Among those convicted for the horrific crimes was Robert “Nudie” Mims, who was sentenced to life in prison. The JBM was so adept at intimidating witnesses that survivors of assassination attempts refused to testify against their assailants who usually carried high-powered, semi-automatic weapons. December 1, 1988 – JBM members Tracy Mason, Julus Pickard, James Gaines, David Shabbaz and William McNeil are arrested on state drug conspiracy charges. Before Palmer's bodyguards could defend themselves, the mafia opened fire in the club, wounding 20 people.

In detention hearings Thursday, prosecutors described the arrestees as members or associates of the Black Mafia Family. Aaron said he saw the interview and didn’t know whom it was because the viewer had his face scrubbed out.One of Aaron Jones’ top JBM section leaders was Derrick (Little D) Williams, who did time in prison for an early-1990s drug and racketeering case and was recently killed gangland style (October 2016). to organize under a single umbrella with networks in North, North Central, Northwest, and Southwest Philadelphia. Later, they’d develop high-level moneymaking schemes, tapping politicians for a cut of the windfall of federal funds pouring into impoverished areas. I was in FCI Otisville in New York when a member of the Shower Posse who caught a case in Southwest Philly approached me. The Gangster Disciples are one of the largest and most influential crime groups in Chicago and their membership even extends outside of Chicago.

Nuriddin asked Muslims “to pray for Beyah’s soul” and to “ask Allah to forgive him” so that he might enter Paradise. April 23, 1992 – Aaron Jones and “Moochie” Thornton are convicted in the drug and racketeering case and Jones is convicted of Kennedy’s murder and sentenced to death in January 1993. Among the antagonists in Watch Dogs (2014) are the Black Viceroys, who were originally a civil-rights group until they turned to crime after their founder was murdered. Books have been written, fiction and nonfiction, movies made and magazine articles profiling the crew have appeared detailing their exploits as the baddest urban outlaws to walk Philly’s streets. The headlines in Philly said the JBM was balling out of control, definitely putting their thing down.id=GTM-PLKVN8" height="0" width="0" style="display:none;visibility:hidden">