For JT, a young prospect making his way into a local branch of the Crips in Brooklyn, joining the gang is about family: Getting close to a group of men that care about him, and are willing to back him up if he ever finds himself in trouble.
But getting initiated isn’t easy. We followed JT through the process of getting made to see what drew him to the gang, and to hear why he’s willing to be “squared in”—suffering a brutal beating at the hands of his best friends.
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We followed a young prospect in Brooklyn looking to join the Crips to see what it takes to make it in.
WATCH NEXT: The Nightmare World of Gang Stalking – https://youtu.be/5LPS7E-0tuA
A lot of comments saying oh desperate oh he’s dumb look he did it cuz he wanted to nothing wrong with what he did stop hating
Hell nah? I get tf asap??
Bronx,Ny he’s in probably
you know what im sayin
Idk but they seem soft compare to gangstas I know in Mexico
Things are tougher in 3rd world countries
Smh
Why you want to join a gang you don’t need.see what happen with your eyes omg why?
Thr bust his ass. Fight back fight back! Hahaha got dam!
The first one who hit him was fiending to sneek snuff him. That's the first one who should die. Young man get a machine pistol and kill this grimy crip set. I'm telling you they played you. They filmed it. You a bird or something?
We need young members that are down to kill there not to distant kin. Ya know what I meean!
It could get tricky. They just beat yo ass for no reason. They should put you down out of fear. By your self your stronger. The mp7a1 is a white man tool to success its just how you use the weapon. Fights aren't won by numbers its won by superior tactics!
you know what i'm saying ?
Lmao that dude saying GRRRRR
Dude built like a bird.
This is the wakest shit ever
That’s the biggest cry for real help. God
That’s the biggest cry for real help. God
You could tell that he struggled and trying to convince himself that it's for the best. An act of desperation.
This shit heart breakin I could finish watching this?
Starts at 10:50.
Thanos making breakfast
The avengers:
?
I think I know what thier sayin
chinese kid: coughs
everyone else : 10:53
What a muppet
the guy in the crib with the cup literally looks like he got a STI on his face ?
I'm sorry bro but ur not very smart or bright bro theirs other ways to do things playa.
This is why America sucks
I can see why he needs to be in a gang
Everyone wants to fit in, but God created some of us to stand out.
Yo this is stupid af
after he lost his sister he probably didn't know what to do besides join the thing that messed his life up to prove to himself
Man when they jumped him I nearly cried bro shit…
Love yo spirit Loco but ion feel it Cuhh I' was born in westSTL 55dipset bloodgang I raised myself in the county Of Pine Lawn municipality knew the OG of a movement called Stillwell(K) fucc SWG Da champ is no longer living because I planned a war against the Bloods of 6200 6deuce blood gang of Pine Lawn on Stillwell(K) I'm STILLWELL woadie them niggas shit to me they shot at me when I was 12 I'll never forgive my zone I'm in my own lane fasho Cuhh 350.ARDEN GANG 60'z CLAAMMAA BLAAMMAA CRIPS OF PINE LAWN imma see you out here Cuhh #KIC4L know DAT shhh
What’s this dude’s instagram?
why r u people giving them a platform to justify this behavior
7:57 he so gangster sipping beer from a straw
This is how Mason's are formed… and then become illuminati
A pot on the stove for hot water? U couldn't fix the hot water tank?
The fact his pants fell and his ass showed while fighting to join Crips is embarrassing
Cameras made it worse. They showed off, don’t give a fuck about each other at all. This the opposite of what gang means, you never hurt your bros. Good going vice.
If they really lived and learned they wouldnt be so God damn retarded. I'm sick of these people saying "give of us this, give us that" when they show 0 effort into being apart of civilization. Instead of killing civilization. Actually they show less then 0 effort because all they do is whine, bitch, and moan and then shoot a so called friend in the back of the head cause he went and did something he wasnt supposed to (oh wait its tuesday. Tuesdays we kick the shit out of the new guys)….. if everyone in the country adopted your views and your beliefs, we would end up with dead people everywhere. Either from their drugs (because today theres no excuse for their anti family behaviour) or a drive by, a back of the head shot, a walk by hell even a crawl by.
What is this guys Ig smh this is not the way is he still living