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the bossman
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lol yall nikkas are fukked up. I put it down and my list and then googled to try to get directions
lol yall nikkas are fukked up. I put it down and my list and then googled to try to get directions
Put that dude on ya ignore list, his rep (or lack thereof) tells you everything you need to know bout him. But right over there by the place he mentioned are some spots to hit, you've got Vortex (burger spot) across the street, Taco Mac if you tryna catch a game, Gordon Biersch is over there as well. You can find virtually every kind of food on Peachtree
Say word
FamTook my fam there last week.
WordSay word
Small world
Hey, what can I say? They from Harlem....they knew some folks who frequent there.
After they got the gist of it, though, I took them to Sweet Georgia's, to hear my homegirl sing.
Nearly 50 Gangster Disciples indicted across Southeast - CNN.com
Nearly 50 Gangster Disciples indicted across Southeast
Atlanta (CNN)Several leaders of a notorious nationwide gang were charged in sweeping federal indictments unsealed Wednesday in Atlanta and Memphis.
Forty-eight alleged members of the Gangster Disciples, a Chicago-based gang operating in at least 24 states, were charged with racketeering offenses including murder, extortion, drug trafficking and credit card fraud, according to John Horn, the U.S. attorney for the Northern District of Georgia.
"The Gangster Disciples are a highly organized and ruthless gang that recognizes no geographical boundaries," said Britt Johnson, head of the FBI's Atlanta field office. "Its members have for too long indiscriminately preyed upon and infected the good people of our communities like a cancer."
Johnson said gang members legitimized themselves in their communities by organizing ostensibly altruistic endeavors such as food drives to feed the homeless, and, in a sinister twist, "stop the violence" rallies.
The gang is administered with such merciless order that Johnson said one recruit was killed when he failed to show for a neighborhood cleanup event organized by the Disciples.
"The Gangster Disciples commit crime wherever they find the opportunity," said Lesley Caldwell, a prosecutor with the Department of Justice's criminal division. "They are a very violent gang."
Highly organized crime
Court documents revealed a highly organized, byzantine structure -- one that included meetings, written applications, membership dues and a "board of directors."
There were even regular conference calls with a national call-in number, according to the indictment.
"Not too many (gang members) possess the wherewithal to run an organization year in and year out, generation after generation, such as the Gangster Disciples," said Caldwell.
The indictment also reflected the group's lofty aspirations beyond criminal enterprise.
"The Gangster Disciples maintain a hierarchical structure on the belief that the enterprise will be ready to step in and run the United States should its government fail," said the indictment.
Among those charged were "governors," "board members," "enforcers" and a former DeKalb County, Georgia, police officer who "admitted that he had killed people as a 'hitman' for the Gangster Disciples," according to the indictment.
DeKalb Police Chief James Conroy said he was saddened to learn that a former officer was allegedly moonlighting as a Gangster Disciple, but reminded reporters that his department was one of the agencies involved in their takedown.
"There are bad apples in every organization," Conroy said. "And he was a bad apple."
Three still at-large
Authorities said Wednesday's indictments marked the culmination of a three-year investigation by law enforcement agencies that spanned several states.
All but three of the 48 charged in the twin indictments were in custody by Wednesday afternoon, according to a Department of Justice release.
Horn said most will go before a judge on Wednesday for an initial appearance.
CNN's Marylynn Ryan, Tony Marco, Devon Sayers and Polo Sandoval contributed to this report.
Nearly 50 Gangster Disciples indicted across Southeast
Atlanta (CNN)Several leaders of a notorious nationwide gang were charged in sweeping federal indictments unsealed Wednesday in Atlanta and Memphis.
Forty-eight alleged members of the Gangster Disciples, a Chicago-based gang operating in at least 24 states, were charged with racketeering offenses including murder, extortion, drug trafficking and credit card fraud, according to John Horn, the U.S. attorney for the Northern District of Georgia.
"The Gangster Disciples are a highly organized and ruthless gang that recognizes no geographical boundaries," said Britt Johnson, head of the FBI's Atlanta field office. "Its members have for too long indiscriminately preyed upon and infected the good people of our communities like a cancer."
