Information AboutBlack P. Stones |
| CATEGORIES ABOUT BLACK P. STONES | |
| modern street gangs | |
| organizations based in chicago | |
| people nation | |
| little rock, arkansas | |
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HISTORY Founded at the St. Charles correctional facility in , was released nearly a decade later that the evidence came out that the FBI's Chicago field office - and J. Edgar Hoover personally - had stoked the tension between the two groups, hoping that the hair-trigger Fort would embroil the Panthers in an endless blood feud of retaliatory killings. BPSN founding member Eugene Hairston was incarcerated on drug charges on June 6, 1966,Hairston was eventually murdered in the Ida B. Wells housing project in the early 1980s and Fort was arrested for mismangement of government grants which totaled $927,000 from the U.S. Office of Economic Opportunity in March 1972. Fort was released in the early 1980's, but was later reincarcerted on drug charges. Following meetings during Abdul-Malik) continues to have considerable influence over the BPSN from prison, the various Black Stones splinter groups suffer from rampant infighting since there is no clear cut leader anymore and everybody is doing their own thing. National Expansion The Black P. Stones was brought to California in 1969 and became a part of the Bloods after they, the Brims and the Pirus , were having problems with their former allies The Crips . In California, Black P. Stones are separated into various sets such as the Blood Stone Villans , Black P. Stones (Jungles) and Black P. Stones (City). To date they are the only Los Angeles street gang with origins outside of California. The Black P. Stones Nation later expanded to New York City , New Jersey , Connecticut , Atlanta and many other places in the eastern United States. The Black P. Stones in the east coast are known as the Black Stone East or B.P.S. East. They strictly follow the original traditions, similar to the Black P. Stones in Chicago and have alliances with both the Bloods and Latin Kings . Although the various sets maintain a loose cultural affinity to one another, they each possess individual leadership which directs local criminal activity and there is no indication of any national collaboration. COLORS AND SYMBOLS They generally wear red, black and green to identify themselves, although in places on the East Coast they additionally wear Maroon and brown. The crescent moon and the five pointed star are today important symbols used by the BPSN because of the strong Islamic influence in this gang. The pyramid with one side showing twenty-one small rectangles that could be "bricks" is another important symbol that also refers to the "Main 21" - the 21 leaders of gangs who had agreed to merge, to a greater or lesser extent, with the Blackstone Rangers. Most of the other original "main 21" are dead. The "main 21" was like a quasi commission for Organized Crime and still functions today. Other symbols associated with the BPSN include their code words, such as "C.S.A." which stands for "Cold Soldier Army". The name of their "set" is also commonly used in their graffiti: an example would be "Terror Town", which refers to Chicago's southeast side. In this area of southeast Chicago, you cannot miss the clear language when you enter the neighborhood, and this gang graffiti has existed in this fashion for many years. An expression of solidarity for this gang is also commonly used: "Stones Run It", meaning the BPSN are "in control" or are "very powerful".George W. Knox, ''Gang Profile Update: The Black P Stone Nation'' Islamic Identification The practice of incorporating Islamic religious symbols and concepts has been a common phenomena among several African-American street gangs since the 1970s. The majority of the original BPSN leadership from Chicago have assumed Muslim names, briefly renamed the organization El-Rukn, and use Islamic rhetoric in their correspondences, despite engaging in criminal activity which contradicts orthodox Islamic theology. The sincerity of an individuals religious convictions are impossible to gauge without bias, but it has been suggested that Fort's (Caliph Abdul-Malik) motivations were at least partially an attempt to legitimize the BPSN's public image or confuse prison authorities. Classification has also proven difficult, with the group not claiming affiliation to either the Nation Of Islam or the Five Percenters , two well known offshoots. NOTES EXTERNAL LINKS |
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