211 Crew

211 Crew
211 Crew emblem
Founded1995; 29 years ago (1995)
Founding locationDenver, Colorado, United States
Years active1995–present
TerritoryColorado and Texas
EthnicityWhite American
Membership (est.)1,000[1]
ActivitiesMurder, weapons trafficking, drug trafficking, robbery, assault
Notable membersMichael Collins

The 211 Crew, is an American prison gang, active both in and out of prison, that was formed in 1995 at Colorado's Denver County Jail.[2][3] It was linked to several high-profile murders and criminal investigations. Those included the assassination of Colorado Department of Corrections head Tom Clements. Due to a threatening letter sent by a Texas Aryan Brotherhood member, it was suspected to be linked to similar assassinations of Texas district attorney Mike McLelland, and his assistant prosecutor Mark Hasse, but a former Justice of the Peace was eventually indicted for those murders.[4][5][6][7]

  1. ^ Colorado prison officials have banished 211 Crew leaders across U.S. But are they spreading white supremacist seeds? Archived 2021-01-17 at the Wayback Machine Kirk Mitchell, The Denver Post (September 7, 2017)
  2. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2024-07-06. Retrieved 2024-05-04.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. ^ "211 Crew | ADL". Archived from the original on 2024-05-06. Retrieved 2024-05-04.
  4. ^ Mitchell, Kirk (26 March 2013). "211 Crew prison gang's violent culture roils behind, beyond bars". The Denver Post. Archived from the original on 2024-07-06. Retrieved 2013-09-04.
  5. ^ Ryan Parker (21 March 2013). "211 Crew, supremacist group, involved in high-profile crimes". The Denver Post. Archived from the original on 2013-03-25. Retrieved 2013-09-04.
  6. ^ "Kaufman County, Texas, on edge after 2 prosecutors killed". CNN.com. April 2013. Archived from the original on 2024-07-06. Retrieved 2013-09-04.
  7. ^ McClelland Archives Archived 2014-04-14 at the Wayback Machine, Dallas Morning News. Retrieved 29 March 2014.