Posted on 06/13/2008 4:50:52 AM PDT by tlb
Mike Tyson chipped in $50,000 for a contract to kill members of a Brooklyn drug gang that murdered his bodyguard in 2000, a government witness testified Thursday.
A former member of the violent Cash Money Brothers gang said the ex-heavyweight champ and another thug, Muhammad Nur, who was also close with the victim, each contributed $50,000 to the bounty on the heads of CMB leaders Damion (World) Hardy and Edward (Taz) Cooke.
"Why would Mike Tyson put a hit out on Taz and World?" asked Assistant U.S. Attorney James Loonam.
Baum was suspected of pumping nine bullets into 50 Cent a month before he was killed, and the rapper refers to him in the song "Many Men."
"'Cause he got hit like I got hit but he ain't f------ breathing," 50 Cent rapped.
The alleged contract was revealed at the trial of Abubakr Raheem, 48, a reputed associate of Hardy, who is charged with participating in two murders.
Hardy controlled the drug trade at the Lafayette Gardens housing project in Bedford Stuyvesant.
The gang's name was lifted from Wesley Snipes' drug crew in the film "New Jack City."
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btt
Sorry this is very late but what got to me is that after Lennox Lewis defended the title about 2-3 times he retired. that wasn’t a fighting champ. That Vladimir guy was giving him a good run for the money, and thats the last i remember :)
Don't worry so much. The programs worked just fine for the liberal paper-shufflers who got the administrative jobs.
Works the same way as our failing school system. "Good jobs at good wages", in Mike Dukakis's turn of phrase.
Also, keep in mind that Latinos are classified as white in such statistics. The number of European-American killings is probably lower
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