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He makes many Celtic fans cringe because they know they could 've had one or more champions with Bias. Len Bias had an interesting life and death with basketball and drugs. Schuppe, John. “30 Years after Basketball Star Len Bias’ Death, Its Drug War Impact

The whole situation was sickening. His cult ended nine hundred and seventy-eight lives including nearly three hundred children. Jim Jones was an evil cult leader, but great at

Shorty told Malcolm he would be able to make even more money if he sold drugs and Malcolm didn’t hesitate to do so. He started out selling marijuana and eventually got into heavier drugs. His business was growing fast but it was also becoming a huge risk. Malcolm began carrying multiple guns with him in fear that a meeting would go bad and had to move around a lot when he noticed cops giving him suspicious looks.

Falco detailed his exploits in his book, Vagos, Mongols, and Outlaws: My Infiltration of America’s Deadliest Biker Gangs (Shatkin). He managed to enter into these brotherhoods not once, but three times. It is impressive even though it allows shows a lack of regard for his own life. In some ways all the men in OMGs do, none are shy of death or danger. He also goes on to note that these men while willing to defend the brotherhood are just as vicious and violent to each order in order to gain prominence (Shatkin).

In fact, the only person that Smiley couldn’t out bet was his very own bloodline, his brother. So Smiley raced over to his here brother. Frowndrey had seen a man sprinting with a frog in the neighborhood and was concerned that Smiley got himself into a bad bet again. After all, Frowndrey had seen Smiley playin with a frog for a good couple weeks at home. Smiley explained what happened with the stranger in camp to his brother.

Okonkwo is a very well-respected and independent man in Umuofia due to his titles and hard work. Even though he seems put together and stern, his life is dictated by fear. His fear of becoming like his father led him to helping in the murder of Ikemefuna, beating his wives and children, and disowning his oldest son, Nwoye. As a main character, Okonkwo remains pretty much the same throughout the book, his biggest issue being his inability to have compassion. Who might he not have compassion for and why?

Piccolo became his consigliere. Street tax came about again thanks to Stanfa and that meant every criminal had to pay a tax on his activities which created tension and threats of violence on the streets of Philadelphia. Felix Bocchino used to collect the street tax but then someone murdered him and at first Stanfa and the FBI had no idea who did it but then it was clear that it was a group of new mobsters; Joseph Merlino and his group.

When it comes to cowboys and myths , violence and gun fire is one of the most known legends. Tom and Shane do this throughout both stories numerous times and so do other surrounding enemies. Tom is a loner and tends to keep to himself but when it comes to gun fire and innocent lives being taken, he does his best to protect since the sheriff doesn 't seem to have the guts to. Throughout the story it 's easy to tell that Tom is a brave and talented when it comes to shooting a gun. In the movie The man who shot Liberty Valance , Tom threatens Liberty with a gun fight if he does not leave the restauran, and he will not hesitate to shoot him.

(Cannon, 1999) It was a very tragic event. To keep himself away from the blame, Capone had made plans to keep himself busy throughout the day as his men went through with the plan to knock off another of Capone's competitors, the most recent having been Frankie Yale. (Burdick Harmon, 2001) Before the events of the Valentine's Day Massacre occurred, the countries idea of gangsters was idealized and twisted into the hot bad boy image most people thought/think is cool. After news of the tragedy got out, it was like a slap to the face for most of America.

Okonkwo never truly like laziness so he’d always beat Nwoye or nagg at him due to his laziness in hopes he wouldn’t be lazy anymore. He took a liking to Ikemefuna because he was a hardworking kid,later on Nwoye started to not be lazy and actually like hardwork due to Ikemefuna being an older brother to him. Okonkwo saw this and was inwardly pleased with both boys but very pleased due to his son’s development. I feel Okonkwo is a good man at heart, he just has a very, very tough shell, beating is bad yes, but he just doesn’t want his kid to be a lazy non-hardworking man, so i could get the understanding of that from

Even though Bolin was the most well-known of the gang, he was not the leader in some of the versions of the legend. Although he was not the leader, he was the cruelest of all and had the gang named after him. Bolin’s gang was terrorizing around the time of the Civil War. The men would be off to war, leaving the children and wives behind to fend for themselves.

Lastly, killing people has become such a trend in America that many people fear to even walk out their

The cycle repeated and Michael just got used to it even so he still yearned to be free and rebellious but because of his stupidity, he is nowhere with no one to save him. In one of the cruel beatings, he heard the gunshots and this time they were inching forward at a rapid pace. The general which oversaw everything smirked and told the officials to take Michael to a different location and they followed suit as the rebels slowly took the hidden strong hold. In the days of sitting, Michael wondered how the rebellion grew and if there was another leader which lead it. He did not mind of course for he wanted it to succeed and he could see it in the eyes of the officials and guards that they were terrified of the rebellion and they know that the government is losing the game of cat and mouse which they played with the rebilion.

Wes and his friend, Shea, were arrested by the police for the graffiti. The police officers decided to give Wes and Shea a second chance after Wes cry because he didn’t want to disappoint his mother. The Other Wes was jealous about his brother Tony about his drug operation that he decide to started selling drugs and the money he receive would buy all the clothes he wanted. Tony was suspecting about Wes being a DJ. In the book The Other Wes Moore One name, Two fates the author said, “Tony has now spend over a decade dealing drugs and knew how much money could be made in the game”

Throughout United States history, success has been achieved through the exploitation of the lower class by the more dominant higher class. The lower class is used as cheap labor force, working terrible conditions which can comprise of dangerous substance exposure and the potential to lose limbs or even ones’ life. Immigrants are usually thrown in this situation due to lack of money and a language barrier. Commonly, like in Federico’s ghost, immigrants are put to work doing farm work, which is comprised of back breaking work and long hours in the beating sun. The author of Federico’s Ghost is Martin Espada, a Latino man born in New York.