However, 211 Crew members have also been linked to racially motivated murders of African Americans, making the gang's official stance on race unclear.

[4][5][8] The gang was formed in 1995 after founding member Benjamin Davis was beaten and nearly killed in a racially motivated attack by a black inmate.

Davis was jumped and beaten with a sock stuffed full of soap bars, resulting in a badly broken jaw.

Eventually 2-11 merged with the Colorado prison gangs Aryan Syndicate and ANP (American Nazi Party but no relation to the group founded by Rockwell).

In 2013, 211 Crew member Evan Spencer Ebel murdered a local pizza delivery man in order to use his work clothes and paraphernalia as a disguise.

Ebel then drove to the home of Colorado Department of Corrections head Tom Clements and called at the door, under the ruse of delivering a pizza.

Ebel refused to surrender and engaged in a protracted high-speed car chase with pursuing law enforcement officers.