 They wore blue gang colors that were closely modeled after the hats and clothing worn by the Crips gang in the United States.The Syndicate began by engaging in extortion rackets and robbing "dépanneurs" (convenience stores) before moving on to serve as the drug dealers and killers for the Angels, becoming well known in Montreal for doing the "dirty work" that even the Angels did not want to do.Wooley was president of the Rockers, the Angels' puppet club in Montreal, and, although he could never hope to join the Angels proper as a black man, he maintained very close ties with them.