Frederick “Gangster” Staves of the Santana Blocc Crips, second from left, makes a point to Robinson “G-Nutt” Lonnell of the 151 Pirus, far right, at a gang peace summit in Compton. (Genaro ...

The Piru gangs began in the 1970s, named after Piru Street in Compton, and later called themselves Bloods. Mob Piru began gaining notoriety in the 1990s with alleged connections to rap music ...

The men arrived in twos and threes, Crips and Bloods, young and middle-aged, gathering around a picnic table in a Compton park to confront their sworn enemies. After two hours of negotiations on a ...