Rafael Pérez : The Crooked LAPD Officer Who became a street gangster
Rafael Pérez : The Crooked LAPD Officer Who became a street gangster
In 1998, Rafael Pérez the man behind the rampart scandal, he was arrested for stealing $800,000 worth of cocaine from an evidence room. And by 2000, he’d cut a plea deal and implicated 70 of his fellow CRASH officers in misconduct ranging from drinking on the job to murder. As a result, the city was forced to vacate more than 100 tainted convictions and pay out $125 million in settlements.
America's deadliest Prison Gang: The Aryan Circle
America's deadliest Prison Gang: The Aryan Circle
The Aryan Circle is an organized crime group; It originated in the Texas prison system in the mid-1980s. For many years it was a small group, but by 2009 it has become the second largest white supremacist gang in the Texas prison system. The Aryan Circle has four distinct segments: its Texas prison population, its federal prison population, its out-of-state prison population, and its "street" or "free world" population. The total number of Circle members is probably over 1,400, making it one of the largest white supremacist groups in the United States. Perhaps the most disturbing trend is the rapid growth in its "free world" membership, which has resulted in an epidemic of criminal activity across Texas and beyond.
How Michael Dowd Became The Most Crooked Cop In The NYPD
How Michael Dowd Became The Most Crooked Cop In The NYPD
Michael Dowd joined the NYPD in 1982 and was assigned to the 75th Precinct in Brooklyn. There, he began working with drug dealers, robbing their rivals, and selling cocaine.
The fall of James "Whitey" Bulger
The fall of James "Whitey" Bulger
Bulger was born to working-class Irish immigrants and grew up in a housing project in the neighbourhood of South Boston. In his early years he earned the enduring nickname “Whitey” on account of his whitish blond hair. An unruly youth, Bulger was involved in a street gang as a teenager and was arrested several times, on charges ranging from forgery to assault and battery. However, he always managed to elude any serious consequences for his wrongdoing, which nurtured in him a sense of entitlement and invincibility. In 1948 he enlisted in the U.S. Air Force. Despite a record of disciplinary problems while in the service which included a rape charge in Great Falls, Montana his discharge four years later was certified as honourable.
The 1990s most Deadliest Hitman
The 1990s most Deadliest Hitman
A notorious Los Angeles killer from the 1990s known as "Big Evil" is eligible for parole after serving more than 25 years on charges that once landed him on death row. Cleamon "Big Evil" Johnson, 55, pleaded no contest and was convicted of a sole count of murder in a case stemming from five murders in the early 1990s, when he was the leader of a small but disproportionately violent subset of the Bloods — the 89 Family Swans — in South Los Angeles.
Johnson was once on death row at San Quentin State Prison for two of the five assignations , but racist comments made by the lead LAPD detective on the case prompted a judge to decide that Johnson would no longer be subject to the death penalty or life in prison without the possibility of parole if he was convicted at retrial. The convicted killer has already been in state prison more than 25 years, meaning he is eligible for parole now, though that does not mean he will be granted it.
Memphis Gang Violence: Uncovering the Dark Past
Memphis Gang Violence: Uncovering the Dark Past
Memphis, Tennessee serves as the Southern headquarters for Tennessee based street organizations in the Southern United States. In 2021, there were approximately 102 gangs with 13,400 gang members in the city. Gangs in the Memphis area are concentrated in high crime black neighborhoods like College Park, Hollywood, Hickory Hill, Parkway Village, Westwood, Raleigh, Frayser, Orange Mound, Whitehaven, Binghampton, Klondike and Smokey City; their presence is also felt in the suburbs of Tipton County, Tennessee.
After a series of gang related robberies at Tom Lee Park on the river bluff in downtown Memphis, the Memphis Police Department said that "they often feel powerless to control these out-of-control teens.In May 2013, high school students warned Memphis City Schools against a proposed school merger of Booker T. Washington High School and Carver High school. "It's like putting the Crips and Bloods together in a national convention.
