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PJ Watts Crips

PJ Watts Crips

The PJ Watts Crips (PJWC) are predominantly an African American street gang located on the Imperial Courts on the East Side in the Watts district of South Los Angeles. Their neighborhood stretches from 112th Street to Imperial Highway, between Grape Street and Mona Boulevard. They are considered the 2nd largest Crip gang in the district of Watts. The PJ Watts Crips are directly East of the Bounty Hunter Bloods and South of the Grape Street Crips.

PJ Watts Crips
Founded1970's
Years active1970's – present
TerritoryImperial Courts
EthnicityAfrican-American
Allies7th Street Watts Crips, Front Street Crips, Fudge Town Mafia Crips, 99 Watts Mafia Crips, Bounty Hunter Bloods, Hacienda Village Bloods
RivalsBe-Bopp Watts Bloods, Grape Street Crips, Ten Line Gangster Crips, Mona Park Compton Crips, Carver Park Compton Crips, Florencia 13, Watts Varrio Grape 13

Cliques

The PJ Watts Crips consists of 4 cliques that make up their whole turf and these cliques are:

Bull Side, Funny Side, Pill Head, and the Island Side

Tony Bogard King Of The Imperial Courts

Tyrone Tony Thomas better known on the streets as Tony Bogard, a high-ranking member of the PJ Watts Crips, a ganglord who turned into a Peacemaker.

Tony Bogard was widely recognised as one of the leaders of the 1992 Watts Gang Truce, between Bloods and Crips. Tony Bogard was well known by celebrities, and also appeared on the Oprah show, in 1993.

The PJ Watts Crips, Grape Street Crips, Bounty Hunter Bloods and the Hacienda Village Bloods, participated in the 1992 Watts Truce.

The Truce meeting was held in the Imperial Courts, led by Tony Bogard. They used a ceasefire treaty based on the text of Israel-Egypt Armistice Agreement. Meanwhile, others viewed Bogard as a fraud who embraced the truce as a cover up for his criminal schemes.

In 1994, Tony Bogard got into a deadly confrontation with Rodney Compton, a reputable member of the PJ Watts Crips, which led to a shootout in the parking lot of the Imperial Courts (114th Street).

Tony Bogard was struck by six bullets and died at the scene.

Andre Wicker from the Nutty Blocc Compton Crips, was also shot in the crossfire.

Dresta was in critical condition and placed in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU), but managed to survive.Rodney

Compton was charged with first degree murder, but plead no contest to one count of voluntary man slaughter and received one year of probation. Bogard

funeral had over 300 people in attendance, which included ex-gang leaders, rapper Ice-T, and the Nation of Islam's top representative.

In Entertainment

Parts of the Mortion picture Training Day was filmed in the Imperial Courts. The PJ Watts Crips also was featured on the A&E television show, The Peacemaker: LA Gang Wars, attempted to settle feuds between the PJ Watts Crips and the Fudge Town Mafia Crips.

Allies

The PJ Watts Crips allies are the 7th Street Crips, Front Street Crips, Fudge Town Mafia Crips (after the truce that The Peacemaker offered), 99 Watts Mafia Crips, Bounty Hunter Bloods, and the Hacienda Village Bloods (since the 1992 truce)

Rivals

The PJ Watts Crips rivals are the Be-Bopp Watts Bloods and the Grape Street Crips these 2 gangs have been rivals since 1992, they also feud with other Crip gangs such as the Ten Line Gangster Crips, Mona Park Compton Crips, and the Carver Park Compton Crips, they also feud with Latino gangs such as Florencia 13 and Watts Varrio Grape 13.

References

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Sep 18, 2016, 2:29 PM