| Kelly Park | |
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  Location within Los Angeles  Kelly Park (Compton) (the Los Angeles metropolitan area)  Kelly Park (Compton) (California)  Kelly Park (Compton) (the United States) | |
| Location | Los Angeles |
| Coordinates | 33°53′06″N118°11′49″W / 33.885°N 118.197°W Coordinates: 33°53′06″N118°11′49″W / 33.885°N 118.197°W |
Kelly Park is a park located Compton, California. The park is located at the corner of Caldwell St and S Harris Ave. [1] [2]
During the 1980s and 1990s, the park was notorious for being a base for the local Kelly Park Compton Crips (formerly the Kelly Park Hustler Crips), [3] a subset of the notorious Crips gang. [4] The gang was originally known as the Kelly Park Hustlers before being affiliated with the Crips. A 1988 Los Angeles Times article stated that the park was ‘recaptured’ from local gangs. [5] [6]
Notable former members of the Kelly Park Crips gang include Eazy E, MC Ren, Sin Loc and Tweedy Bird Loc. [7]
Compton is a city in southern Los Angeles County, California, United States, situated south of downtown Los Angeles. Compton is one of the oldest cities in the county and, on May 11, 1888, was the eighth city in California to incorporate. As of the 2010 United States Census, the city had a total population of 96,456. It is known as the "Hub City" due to its geographic centrality in Los Angeles County. Neighborhoods in Compton include Sunny Cove, Leland, Downtown Compton, and Richland Farms. The city is generally a working-class community, with some middle-class neighborhoods and poor neighborhoods.
Raymond Lee Washington was an American gangster, known as the founder of the Crips gang in Los Angeles. Washington formed the Crips as a minor street gang in the late 1960s in Los Angeles' South Central area, becoming a prominent local crime boss. In 1971, Washington formed an alliance with Stanley "Tookie" Williams, establishing the Crips as the first major African-American street gang in Los Angeles, and served as one of the co-leaders. In 1974, Washington was convicted of robbery and received a five-year prison sentence, during which his leadership and influence in the Crips declined.
Orlando Tive "Baby Lane" Anderson was the prime suspect in the murder of Tupac Shakur. Anderson belonged to the California-based gang known as the Southside Compton Crips. Detective Tim Brennan of the Compton Police Department filed an affidavit naming Anderson as a suspect.
Richard Johnson, better known by his stage name Tweedy Bird Loc, was an American rapper from Compton, California. Johnson and producer Ronnie M. Phillips organized the hip hop project Bloods & Crips, a collaboration between members of the California-based Bloods and Crips street gangs. Johnson was a Crip himself, affiliated with the Kelly Park Compton set.
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The Pirus, also known as Piru Street Family, West Side Piru, East Side Piru Relatives and Piru Gangsters (PG), are an African American street gang alliance based in Southern California. Piru sets make up most of the original Blood Alliance in Los Angeles. Pirus use the colors red or burgundy to signify affiliation.
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Tongan Crip Gang, TCG or West Side 102st Tonga Crip Gang is a street gang that is a subset of the Crips gang.The current leader of this gang is the grandchild of the original leader but for her safety we cannot give you any more information .The gang is active in the U.S. states of California, Utah and others, as well as a presence in New Zealand, Australia, and Canada. Tongan Crip Gang members are primarily of Pacific Islander descent, mainly Tongan.
Timothy M. Brennan and Robert Ladd joined the Compton Police Department as officers in 1982 and 1983, respectively. In 1988, they were promoted to become Compton's two-man gang unit. The police department could only afford to have two people at the time, even though many smaller cities typically had up to four times as many. As the gang unit, Brennan and Ladd were responsible for dealing with and investigating over fifty-five gangs in the 10.1 square mile area that make up the City of Compton. They have served as the primary or assisting investigating officers on hundreds of gang-related murders and thousands of gang-related shootings, and witnessed instances of gang-related rapes, robberies, drive-by shootings, and shootings at police officers.
Duane Keith "Keefe D" Davis is an American member of the California-based gang known as The Southside Compton Crips who made millions of dollars as a drug dealer. Davis, a childhood friend of rapper Eazy-E, is alleged to have been to linked to the murders of Tupac Shakur and Christopher "The Notorious B.I.G." Wallace. Detective Tim Brennan from Compton, California filed an affidavit naming Davis and his nephew Orlando Anderson as suspects, although fans and others have speculated as to regards to their involvement in the killing. He has never been charged with the murder.
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