Great question, because men like Tookie Willams and Rick Ross are highly respected individuals.Imagine if we had a FBA movement back then and got those tethers before they could reek havoc
From 1985 to 1989 the FBI blamed Jamaican gangs with over 1400 homicides
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Kind of off topic but it really shows how arrogant and stupid the U.S. government is. The U.S. overthrew Mossadegh and got the Shah in power in Iran. Dude was a brutal monarch that got so bad that he was overthrown by the Islamists and now Iran is a anti-American theocracy. The United States gave weapons and supported the Mujahideen against the Soviets and those same people eventually took over Afghanistan and gave shelter to Osama and Al-Qaeda and we know what happened next.
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Yes, a country whose foreign policy was isolation for 100s of yrs trying to place their hands in world politics was never going to end well. America was just learning about foreign politics in the 50s to the 70s, they are better at it now though.Kind of off topic but it really shows how arrogant and stupid the U.S. government is. The U.S. overthrew Mossadegh and got the Shah in power in Iran. Dude was a brutal monarch that got so bad that he was overthrown by the Islamists and now Iran is a anti-American theocracy. The United States gave weapons and supported the Mujahideen against the Soviets and those same people eventually took over Afghanistan and gave shelter to Osama and Al-Qaeda and we know what happened next.
American Horror Story - The Negro Cocaine Fiend
“In 1914, a racist fiction helped sell one of the nation’s first drug laws; 100 years later, it’s still with us.”
Preposterous? Yes, but such reporting was not the exception. Between 1898 and 1914, numerous articles appeared exaggerating the association of heinous crimes and cocaine use by blacks. In some cases, suspicion of cocaine intoxication by blacks was reason enough to justify lynchings. Eventually, it helped influence legislation.”
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“In 1986, Congress passed the infamous Anti-Drug Abuse Act, setting penalties that were 100 times harsher for crack than for powder cocaine convictions. We now know that an astonishing 85 percent of those sentenced for crack cocaine offenses were black, even though the majority of users of the drug were, and are, white. We also know that the effects of crack were greatly exaggerated; crack is no more harmful than powder cocaine. On August 3, 2010, President Obama signed legislation that reduced the sentencing disparity between crack and powder cocaine from 100:1 to 18:1. This is an important step, but any sentencing disparity in this case makes no sense.
Black males are no longer lynched for violating drug laws, but they are killed. (Ramarley Graham, the unarmed Bronx teen who was chased into his bathroom and shot because police officers believed he had drugs, is just one recent example.)”
How the Myth of the ‘Negro Cocaine Fiend’ Helped Shape American Drug Policy
In 1914, a racist fiction helped sell one of the nation’s first drug laws; 100 years later, it’s still with us.
www.thenation.com
Some interesting facts.
“Since 1989, more than 1,800 defendants have been cleared in “group exonerations” that followed 15 large-scale police scandals in which officers systematically framed innocent defendants. The great majority were African-American defendants who were framed for drug crimes that never occurred. There are almost certainly many more such cases that remain hidden. pp. 21-25”
[…]
"innocent black people are about 12 times more likely to be convicted of drug crimes than innocent white people. pp.16-17”
(Michigan State University, 2023)
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Screwed up... till tha casket drops!!
i have no opinion on the thread topic but couldn't let this broscience aside stand uncorrected 
glock's never mass produced switches, they were developed a few months after new machineguns/conversion devices were banned for civilian sale
glocks don't even HAVE firing pins, and on pistols that do this gives you a ruined gun instead of a full auto one. the origin of this is an old "boomer behind the gun store counter" joke to sabotage ppl who walk in and go "durrr how do i turn this to full auto." it's just like the mechanic sending you on a mission to find blinker fluid or a bottle of elbow grease.
Tariq was right these tethers are the ones committing these crimes
I was there in the 80s and the local media was on some clown shyt when in reality it was the Italian mafia and Russian mafia responsible for the nyc homicides
Are they going to leave out the part that the CIA funded these gangs with drugs, guns and tactical training?
of course they are
but my Gosh is this telling, man this is bad breh
Whatever the case an old Rasta showed it me back in the dayi have no opinion on the thread topic but couldn't let this broscience aside stand uncorrected
glock's never mass produced switches, they were developed a few months after new machineguns/conversion devices were banned for civilian sale
glocks don't even HAVE firing pins, and on pistols that do this gives you a ruined gun instead of a full auto one. the origin of this is an old "boomer behind the gun store counter" joke to sabotage ppl who walk in and go "durrr how do i turn this to full auto." it's just like the mechanic sending you on a mission to find blinker fluid or a bottle of elbow grease.
