This story stinks. So you have an admitted gang member (the Crips) identifying himself. The last thing the Crips want is exposure because they are always the subject of RICO statutes (organized crime racketeering).
And the Klan is going to work with them. More likely dividing up the drug territory against an interloper KKK faction.
Sounds like the Black P Stone Rangers and the liberals in Chicago when they got together in the late 1960’s/early 70’s for tea and strumpets. Saul Alinsky also had his fingers in that strange mix.
Memphis: The home of good BBQ and music, not lovey-dovey Crips/KKK lovefests.
There is a KKK enclave in the county next to us. They are largely focused on world domination by the Jews, survivalist type scenarios/EOTWAWKI and nefarious global plots. They are friendlier with radical Islam because they share that Jew hatred.
Evidently, Ku Klux Klan is Latin for “I’m on the disability”.