Piru Street Boys
| Founded | 1972 |
|---|---|
| Founding location | Compton and Los Angeles, California, United States |
| Years active | 1972–present |
| Territory | California: Greater Los Angeles Area, Sacramento, Fresno, San Diego and Santa Barbara |
| Ethnicity | Primarily African American; with Latino and Native American members |
| Criminal activities | Murder, drug trafficking, robbery and extortion |
| Allies | Bloods, People Nation (Midwest), Norteños (some sets) |
| Rivals | Crips, Sureños (certain sets), Hoover Criminals, Asian Boyz, Folk Nation, (Midwest), |
The Pirus, also known as Piru Street Family and Piru Street Boys (PSB), are a Los Angeles street gang alliance based in Compton, but also present in the cities of Carson, Inglewood, Hawthorne, San Diego, Fresno, Santa Barbara and Watts. Piru sets make up most of the original Blood Alliance alliance in Los Angeles. Pirus bloods main colors are red and burgundy.
In 1969, the Pirus were created by teenagers from neighborhoods and young black men returning from Vietnam. The Pirus were a gang which was in Compton and spread throughout making it one large gang, but in 1969 with the Crip alliance made by smaller gangs, the Pirus also joined making a large set of the Crips. At that time, there were various "sets" throughout the region of Los Angeles, California. However, these "sets" were small groups of "hustlers." In 1969, fifteen-year-old Raymond Washington started the Crips street gang with friends from his neighborhood on the East Side of South Central Los Angeles. The Crips began to attack hustler groups and cliques in order to create a larger organization.
The Pirus soon joined with the Brims gang, a victim of the Crips attacks, and together in jail they created the Bloods starting at first of a way to address one another then new people who entered the LA county jail was asked by law enforcement "who do you run with Crips or the bloods", those who were victimized by Crips joined the Pirus and Brims and ran with the Blood identity that's how the Bloods gang was formed, note the bloods started in jail in LA County year 1974, Pirus and Brims formed on the streets, 1972.
In Compton, California approached the Piru Street Family in 1969 and the gang changed their name to the Piru Street Crips. The Pirus, however, were arch enemies of the gang that would become the Compton Crips, led by a teenager named Mac Thomas. According to Westside Crips co-founder Stanley Williams, Mac Thomas and the Compton Crips were unhappy about Raymond Washington recruiting their arch rivals. According to Tookie Williams, Mac Thomas had even complained about Raymond Washington showing the Pirus the Compton Crips' turf including their personal hangouts. The alliance lasted for about 2 to 3 months. At one time some members from the Pirus were a part of the Crips before they broke off from the Crips and became some of the first gangs within the Bloods. Some Pirus claim to be bloods and some Pirus don't claim to be bloods, some blood Pirus claim the term "No Kutt" , no cut means only rep where you came from nothing else on top of that, it's individual choice.
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