History Channel: Origin of gang name, "Crips"

[Joel S. Berson]

At 7/10/2010 09:50 AM, Ronald Butters wrote:
>Seems to be some kind of saunter.

Copied from 18th century fops.

Joel


>On Jul 10, 2010, at 12:13 AM, Wilson Gray wrote:
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> > ½. The Crips have a special way of walking, shown in the HC's doc.
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