Ever since the street-gang drama "Colors" came out in 1988, films about the Crips and the Bloods have focused on the futility and tragedy of the here and now.

He was stabbed once in the neck and four times in the abdomen Oct. 20 on a street near Canarsie High School, allegedly by two 16-year-old members of the Bloods, a gang that favors the color red.

Furthermore, according to Britannica, they are associated with the color red. The biggest and fiercest rival of the Bloods is another LA-based street gang called the Crips.

Melvin Farmer remembers the days when Bloods and Crips openly flashed their colors. Gang members wore an evolving uniform; bandannas, T-shirts, shoes and even earrings to signal their affiliation.

The situation in Baltimore is getting so bad that rival gang members have decided to call a cease-fire and form an unlikely alliance against Baltimore cops in the wake of Freddie Gray ’s death.

In telling the story of the Crips and Bloods, Peralta goes back to the Watts riots of 1965 which let out the anger African-Americans were feeling at the time towards not only their status in America ...

Nearly gone are the gang days of the 1980s and '90s, when the Bloods wore head-to-toe red, the Crips wore blue and Latin Kings wore black and gold.

Narrated by Forest Whitaker, Crips and Bloods: Made in America combines in-depth interviews with current and former gang members, educators, historians, family members, and experts with historical ...

When Ron Stallworth arrived there in 1986 to launch and lead an anti-gang police unit, he saw the answer clear as day: Southern California Crips and Bloods were trekking nearly 700 miles to sell ...

After resigning, he went to jail for robberies. White speaks with Business Insider about his experience as a gang member, the culture of the Crips, and the rivalry with the Bloods.

First formed on the streets of LA in 1969 by Raymond Washington and Stanley Williams, the Crips are often associated with the color blue Credit: Getty The Bloods and Crips street gangs have been ...