Crip Gang Signs Meanings

This hand sign is a direct diss and is meant to start beef.

Crip gang signs meanings. It can also be given to commemorate a loved one who died while the wearer was incarcerated if the teardrop is filled in it could indicate the wearer killed someone. Punchito crip gang bmg black mafia gangsters pvcc park village compton crips ktb kearns town bloods 55th st rpf rose park family north side piru west side piru. What is the crips meaning. Speech is the most obvious.

One sign a crip hates to see is the crip killa sign where a rival gang member will throw up a c and a k on one hand. Teardrop s under the eye or on the cheek bone are generally associated with prison gang tattoos. However gang members also make use of nonverbal methods of exchanging thoughts. Crip clique b for blood b for blood vl for vice lords ivl for insane vice lords.

There is a lot of uncertainty of the meaning of the crip name some think its an acronym for community restoration in progress. Gang awareness guide gang members communicate in many dif ferent ways. Another theory is when the crips first started they walked around with canes and the local news called them cripples or crips for short. Here is some of the most popular signs you will see thrown up or stacked to make crip gang signs with fingers.

Hand signs michael bishop brown instructor. If outlined it often means the person is in sorrow for a fallen gang member. For example the numbers 211 on a crip stand for blood killer the two represents the b in the alphabet and the 11 represents k similarly the numbers 3 18 9 16 spell out crip. Another source suggests crips may have evolved from cripplers a 1970s street gang in watts of which raymond washington was a member.

Gang members have their own language which contains phrases hand signs tattoos. Gang signs symbols signals words and conduct prohibited references board policy s 3 board policy s 3. Latin king w for westside s for southside or sureno s for southside or sureno n for northside or norte. For instance the numbers 211 tattooed on a crip member stand for bk which in turn means blood killer indicating the individual has killed a member of the rival gang the bloods.

The bloods also use forms of code in their markings. The crips have a lot of tattoos associated with them with a portion of them having to do with disrespecting their rival gang the bloods.