Black P. Stones

The Jungles faction of the Black P. Stones street gang is a division ("set") of the Bloods gang alliance in Los Angeles. Originating in Los Angeles' Baldwin Village neighborhood in the 1960s, the Black P. Stones became one of the largest gangs in the city. The gang has been linked to various crimes, including murders, assaults, robberies, narcotics violations and firearms violations, and has been the subject of numerous FBI and LAPD investigations. Overview History The gang was founded in the 1960s by T. Rodgers and originated as the West Side faction, or "set", of the Almighty Black P. Stone Nation in the Baldwin Village neighborhood of Los Angeles — known as "the Jungles". Rodgers had moved to the Baldwin Hills neighborhood of Los Angeles from the South Side of Chicago and was given permission by Black P. Stones leaders in Chicago to establish a faction of the gang in Los Angeles. The Black P. Stones also operated in the West Adams area of the city. The gang became affiliated with the Bloods alliance when the Pirus began protecting Black P. Stones members from the Crips. The Black P. Stones' membership grew to approximately 500, and the gang became one of the largest in Los Angeles. The gang's founder, T. Rodgers, later became a community activist, brokering truces between warring gangs. He died at the age of 65 in August 2021.