NEW YORK (Reuters) - Rival street gangs the Crips and Bloods have agreed to a truce in Newark, New Jersey, aimed at stemming the **** that has plagued the city and gone too far for even the gang members, officials said on Tuesday.
The peace agreement, reached over the weekend, involved 150 members from several gang factions and laid out a 10-point plan including an immediate cease-fire.
The plan also asks gang members to refrain from using gang hand signals, graffiti or other symbols to incite the killing of rivals. Under the truce, gang members also vowed to designate places like schools, churches and parks as neutral zones and to avoid encroaching on each other`s territory without notice.
"Anything that will stem the **** is welcome. Time will tell how effective it is," said Kevin Rehmann, a spokesman for the New Jersey State Police.
Newark Deputy Mayor Ras Baraka and the Nation of Islam helped mediate the truce, officials said.
The Crips and Bloods originated in Los Angeles in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Crips often wear blue and Bloods red. Members, who range in age from 13 to 40, often deal in **** such as ****, ****, and marijuana and their rivalry has spawned years of bloodshed for both sides.
While local police declined to estimate gang membership, an FBI Web site estimates each gang has about 10,000 members nationwide.
An aid to Newark`s deputy mayor said talks to draw up the peace deal began two months ago when gang members saw the movie "Redemption," about the life of Crips co-founder Stanley "Tookie" Williams, who now speaks out against **** from his cell on California`s death row.
"These young men were tired of committing **** acts and being blamed for ones they didn`t do," said David Muhammad, an aid to Baraka.
"(The truce) would give the whole community a sense of security. Grandmothers don`t want children outside for fear of stray bullets," Muhammad said.
That truce sh*t isn't gonna stop anything. It would calm down the gang activity but all it takes is one incident to spark up some sh*t. For example, I got jumped by a few crips yesterday. Now if I go around the corner and tell the Bloods I know what happened it'd be a gang war at my school. All the sets in Newark didn't even sign the agreement so it's still gonna be some drama. And I doubt it if other cities are down with a truce. RevolutionarySistah was right when she said only the FBI and CIA can stop the gangs. They took out the Black Panthers but they aint tryna take out the gangs. The reason being is the Panthers were a positive organization in the Black community while the gangs are not. The feds want the gangs to keep f*ckin up our communities.
Hell naaawww...this little "hood peace-treaty" will definitely NOT last. And won't happen anywhere else either.....come on think about it, it's just not likely. Nuggas just can't get along.
The FBI and CIA dismantled the Black Panthers because they were a threat to them, but The Crips and Bloods are more Minorities against Minorities so I doubt they'll try to put an end to that.
i'm really interested in seein' what everybody else had ta say about this so far in all of the other replies...but until then...
just wanna say..that I'm not too sure the action will spread nationwide...but we can only hope...
guess u gotta start somewhere..
i hear those Jersey B's & C's r no joke so i guess if some of them can calm down...those in the state that's REALLY notorious for that particular gang rivalry (CALI) will take heed and follow the example....
guess only time will tell....
^^^^I feel u on that. I grew up in BK and ppl was bananas(my ppls used to throw down) (Razors under the tongue)
I was so deep in the mix I dated head LOCS I would wear my hair in braids and have the set beads in my hair. When I was younger I was real crazy like. I'm a ride for my **** but stuff got crazy. My boy June Bug was at a phone booth and got shot in the head. He's living but he's paralyzed from the waist down. It was sad for the fact he was gona give up his flag but anywayz,
Go back to my high school (South Shore) and the chancellor and everyone have been trying to shut that school down. 4 ppl been **** after I left, some girl died, others got shot. All my **** was running through the school terrorizing.
I really doubt that anyone can stop this b/c it runs too deep. My homegirl's grandma is still reppin Damau.
Like I said b4 we need to catch our children b4 the fall **** to this life style.
^^^^I feel u on that. I grew up in BK and ppl was bananas(my ppls used to throw down) (Razors under the tongue)
I was so deep in the mix I dated head LOCS I would wear my hair in braids and have the set beads in my hair. When I was younger I was real crazy like. I'm a ride for my **** but stuff got crazy. My boy June Bug was at a phone booth and got shot in the head. He's living but he's paralyzed from the waist down. It was sad for the fact he was gona give up his flag but anywayz,
Go back to my high school (South Shore) and the chancellor and everyone have been trying to shut that school down. 4 ppl been **** after I left, some girl died, others got shot. All my **** was running through the school terrorizing.
I really doubt that anyone can stop this b/c it runs too deep. My homegirl's grandma is still reppin Damau.
Like I said b4 we need to catch our children b4 the fall **** to this life style.
Word word us in Crooklyn do it up alot of people sleep on it. That LOC run deep in the vein of my family unfortunately. Lil cuzins throwin up C's Man its crazy. you see them and u think.... why?
naww...I know mad crip niggras and some blood...they're both some hard headed people...so it wouldnt work...just cause one's down to settle the beef doesn't mean another group is willing to
so i guess if some of them can calm down...those in the state that's REALLY notorious for that particular gang rivalry (CALI) will take heed and follow the example....
guess only time will tell....
