![]() You had relatives that were either Bloods or Crips, and they were friends with either Bloods or Crips." " were more about their money" than strict loyalty to either Bloods or Crips, says Johnson. Usually associated with the Bloods, Unthanks mix in Crips as well. Especially when one of the main antagonists is the Unthank Park Hustlers, a group named for the park on North Shaver Avenue. "Portland is a city where it's not really territorial by neighborhood."īut that also means when war breaks out, anyone could be drawn in on either side. or Chicago, where you grew up on the South Side, and that's just who you are," says Pernell Brown, co-founder of the gang-outreach group Crew. In Portland, a small city with an even smaller minority population, Richardson says it's not unusual for members of rival gangs to become buddies through mutual friends, family bonds or incarceration. Lawrence and Perry grew close while doing time together under supervision by the Oregon Youth Authority, says Robert Richardson, director of Emmanuel Community Services, which provides job assistance to gang youths. 12 slaying at New Hope Missionary Baptist Church.īut the friendship between Lawrence and Perry-and the fact that Lawrence is now in juvenile detention accused of killing a fellow Crip-shows that bonds of blood and loyalty can transcend gang affiliation. The Crips and their rivals, including the Unthank Park Hustlers, had been shooting at each other almost daily since the Dec. Though he is a Crip, Lawrence told police he was hanging out on New Year's Eve with Perry, an Unthank Park Hustler. His street name, according to court documents, is "Groove Face." "H74VER DID IT GR74VE," his MySpace profile says, with "74" replacing "oo" in both words. He throws the gang's sign in his MySpace photo, thumb jutting between scissored fingers. ![]() Lawrence's MySpace page boasts he's a member of Hoover Criminals 74, a Crips-affiliated gang out of Los Angeles. In a shootout near Southeast 188th Avenue and Burnside Street, Lawrence is charged with killing 18-year-old Willy Butler, a Kerby Blocc Crip, just seconds after Butler gunned down Lawrence's friend, 18-year-old Darius Perry. Lawrence's alleged involvement in one New Year's Eve slaying is a case in point. ![]()
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