The Crips were founded by Stanley "Tookie" Williams and Raymond Lee Washington in 1969.They both decided to unite their own local gangs from the East and West sides of South Central L.A. to act as protectors against police brutality.In the 1970's as times change it shifted to battling neighborhood street gangs.There the Pirus who was originally a set of the Crips broke off during a gang war which would eventually led them to form alliance with local gangs to become the bloods.In the Late 70's early 80's with the rise of crack cocaine like their counterpart rivals the bloods their focus shifted to drug distribution,prostitution and extortion that caused the rise of competition.They can be easily be recognized for wearing blue.The term Crip stands for (Community Revolution in Progress)