 Seattle Mariners baseball team logo used as Sons of Samoa symbol | |
| Founding location | Long Beach,California, U.S. |
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| Territory | United States (Alaska,California,Missouri,Utah,Washington)[1] |
| Ethnicity | Predominantly ofSamoan descent |
| Criminal activities | Drug trafficking,robbery,burglary,extortion |
| Rivals | P.V.C. (Park Village Crip)[2] |
Sons of Samoa is aCrips-affiliatedstreet gang based inLong Beach, California, United States. Its membership mainly consists ofSamoan Americans with other Pacific Islander members.
The Sons of Samoa gang is a faction of theCrips gang based in west Long Beach, California.[3]
In 1985, the Sons of Samoa gang had about 200 members scattered throughout Long Beach, many of whom were Samoan immigrants or first-generation Samoans.[4]
In the late 1980s, it was the focus of aLong Beach Police Department sweep after gang members had attacked two police officers.[3] Around the same time, they were in a gang war with a gang fromGarden Grove.[3]
In 2015, an investigation led to new charges and the arrest of a Sons of Samoa member for a murder in 1996.[5][6]
Three SOS members were arrested on March 16, 2021, for the February 9 fatal shooting of a man during late hours on the street near a church inSan Jose, California. The victim was not known to have had any connection with the suspects.[7]
In the 1980s, the Sons of Samoa were heavily involved with the sale and use ofcocaine andPCP, as well as robbery, burglary, and extortion.[4] In the 1990s, the Suicidals subset of the Sons of Samoa sold drugs in alleyways.[5][6]A 2011 report from theFBI listed Alaska, California, Missouri, Utah, and Washington as states where the Sons of Samoa operated.[1]
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