Johnson said gang members legitimized themselves in their communities by organizing ostensibly altruistic endeavors such as food drives to feed the homeless, and, in a sinister twist, "stop the violence" rallies.
The gang is administered with such merciless order that Johnson said one recruit was killed when he failed to show for a neighborhood cleanup event organized by the Disciples.
"The Gangster Disciples commit crime wherever they find the opportunity," said Lesley Caldwell, a prosecutor with the Department of Justice's criminal division. "They are a very violent gang."
Highly organized crime
Court documents revealed a highly organized, byzantine structure -- one that included meetings, written applications, membership dues and a "board of directors."
There were even regular conference calls with a national call-in number, according to the indictment.
"Not too many (gang members) possess the wherewithal to run an organization year in and year out, generation after generation, such as the Gangster Disciples," said Caldwell.
The indictment also reflected the group's lofty aspirations beyond criminal enterprise.
"The Gangster Disciples maintain a hierarchical structure on the belief that the enterprise will be ready to step in and run the United States should its government fail," said the indictment.
Among those charged were "governors," "board members," "enforcers" and a former DeKalb County, Georgia, police officer who "admitted that he had killed people as a 'hitman' for the Gangster Disciples," according to the indictment.
DeKalb Police Chief James Conroy said he was saddened to learn that a former officer was allegedly moonlighting as a Gangster Disciple, but reminded reporters that his department was one of the agencies involved in their takedown.
"There are bad apples in every organization," Conroy said. "And he was a bad apple."
Three still at-large
Authorities said Wednesday's indictments marked the culmination of a three-year investigation by law enforcement agencies that spanned several states.
All but three of the 48 charged in the twin indictments were in custody by Wednesday afternoon, according to a Department of Justice release.
Horn said most will go before a judge on Wednesday for an initial appearance.
CNN's Marylynn Ryan, Tony Marco, Devon Sayers and Polo Sandoval contributed to this report.
Barcelona on Saturday night 
Sweet Auburn Springfest Sunday
the Hawks tho
Sweet Auburn Springfest Sunday
the Hawks tho
daemonova
hit it, & I didn't go Erykah Badu crazy, #yallmad
vortex got some of the best hoes in the city, bar none, anytime of day
the bossman
Superstar
respek. gonna be a wild weekendYou should hit up the Atlanta Funk Fest, starts next Friday night (5/13) and runs through Saturday night (5/14):
FRIDAY: Snoop Dogg, T-Pain, Goodie Mob, Naughty By Nature
SATURDAY: Babyface, TLC, SWV, New Edition, Jon B, Master P
Yeah, you may not want go for the show…but you DAMN SURE will want to go for the women, homie.
AVXL
Laughing at you n*ggaz like “ha ha ha”
Reynoldstown has given the nod to what should be the biggest single post-industrial redevelopment on Memorial Drive, by OKing “Madison Yards,” Fuqua Development's 17.5-acre mixed-use transformation of the former Legget and Platt facility at Bill Kennedy Way along the Atlanta Beltline.
The vote wasn’t even close: about three-fourths of residents at the Reynoldstown Civic Improvement League meeting on Monday night voted in favor of the zoning change the project needs to start moving dirt.
Under the developer's plan, the old Leggett and Platt facility would be replaced by a grocery store, an eight-screen theater, a fitness center, an office, other shops and restaurants, and apartments and condos for about 700 new neighbors. Several renderings showing different site configurations have popped upin the past few weeks; the images here are the most recent. (If you're wondering, the development's name is a tribute to Madison Reynolds, the 19th century landowner after whom the neighborhood is named.)
The vote wasn’t even close: about three-fourths of residents at the Reynoldstown Civic Improvement League meeting on Monday night voted in favor of the zoning change the project needs to start moving dirt.
Under the developer's plan, the old Leggett and Platt facility would be replaced by a grocery store, an eight-screen theater, a fitness center, an office, other shops and restaurants, and apartments and condos for about 700 new neighbors. Several renderings showing different site configurations have popped upin the past few weeks; the images here are the most recent. (If you're wondering, the development's name is a tribute to Madison Reynolds, the 19th century landowner after whom the neighborhood is named.)
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