What does the letters in the gang CRIPS stand for?

Question

C stands for something, R stands for something, I stands for something, P stands for something, and S stands for something.

Answer 1

Clandestine Revolutionary International Party Soldier

WHAT IDIOT GAVE ME A THUMBS DOWN - THIS IS THE CORRECT ANSWER!!

Answer 2

Cowards Run In PackS, lol

30 May 1992: The Guardian - Crips is an abbreviation for cripple, nickname of the gang's founder, who walked with a limp.

26 June 1988: Los Angeles Times - Some said they wore earrings. Some said they carried canes. Some said they walked with a limp, like cripples. The nickname spread: Crips.

Crips orginally were called crib gangs. Because most of the members lived on smaller avenues called "crib avenues". Eventually the name changed to crips.

The one that makes the most sense is
Crip stands for Community.Revolution.In.Progress.
The CRIPS were started as a result of police targeting african men after the weapons ban. This resulted in the CRIPS banning together and traveling from place to place in large numbers to scare off the cops that would often beat and arrest african americans due to the color of there skin.

Answer 3

There have been many different explanations for the origin of the name of the gang:

The most well-known theories tie the current name with "crib" or "crib street" (alluding to an actual street or the young age of the members at the time of the gang's founding).
"Crip" originates from the carrying of a cane or stick — Los Angeles Times 14 April 1992: "Word spread about the tough-looking young men, who some said carried canes and walked with a limp — cripples, or crips, they were called for short."
Mis-pronunciation of "The Crypts."
Some of the common backronyms for the name are...
Community (or California) Revolution/Restoration In Progress.
Community Resources for an Independent People
California Rebels In Power
Crip meaning cradle to the grave. C standing for Cradle, RIP standing Rest In Peace, a common phrase inscribed on tombstones.

Answer 4

The Crips were founded in Los Angeles, California in 1969 by 15 year old Raymond Washington. Washington initially called the gang the Baby Avenues in an attempt to emulate older gangs and activities carried out by the Black Panthers which he was fascinated with. This evolved to Avenue Cribs and then Cribs as nicknames for the age of the members.[1] The name Crips was first introduced in the Los Angeles Sentinel newspaper in a description by crime victims of young men with canes, as if they were crippled (though there is some discussion that it may have initially been a simple spelling mistake). The name stuck.

Answer 5

The Crips were founded in Los Angeles, California in 1969 by 15 year old Raymond Washington. Washington initially called the gang the Baby Avenues in an attempt to emulate older gangs and activities carried out by the Black Panthers which he was fascinated with. This evolved to Avenue Cribs and then Cribs as nicknames for the age of the members.[1] The name Crips was first introduced in the Los Angeles Sentinel newspaper in a description by crime victims of young men with canes, as if they were crippled (though there is some discussion that it may have initially been a simple spelling mistake). The name stuck.

Stanley "Tookie" Williams, generally acknowledged as co-founder of the Crips,[2] started his own gang called the Westside Crips. The Crips became popular throughout southern Los Angeles as more youth gangs joined it; at one point they outnumbered non-Crip gangs by 3 to 1, sparking disputes with non-Crip gangs including the L.A. Brims, Athens Park Boys, The Bishops and The Denver Lanes. The Crips eventually became the most powerful gang in California. In response, all of the other besieged gangs, including the Pirus, formed an alliance that later became the Bloods.

Along with friends, Williams and Washington created the initial intent of continuing the revolutionary ideology of the 1960s. These aspirations were unattainable because of a general lack of political leadership and guidance. Washington and Williams were never able to develop an agenda for social change within the community and instead became obsessed with protecting themselves from other gangs in the community.

By 1971 the gang's notoriety had spread across Los Angeles. The gang became incresingly violent as they attempted to expand their turf. By the early 80s the gang was heavily involved with drug trade

Answer 6

Aquaakerman is the closest to the correct answer. The crips were started by Raymond Washington and Stanley Tookie Williams (who was executed earlier this year for murdering 4 people).
The gang was called the cribs, due to calling their local neighborhood in South Central Los Angeles their "crib"...this name eventually evolved to the "crips" after some people in the gang started mispronouncing it. It is not an acronym for anything.

Answer 7

Nothing it is an evolution of the name Cribs which was the first name of the gang. See link.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crips

Answer 8

Completely Retarded Idiots Prowling the Streets

Answer 9

C=cradle to the grave RIP<<

Answer 10

It dosen't stand for anything. It's just there name.