Gang members are filmed from the sky by helicopter video cameras, and are seen repeatedly kicking him and striking Denny in the face, once with a brick, and then picking his pocket as he lay unconscious.
Which, resulted in the brutal beating of Reginald O Denny the gang members are captured on videotape pulling Denny from his 18-wheeler. The black community was outraged by this verdict, especially the Eight Trays. On April 29, 1992, the police officers who were involved in the Rodney King beating, were found not guilty. The members were sentenced to life in prison. One girl was shot fifteen times, and the other girl was shot eight times, they both died of their gunshot wounds. The Eight-Trays made headlines when five of their members was found guilty of murdering two innocent teenage girls, over a bad drug transaction. They originated from the Original West Side Crips, led by Stanley Williams (Tookie), in the early 1970s. They are well-known for their brutal reputation with over 300 active members.
The Eight Tray Gangster Crips are considered by Federal Agents and city officials, to be one of the most violent street gangs, in all of Los Angeles County. ETGC members are known to sport Texas Rangers or Texas Longhorns, baseball caps with the large letter “T” to show affiliation with Trays. They are named after a popular residential street called 83rd Street in the heart of their neighborhood. They fall under the Gangster Crips AKA Trays (3x) also known as Movin Gang. Their neighborhood spread from Gage Ave to 79th Street, between Western Ave and Vermont Ave. You know what they say - everybody is a little gay.The 83 Gangster Crips (ETGC) also known as Eight Tray Gangster Crips or 8-Tray Gangster Crips are primarily an African-American street gang located on the West Side of South Los Angeles (formerly known as South Central, LA) California. When he says “you strike out at three” - meaning after three dicks, you’re a homo - we might have to agree! ( Totally kidding! *side eye*) In this instance, the musician dodged what could’ve been an opportunity to let toxic masculinity and homophobia run rampant by reminding his hetero mates that being LGBTQ+ is about more than what we do behind closed doors and in dark alleys. The singer made headlines in 2017 for performing at a Washington, D.C. Tank is a noted supporter of LGBTQ+ people, or at least he has no problem taking our money. Conversations about fellatio are far from foreign, but based on the responses of Yee and her other cohosts - who initially seem surprised by Tank’s answer - same-gender sex might not be as familiar a topic. Yee, who you may know as one-third of the oftentimes problematic The Breakfast Clubradio show cohort (which includes DJ Envy and Charlamagne tha God), hosts Lip Service as a safe space for celebrities to talk all things sex. The video clip, which is making its way around social media, was pulled from a much longer episode of Yee’s podcast in which the artist talks being married at a young age, eating ass, and more. Because the art of being gay is being gay.” Let me try again.’ And then he says, ‘You know what, it’s not for me… ’” the singer said, “It doesn’t mean he’s gay. “He sucked a dick once and then he’s like, ‘I’m not sure if I liked it or not. Tank had some things to say about that analogy. She was basically trying to say that even lying once makes a man a liar in the way that sucking dick once might make him gay. He was answering a question from host Angela Yee, who was disputing the idea that just because a man has lied before, that doesn’t make him a liar. While appearing on the podcast Lip Service to promote his new album, Elevation, he said that just because a man has sucked dick before doesn’t mean he’s gay. We stan an educated cisgender, heterosexual man! This week that recognition goes to R&B crooner Tank, who is educating his cishet kin on the peculiarities of being gay.