The Shower Posse Gang: The Worlds Most ruthless Assassins
The Shower Posse Gang: The Worlds Most ruthless Assassins
Jamaican Shower posse, often referred to simply as posses, are a loose coalition of Jamaican gangs, based predominantly in Kingston, Montego Bay, London, New York City and Toronto, first being involved in drugs and arms trafficking in the early 1980s. Jamaican posses have links to the main Jamaican political parties, the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) and the People's National Party (PNP). Legal authorities have spent years trying to dismantle Jamaica's Shower Posse. It's one of the world's most violent criminal gangs and controls an international weapons and drug-smuggling ring with tentacles reaching into Europe and North America.
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Luis Felipe's brutal rule over New York's Latin Kings
Luis Felipe's brutal rule over New York's Latin Kings
Luis Felipe, also known as “King Blood”, is a Cuban-American former gang leader and the founder of the New York chapter of the Latin Kings (ALKN) street gang. Born in Havana, Cuba, Felipe came to the United States during the Mariel Boatlift in 1980. Six years later, in 1986, he established the New York chapter of the Latin Kings. Unfortunately, in 1995, he was convicted of ordering multiple homicides from prison by communicating with members of the Latin Kings outside. Judge John S. Martin Jr. sentenced him to life imprisonment plus 45 years, imposing extraordinary conditions that included serving the sentence in solitary confinement and restricting communication to only his lawyer and close relatives, of whom Felipe has none. Interestingly, Judge Martin himself took control of the case rather than the Federal Bureau of Prisons. Luis Felipe is currently incarcerated at ADX Florence, a Supermax prison in Fremont County, Colorado.
4 Crimes that are still Unsolved
4 Crimes that are still Unsolved
10 Factors that caused The Soviet Union to Collapse
10 Factors that caused The Soviet Union to Collapse
4 Plagues That Shook the World to Its Core
4 Plagues That Shook the World to Its Core
4 Reasons why Iran and Israel are enemies
4 Reasons why Iran and Israel are enemies
14 Unbelievable Facts about the CIA
14 Unbelievable Facts about the CIA
The 6 darkest days in American History
The 6 darkest days in American History
The Legacy of CRIPS Founder Stanley Tookie Williams
The Legacy of CRIPS Founder Stanley Tookie Williams
Felon to Activist : The Story of George Jackson
Felon to Activist : The Story of George Jackson
THE ARYAN BROTHERHOOD CHRONICLES: TYLER BINGHAM'S POWERFUL REIGN
THE ARYAN BROTHERHOOD CHRONICLES: TYLER BINGHAM'S POWERFUL REIGN
Tyler Bingham is a former leader of the violent white supremacist prison gang the Aryan Brotherhood that began among California inmates in 1964. It was originally nicknamed the “Diamond Tooth Gang” because of the glass shards that some members put in their teeth. The gang started as a white counterpart to African-American prison gangs when prisons began to desegregate, but has since grown to over 20,000 members. They operate on a “blood in, blood out” motto which implies that members must assault another prisoner or correctional officer to join, and the only way to leave the gang is death. At one point in the 2010s, law enforcement determined that despite being less than 0.10% of the prison population, they were responsible for 18% of prison slaughtering. Bingham rose to be a high-ranking member of the organization’s leadership council. In the early 2000s, authorities charged him and 28 other gang leaders with a litany of charges in an attempt to sentence many of them to death. In 2006, Bingham and several others were convicted of slaughter and racketeering, but federal prosecutors failed in securing the death penalty. According to the Southern Poverty Law Center, the Aryan Brotherhood today is the largest and most deadly prison gang in the United States.
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Legend or Villain? : The Founder of the Crips Gang
Legend or Villain? : The Founder of the Crips Gang
In this video, we're going to talk about the life and legacy of Raymond Washington, the founder of the Crips gang. Washington was a powerful and influential figure in the gangland underworld of Los Angeles, California during the 1970s and 1980s.
In this video, we'll explore Washington's life and how he rose to become one of the most notorious gangsters in LA. We'll also look at the impact Washington had on the gang community and the lasting effects his legacy has had on society. So whether you're a fan of crime movies or history, this video is a must-watch!
The story of Clayton Foutain
The story of Clayton Foutain
The fall of Thomas Silverstein
The fall of Thomas Silverstein
