and 3,000 civilian staff, it is the third-large ...
has also conducted
police raids and arrests among the apartment buildings as well, which decreased crime within that area dramatically.
Continual arrests
LAPD has continued to make arrests against members, while many members are being pushed out the city limits altogether.
In the media
The 2001 film ''
Training Day
''Training Day'' is a 2001 American crime thriller film directed by Antoine Fuqua and written by David Ayer. It stars Denzel Washington as Alonzo Harris and Ethan Hawke as Jake Hoyt, two LAPD narcotics officers over a 24-hour period in the gang- ...
'', starring
Denzel Washington
Denzel Hayes Washington Jr. (born December 28, 1954) is an American actor and filmmaker. He has been described as an actor who reconfigured "the concept of classic movie stardom". Throughout his career spanning over four decades, Washington ha ...
, was filmed on a cul-de-sac in
Baldwin Village
Baldwin Village is a commercial enclave in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is located in the west of downtown Toronto, within the Grange Park (neighbourhood), Grange Park neighbourhood, one block north of Dundas Street, Dundas Street West, between ...
, and featured
Cle Shaheed Sloan
Cle "Bone" Shaheed Sloan (born May 22, 1969) is an American activist, actor and documentary director from Los Angeles County, California. While still a member of Athens Park Bloods, a Los Angeles street gang, Sloan worked to reform gang cultur ...
of
Athens Park. Additionally, the gang was featured in another film that year, ''
Baby Boy''. The Jungles appear in season 2, episode 1 of the television series ''
Southland Southland may refer to:
Places Canada
* Dunbar–Southlands, Vancouver, British Columbia
New Zealand
* Southland Region, a region of New Zealand
* Southland County, a former New Zealand county
* Southland District, part of the wider Southland Re ...
'' and season 1, episode 12 of ''
Gang Related
''Gang Related'', alternatively known as Criminal Intent, is a 1997 American action crime thriller film written and directed by Jim Kouf starring James Belushi, Tupac Shakur, Dennis Quaid, Lela Rochon, David Paymer and James Earl Jones. The film ...
'', as well as the music video for the
Waka Flocka Flame
Juaquin James Malphurs (born May 31, 1986), known professionally as Waka Flocka Flame, is an American rapper. Signing to 1017 Brick Squad and Warner Bros. Records in 2009, he became a mainstream artist with the release of his singles "O Let's ...
song "
Hard in da Paint
"Hard in da Paint" is the second single from American rapper Waka Flocka Flame's debut studio album ''Flockaveli''.
Background
Waka Flocka's "Hard in da Paint", like his previous hit "O Let's Do It", was originally a mixtape track. It first ...
".
See also
*
Gangs in Los Angeles
This is a list of notable criminal gangs in Los Angeles, California.
The County and the City of Los Angeles has been nicknamed the "Gang Capital of America," with an estimated 450 active gangs with a combined membership of more than 45,000.
...
*
People Nation
People Nation is an alliance of street gangs generally associated with the Chicago area. They are rivals of the Folk Nation alliance of gangs.
Formation
The People Nation was formed in reaction to the creation of the Folk Nation alliance of gang ...
*
Black P. Stones
*
African-American organized crime
In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, African-American organized crime emerged following the first and second large-scale migration of African-Americans from the South to major cities of the Northeast, Midwest, and later the West Coast. In ...
Notes
Organizations established in 1969
1969 establishments in California
Jungles
A jungle is land covered with dense forest and tangled vegetation, usually in tropical climates. Application of the term has varied greatly during the past recent century.
Etymology
The word ''jungle'' originates from the Sanskrit word ''jaá¹ ...
Bloods sets
Gangs in Los Angeles
African-American organized crime groups
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