Here is a CDC report adressing the homicides from between 1985 and 1994
However, based on data from the Supplementary Homicide Report compiled by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and reports from some cities, homicide rates have been stable or declining since 1993. To examine this trend and to assess the relative contributions of firearm- and nonfirearm-related homicide to these recent changes, CDC analyzed national vital statistics data for 1985-1994.
This report summarizes this analysis, which indicates that overall rates of homicide increased from 1985 to 1991 and decreased from 1992 to 1994, and that during these two periods, rates for total firearm-related homicides and homicide among persons aged 15-24 years increased then stabilized but remained at record-high levels.
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Trends in Rates of Homicide -- United States, 1985-1994
During 1993, a total of 26,009 homicides were reported in the United States; 71% were firearm-related, and one third of all homicides occurred among persons aged 15-24 years (1). Since 1985, national homicide rates have increased sharply, especially firearm-related homicides and homicides among persons aged 15-24 years.However, based on data from the Supplementary Homicide Report compiled by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and reports from some cities, homicide rates have been stable or declining since 1993. To examine this trend and to assess the relative contributions of firearm- and nonfirearm-related homicide to these recent changes, CDC analyzed national vital statistics data for 1985-1994.
This report summarizes this analysis, which indicates that overall rates of homicide increased from 1985 to 1991 and decreased from 1992 to 1994, and that during these two periods, rates for total firearm-related homicides and homicide among persons aged 15-24 years increased then stabilized but remained at record-high levels.
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HimmyHendrix
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COULD YOU IMAGINE THE PUSHBACK IF BLACK AMERICANS WENT TO JAMAICA MURDERING AND SELLING DRUGS :LAFF:
WE GET HARRASSED FOR BEING BAD TOURISTS SO JUST IMAGINE
WE GET HARRASSED FOR BEING BAD TOURISTS SO JUST IMAGINE
Another interesting article about gun homicides at the time.
“The number of crimes reported in the United States rose 5 percent last year, the first increase since 1981, the Federal Bureau of Investigation said today.
According to figures released by the bureau, there were increases in all major categories of crime. The numbers showed that violent crime, including murder and rape, was up 4 percent in 1985.
For the second consecutive year, New York was not among the 25 cities with the worst murder rates. Detroit was No. 1 on the list of cities with populations of 100,000 or more, with 58 murders for every 100,000 residents.”
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“According to the statistics, Detroit last year replaced Gary, Ind., as the city with the highest murder rate. Detroit, the numbers showed, had a murder rate of 58 per 100,000 inhabitants, as against 43 in Gary and 41.5 in Richmond, Va. New York Gun Law Cited
Other cities at the top of the list were St. Louis, with 39 murders per 100,000 people; Newark with 37; Birmingham and Miami, with 34; Flint, Mich., with 31.5, and Dallas and Fort Worth, with 30.
The murder rate in New York was relatively low, with 19 murders for every 100,000 residents. Michael K. Beard, president of the National Coalition to Ban Handguns, said the figures indicated that New York's stringent gun-control laws had been effective.”
“The number of crimes reported in the United States rose 5 percent last year, the first increase since 1981, the Federal Bureau of Investigation said today.
According to figures released by the bureau, there were increases in all major categories of crime. The numbers showed that violent crime, including murder and rape, was up 4 percent in 1985.
For the second consecutive year, New York was not among the 25 cities with the worst murder rates. Detroit was No. 1 on the list of cities with populations of 100,000 or more, with 58 murders for every 100,000 residents.”
[…]
“According to the statistics, Detroit last year replaced Gary, Ind., as the city with the highest murder rate. Detroit, the numbers showed, had a murder rate of 58 per 100,000 inhabitants, as against 43 in Gary and 41.5 in Richmond, Va. New York Gun Law Cited
Other cities at the top of the list were St. Louis, with 39 murders per 100,000 people; Newark with 37; Birmingham and Miami, with 34; Flint, Mich., with 31.5, and Dallas and Fort Worth, with 30.
The murder rate in New York was relatively low, with 19 murders for every 100,000 residents. Michael K. Beard, president of the National Coalition to Ban Handguns, said the figures indicated that New York's stringent gun-control laws had been effective.”
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RIP Gary Webb.
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I guess we trust the fbi now?