AFRICAN AMERICAN/JAMAICAN OC

WE WILL EXAMINE  THE PHENOMENON OF AFRICAN-AMERICA AND JAMAICAN ORGANIZED CRIME.  THE TYPES OF CRIME, GROUPS, ORGANIZATION, AND THE SPHERE OF INFLUENCE THESE GROUPS POSSESS.  THE ROUTE BLACK ORGANIZED CRIME TOOK AND ITS SIMILARITIES/DISSIMILARITIES WITH RESPECT TO OTHER ORGANIZED CRIME

YOU NEVER KNOW WHEN YOU MIGHT SEE SOMETHING AGAIN!

EARLY ON-THE NUMBERS RACKET

ILLEGAL LOTTERY  WAGER OF A FEW CENTS OR MORE.  WINNING NUMBER TAKEN FROM A DAILY BIG CITY NEWSPAPER  DOMINATED BY AFRICAN AMERICAN CRIMINALS UNTIL TWO OC HEADS OVER POWERED AND TOOK OVER THE NUMBERS.

SAM GIANCANA DUTCH SCHULTZ CHICAGO NEW YORK

HEREIN LIES A BIG DIFFERENCE  SCHULTZ AND GIANCANA HAD POLITICAL CONTROL IN THEIR RESPECTIVE CITIES  CONTROL OF POLITICS=CONTROL OF POLICE  AFRICAN AMERICAN GROUPS DID NOT HAVE THE WIDE POLITICAL BASE TO RESIST

THEN THESE TWO OC LEADERS BECAME PARTNERS VITO GENOVESE BUMPY JOHNSON

IT WAS ALL ABOUT DRUGS!  GENOVESE WAS THE FIRST MAFIA BOSS TO BECOME HEAVILY INVOLVED IN THE DRUG BUSINESS  JOHNSON RULED HARLEM AND THE DRUG BUSINESS IN COOPERATION WITH GENOVESE  THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT CHANGED BLACK OC FOREVER

MODERN DAY OC LEADERS FRANK LUCAS NICKY BARNES

FRANK LUCAS  STARTED OUT WORKING FOR BUMPY JOHNSON  BUMPY INTRODUCED LUCAS TO DRUG BUSINESS  LUCAS BRINGS IN KILOS OF HEROIN IN SMUGGLED IN COFFINS OF DEAD VIETNAM VETS  USES HIS NETWORK OF COUSINS AND COUNTRY BOYS TO BUILD HIS ORGANIZATION  WHO ELSE USED THEIR RELATIVES??

NICKY BARNES  BEFRIENDED COLUMBO FAMILY HOOD CRAZY JOE GALLO  LIKE THE AMERICAN MAFIA HE ESTABLISHED A COUNCIL OF DRUG TRAFFICKERS THAT ALLOCATED TERRITORIES!  HE AND FRANK LUCAS LOVED THE PUBLIC LIMELIGHT AND WERE SEEN AS HEROES IN THEIR COMMUNITIES!

JUST LIKE SOME OTHER PEOPLE WE KNOW!!

AND BACK IN THE WINDY CITY BLACK GANGSTER DISCIPLES BLACK P STONE NATION

BLACK P STONE NATION  UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF JEFF FORT  NAME CHANGED TO EL RUKN  NOW KNOWN AS THE VICE LORDS  STATED HE WAS THE LEADER OF A COMMUNITY GROUP!

FORT HAS BIG PLANS!  GETS INVITED TO THE INAUGURATION OF RICHARD NIXON AS PRESIDENT IN  IS PAID $10,000 BY THE COOK COUNTY DEMOCRATIC ORGANIZATION TO SERVE AS POLL WATCHERS FOR MAYORAL CANDIDATE JANE BYRNE(WHERE HAVE WE HEARD THIS BEFORE?)  CONVICTED IN 1987 OF CONSPIRING TO COMMIT TERRORIST ACTS WITH LIBYA.

LARRY HOOVER AND THE GD

MOST POWERFUL BLACK OC GROUP IN CHICAGO  FORMED ALLIANCES WITH THE CHICAGO OUTFIT AND PERFORM CONTRACT KILLINGS FOR THEM  HOOVER UTILIZES A CORPORATE STYLE STRUCTURE FOR HIS GANG  THIS IS THE HEIGHT OF THE DRUG TRADE!  BUT HOOVER KEEPS GETTING ARRESTED AND IMPRISONED! 1973 GIVEN 150 YR SENTENCE

THIS MAN TRIES TO GET HOOVER OUT!  WALLACE GATOR BRADLEY ALSO CALLS HIMSELF A COMMUNITY LEADER  GETS HELP FROM A FORMER CHICAGO MAYOR AND SOME ALDERMAN, TRYING TO GET HOOVER PAROLED!

AND THIS LADY KEEPS HIM IN!  MARIN IS TV ANCHOR IN CHICAGO WHO EXPOSES POLITICIANS WORKING FOR HOOVERS RELEASE  THE POLITICIANS RUN FOR COVER  HOOVER IS DENIED PAROLE  1999 CONVICTED ON FEDERAL DRUG CHARGES  IN FOR LIFE!

JEROME SKOLNICKS TWO TYPES OF GANGS C ULTURAL ENTREPRENEURIAL  GROUNDED IN A NEGHBORHOOD IDENTITY  MEMBERS MAY BE INVOLVED IN CRIME  MAINTAINED BY LOYALTY TO GANG AND NEIGHBORHOOD(TURF)  ORGANIZED FOR THE EXPRESS PURPOSE OF DISTRIBUTING DRUGS  BASED ON CONTINUING OPPORTUNITY  UNSTABLE LEADERSHIP AND HIGH MEMBER TURNOVER LIMIT EFFECTIVE DRUG DEALING

AND ON THE WEST COAST BLOODS CRIPS

TWO MORE VIOLENT GANGS!  CRIPS HAVE AROUND TEN THOUSAND MEMBERS  BLOODS HAVE LESS  BOTH HAVE MEMBERS ALL ALONG THE WEST COAST  BOTH ARE HEAVILY ARMED  BOTH ARE MAKING INROADS ON THE EAST COAST  AND LIKE CHICAGO IN THE 1920’S. THEY KILL EACH OTHER!

REMEMBER DEFENDED NEIGHBORHOODS?  NEIGHBORHOODS THAT WERE CONSIDERED UNDER PROTECTION OF OC  HAD FEWER RAPES,MUGGINGS, AND OTHER CRIMES THAN OTHER AREAS  IS THIS THE CASE IN GANG NEIGHBORHOODS ACROSS THE US?

NIGERIAN ORGANIZED CRIME  CORRUPT,OIL RICH COUNTRY  POORLY ORGANIZED POLICE AGENCIES  DRUG DEALING  SOPHISTICATED ECONOMIC CRIMES  ADVANCE FEE SCAM  PHONY LETTERS

JAMAICAN ORGANIZED CRIME

HOW THE POSSES FLOURISHED!  JAMAICA BECAME AN INDEPENDENT COUNTRY IN 1962  THE TWO POLITICAL PARTIES IN JAMAICA USED THE POSSES TO INTIMIDATE AND ATTACK OPPONENTS. (HMMMMM)  WHEN THEY LOST THE POLITICIANS, THEY STARTED TO DEAL DRUGS  THE TIMING WAS PERFECT FOR THE INCREDIBLE SURGE IN DRUG USE IN THE U.S!

NEXT WEEK IS THE MIDTERM!  Write a 3 to 5 page paper addressing the following essay questions, making clear connections to the course material and using proper citations  Make sure you answer all parts of the question  Read the question carefully!

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