United Blood Nation

Infobox Criminal Organization
name = The United Blood Nation Eastcoast Bloods


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founded on = 1993
founding location = Rikers Island, NY
founded by = Omar Portee A.K.A. OG Mack
years active = 1993 - present
territory = New York City, Upstate New York , New Jersey, Conneticut, Baltimore, Maryland, Delaware, Virginia and some eastern Southern states
ethnic makeup = African-American, other
membership = 11,000 and growing as of July 2005
criminal activities = murder, drugs, extortion, and robbery
allies = People Nation , Latin Kings
rivals = Folk Nation, Netas, Crips

The United Blood Nation, simply called the Eastcoast Bloods (not to be confused with the West Coast L.A. Street Gang), formed in 1993 within the New York City jail system on Rikers Island's George Mochen Detention Center. GMDC was used to segregate problem inmates from the rest of the detention center. Prior to this time period, the Latin Kings were the most prevalent and organized gang in the NYC jail system. The Latin Kings, a Hispanic Latino street gang, were targeting African-American inmates with violence. These African-American inmates, organized by some of the more violent and charismatic inmates, formed a protection group which they called the United Blood Nation, in imitation of the West Coast gang. Though they closely resemble the Bloods found on the West Coast, the United Blood Nation or Eastcoast Bloods is unaffiliated with them, and therefore didn’t originally share any of their rivalries or their allies. Several of the leaders of this recently created prison gang formed nine New Blood sets to recruit in their neighborhoods across New York City. These original sets were: Mad Stone Villains ("MSV"), Valentine Bloods ("VB"), Nine Trey Gangsters ("NTG"), Gangster Killer Bloods ("GKB, now known as G-Shine"),District Kapital Bloods("DKB"), One Eight Trey ("183") Bloods, Hit Squad Brims ("HSB"), Blood Stone Villains ("BSV") and Sex, Money and Murder ("SMM").

By 1996, thousands of members of the Blood street gang were establishing themselves as a formidable force among gangs and continued a steady drive for recruitment. At this time, the Bloods were more violent than other gangs but much less organized. Numerous slashings (razor blade or knife attacks) were reported during robberies and discovered to be initiations into the Bloods. This ritual became the trademark for the Bloods. Bloods recruited throughout the East Coast and began spreading their drug networks rapidly. Blood gangs can now be found in the New York City area, Upper New York state, New Jersey (especially South Jersey), Baltimore, Hagerstown, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Connecticut, all the way to Atlanta, and Florida.

Recently, the new Blood gangs have become a favorite target of law enforcement because of their connection to violence. Bloods will commit violence against other Blood sets if it will award a profit, whether money or territory, something completely unheard of to their West Coast counterparts. Also, there is no direct regional or national leadership or any connections to Los Angeles gangs.

Bloods will burn an upside down triangular shape that resembles a dog paw on their upper arm. The three circular burns, usually from a cigarette, can be found on a member of the Bloods. This is not practiced by the original West Coast Bloods. Some Bloods will have a tattoo of a dog, usually a bulldog, like the Mack Trucks logo. Bloods will also use the acronym M.O.B. (Member of Blood) to identify themselves. This can be seen as a burn scar or sometimes a tattoo. These too are distinctive only for the United Blood Nation Eastcoast Bloods gang, and not their West Coast version. However, one similarity both coasts share is the use of the color red, Chicago Bulls jerseys, dressing to the right, and a hatred for Crips.

The Bloods have recently become more involved and connected to their People Nation affiliation. This resulted with them gaining an important alliance with the Latin Kings, a Latino Street Gang in New York who was once the United Blood Nation‘s most dangerous rival. This also caused them to suddenly inherit severe rivalries, however, including Sureños, Crips, Black Disciples, Gangster Disciples, and all other Folk Nation allied gangs.

External links

* [http://www.shvoong.com/humanities/1702675-history-bloods-united-blood-nation/ History of the Bloods and United Blood Nation]
* [http://www.knowgangs.com/gang_resources/profiles/bloods/ Bloods at Knowgangs.com]