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==Robbery conviction== In 1974, 21-year-old Washington was arrested for second-degree robbery and sentenced to five years' imprisonment at the [[Deuel Vocational Institution]] in [[Tracy, California|Tracy]], becoming the first Crip to be incarcerated there. Washington was unpopular among the prison population as he began to recruit young African-American inmates into the Crips, much to the disapproval of established black [[Prison gang|prison groups]] like the Black Muslims and the [[Black Guerrilla Family]]. According to a former inmate who was housed at Deuel with Washington, the Black Muslims and the Black Guerrilla Family were aware of the spread of the Crips in Los Angeles, and warned Washington that they would not tolerate the formation of Crips in the prison. Washington faced another problem while serving time at Deuel: as the Crips murdered rival gang members on the streets of Los Angeles, inmates at Deuel who were relatives of victims held Washington responsible for their deaths. Greg "Batman" Davis, a friend of Washington and an original Crips member, stated "People in the prisons was losing their loved ones on the streets and because Raymond was the founder of the Crips, they blamed him for it. And since Raymond was the only Crip up there (at Deuel) at the time, they were trying to kill him."{{Citation needed|date=May 2012}} In 1976, Washington paroled from prison and returned to Los Angeles. Reportedly, Washington was shocked to discover that the violent war between the Crips, Bloods, and [[Gangs in the United States|Hispanic gangs]] had escalated to the point that fighting using firearms, as opposed to fist fighting, was now normal. Over the next few months, Washington became disillusioned with the Crips as the gang committed more violent and senseless crimes, with new recruits seeking to build their reputations.{{citation needed|date=September 2014}} Since Washington's imprisonment, the organization had totally broken down into loosely-affiliated [[Decentralization|decentralized]] sets that often fought each other, as the Crips' original leadership had disappeared. Tookie Williams, the last remaining original Crips leader, served as the ''[[de facto]]'' leader during Washington's imprisonment. Williams had been injured in a [[drive-by shooting]] in 1976, and developed a growing addiction to [[Phencyclidine|PCP]] that caused his authority to wane until he was arrested for four counts of [[homicide]] shortly before Washington was murdered. According to [[law enforcement]], former gang members and close friends, Washington had decided that the Crips needed to be brought back under one [[umbrella organization]] to stop infighting, and then to work towards a [[truce]] with the Bloods.{{citation needed|date=September 2014}} Upon realizing he no longer held influence in the gang, Washington started to distance himself from the Crips.
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