Dozens of Crips Arrested in LAPD Sting Dubbed "Operation Thumbs Down"

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Cord Jefferson

08/30/13 12:50PM

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Los Angeles police arrested about three dozen alleged members of the Rollin' 30s Harlem Crips (a.k.a. Ice-T's former gang) yesterday on federal and state charges related to gang operations and drug dealing. It was the culmination of an investigation called "Operation Thumbs Down," a reference to a popular Rollin' 30s hand sign: two thumbs up.

The LA Times reports that investigators turned up an unspecified amount of drugs and guns after raiding homes and businesses in the early morning yesterday with 34 federal search warrants.

With an estimated membership of 700 to 1,000 members, the Rollin' 30s Crips are one of L.A.'s most infamous and oldest Crip sets, controlling an area of about two square miles in South L.A.

Part of the Operation Thumbs Down involved diving into Rollin' 30s members' social-media accounts, which turned up, among other things, the photo above of a little girl holding a massive rifle.

[Image via KTLA]

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Dark man ex Cord Jefferson 08/30/13 01:29PM

Why don't California just barricade itself from the impoverish areas. No one goes in or out, like a prison but on the outside. Every so often the state drop off some supplies, but that's it. It would be an every man for himself type of environment...Or the state could just legalize all drugs and let the free market profit from the fiends.

eyegypt Dark man ex 08/30/13 01:43PM

See Season 3 of The Wire

Apologize Dark man ex 08/30/13 01:48PM

Your first idea is insane and vaguely racist, whereas your second idea makes a hell of a lot of sense. Is that you Ron Paul?

Maxine Shaw, attorney at LOL eyegypt 08/30/13 02:50PM

I was JUST about to say that. "What is this, Hamsterdam?"

Virgilante Dark man ex 08/30/13 03:09PM

I saw that movie, Escape from LA... who am I kidding, no one saw that movie.

Arden Cord Jefferson 08/30/13 01:57PM

Wait...we're actually still using warrants? I thought we tossed that shit out when we shredded the 4th Amendment?

TheSarge Arden 08/30/13 02:01PM

Only when it's convenient.

hodown Arden 08/30/13 02:15PM

It got temporarily jammed in the shredder, but they've called in some contractors to figure it out and hopefully finish the job.

Snapchatmethatpussy Arden 08/31/13 05:37PM

That's only the feds; and only when mooslims, ex's, fantasy gf's and romantic rivals are involved.

NYCNative Cord Jefferson 08/30/13 01:06PM

Did they also arrest some of their fellow officers? Because it is widely rumored that bloods and crips are deep in the police force too

Cam/ron NYCNative 08/30/13 01:12PM

Actually there are quite a few Latino gang members in the LA County Sheriff's Dept.

mwatson2 NYCNative 08/30/13 01:13PM

God I hope they did. We really ought to arrest people more often based on rumor.

Jeff_bott NYCNative 08/30/13 01:30PM

Of course they didn't.

ThatChickMelly NYCNative 08/30/13 02:09PM

I dated a crip at one point (I was a bad bad girl, Fiona had nothing on me), and he claimed they had lawyers, doctors, and cops all over the country. But then he was also an abusive shitrag, so...

lampost451 Cord Jefferson 08/30/13 12:59PM

Operation Deep Sigh of Resignation, Downward Cast Eyes, Furrowed Brow

Operation Hands on Hips, Head Cocked to Side, 'Really?' Expression on Face