Junior Black Mafia - Aaron Jones

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But by the late 1960s, new street gangs emerged as Black consciousness fell away with political leadership. The Gangster Disciples are structured similarly to corporate enterprises while the Black Disciples are structured similarly to religions. Another imam conducted the Janazah, or funeral prayers, before several mourners carried the closed casket to a hearse for burial in Upper Darby. December 1, 1988 – JBM members Tracy Mason, Julus Pickard, James Gaines, David Shabbaz and William McNeil are arrested on state drug conspiracy charges.

Many members were transported to and from meetings while blindfolded by more powerful members to avoid compromising the secrecy of the location. Members initially participated in holding up crap games, extorting drug dealers, and working as numbers men and illegitimate businessmen, but they eventually ended up controlling entire rackets and gaining influence with local politicians. Every time something went down it was Aaron and them that did it as far as the streets were concerned. A chapter, known as the East Coast Bloods, also developed within the New York City Department of Corrections in 1993. Founded by a small group of teen-aged friends on Detroit's west side in the mid-1970s, in less than two years, YBI took over the majority of southeast Michigan's heroin trade with absolutely no interference from any other crime groups.Many of the major drug traffickers in the United States emerged during the early-to-mid-1960s, such as Leroy "Nicky" Barnes, Guy Fisher, and Frank Lucas, taking advantage of the increasing political strength during the civil rights movement. Here’s what Tony Black who led the Philly branch of the Shower Posse said of the JBM situation, “The JBM were some clowns. These characteristics include a racially and culturally homogeneous membership and the wearing of group insignia. Jeremy “Welo” Steele, 44, was indicted on one count of conspiracy to distribute 400 grams or more of fentanyl and 500 grams or more of a mixture containing methamphetamine. By 1992, the group was wiped out, with Jones and most of his main henchmen either dead or in prison.

Shot to death by Charles Russell, under contract by George "Bo" Abney, over a drug territory dispute. Soon after Ali’s 1976 release, DEA informants revealed that the Black Mafia racket of extorting drug dealers was thriving, with tributes paid to Ali’s mosque.

Aaron said he saw the interview and didn’t know whom it was because the viewer had his face scrubbed out. Between 1985 and 1991, the organization infiltrated or obtained a financial interest in more than 33 businesses to launder money and provide legitimate fronts for their operations.