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Blood Handwriting Charateristics

Blood gang members use several ways to identify theirselves, show respect to the gang and disrespect other gangs on a normal basis. One way for them to identify theirself is through handwriting charateristics. This should be considered a gift to all Law Enforcement because some of these gang members only now one way to wright and in that you can see the gang identifiers.

Some of the most common blood handwriting charateristics are as followed:

All "B's" will be captialized, no matter there location in the word. Some examples of that would be the following: aBility, staBility, craB and staB.

All "P's" will be capitalized. This shows respect to Piru, the orginial Blood set. Again, the "P" will be captialized no matter is location in the word.

All "c's" will be crossed out or replaced with the letter B. This shows disresect towards the Crips. An example of replacing the "c" with a "B" would be the word "BeBause". IT should be because but as you can see the "c" has been replaced.

Make the letter "T" an upside down pitchfork. This shows disrespect to Crips and all Folk Nation gangs. The "T" is made into an upside down pitchfork by drawing a line down from each side of the horizontal part in the "T".

Cross out all "f's". This shows disrespect to Folk Nation.

Cross out all "6's". 6 represents Folk and crossing it out shows disrespect.

Writing the number 5 very large and/or BOLD. This shows respect for the gang.

Signing a letter BKA. Blood Known Alias

Drawing five pointed stars and five pointed crowns are also among the most common identifiers for a blood gang member.

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