State of Tennessee v. Shackleford: Folk Nation and People Nation

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The Crips were a street gang that started in the 1970s in LA. The Crips and the Bloods are the main gangs that started somewhere other than New York and in Chicago. They started on the west coast in LA. They have multiple subsets. There are literally hundreds of them.

If you want a – like an organizational chart, there are two nations.

There’s Folk Nation and People Nation.

Folk Nation will be the Gangster Disciples and the Crips sets.

People Nation will be Bloods, Vice Lords, Latin Kings, Pirus, and stuff like that.

State of Tennessee v. Dashun Shackleford. Appeal from the Criminal Court for Knox County No. 109937 Steven Wayne Sword, Judge. Filed March 18, 2022