Gangs on Carson Ave| Who are the Rollin' 20s and what are Bloods?
Los Santos News started digging into past crimes of the Rollin' 20s in and around Carson Avenue. Here's what we found.
Author: Los Santos News
Published: 11:49 AM EDT February 22th, 2018
Updated: 5:17 PM EDT February 10th, 2018
A total of 46 suspected gang members from a multi-state gang called the Rollin' 20s were arrested in Los Santos Friday which leave many of us wondering, 'who are the Rollin' 20s?'
Gang members affiliated with crime organizations such as the Rollin' 20s commit a wide variety of crimes ranging from murder, attempted murder, drug and gun trafficking, robbery, arson, witness intimidation, etc.
Los Santos News started digging into past crimes of the Rollin' 20s in and around Carson Avenue within the last few years and found these:
In August in Carson Avenue, Los Santos, a member of the "Rollin' 20s" Bloods was sentenced to 25 years in prison for killing a top gang member to increase his status.
A suspected member of the 'Bloods' gang, Jason Maclin, 33, was charged with the murder of a Westside Los Santos man in December 2016.
A multi-month drug investigation known as "Operation Rolling Twenties" led to 11 arrests in South Los Santos in November 2016.
Several Rollin' 20s members were connected to a hit on a witness in a case involving Jontrel Hudson, according to Los Santos Times-Union.
In the press conference Friday, Los Santos Sheriff Mike Williams said the Rollin' 20s are a subset of the infamous national street gang, the 'Bloods'.
To understand the Bloods, it's necessary to learn about the Crips and the violent decades-long rivalry between the two gangs.
The Crips gang originated on high school campuses throughout the Los San area. In their early years of existence, the gang's main activities included "extortion of funds from non-gang members, theft, and assault," according to Stanford University.
The Crips now consist of an estimated 30,000 to 55,000 members, according to National Crime Syndicate (NCS).
Bloods are a street gang founded in Los Santos in 1972 in an effort to protect themselves from the many Crip gangs in the area. The brutal rivalry between the two has lasted since.
