Posted on 04/23/2013 6:37:50 PM PDT by markomalley
A cabal of corrupt corrections officers and members of the Black Guerrilla Family gang enjoyed nearly free rein inside the Baltimore City Detention Center, federal authorities allege, smuggling drugs and cellphones into the jail and having sexual relationships that left four guards pregnant.
An indictment unsealed Tuesday names 25 people — including 13 women working as corrections officers — who face racketeering, drug and money-laundering charges.
It alleges that Tavon White, an inmate known as "Bulldog," took control of the prison gang soon after his arrival in 2009 on an attempted-murder charge. He is accused of building a network of corruption inside of the jail that both enabled a smuggling operation and allowed White to manage gang activity on the city streets.
"This is my jail," White said on an intercepted phone call, according to the indictment. "I'm dead serious. … I make every final call in this jail … and nothing go past me, everything come to me."
The indictment and a related affidavit provide new details about the alleged activities of the Black Guerrilla Family, which Baltimore police have blamed for a spike in drug-related violence on city streets. The documents also list several oversight and security lapses at the detention center.
(Excerpt) Read more at baltimoresun.com ...
NYPD Cops Warned Militant Group Black Guerilla Family ‘Preparing to Shoot Off-Duty Police Officers’
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3234722/posts
“The Black Guerrilla Family, a gang with roots in California prisons, has been the dominant gang at the detention center since 2006,...”
Police believe New York City cop killer was a member of the Black Guerrilla Family: sources
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3239543/posts
“...Detectives were headed to Baltimore on Saturday night to probe Ismaaiyl Brinsley’s ties to the Black Guerrilla Family, sources told the Daily News.
One source said Baltimore police were already investigating Brinsley’s connection to the gang, which started in California’s San Quentin Prison in the 1960s by Black Panther member George Jackson....”
It takes the murder of two cops to peel away a layer of the putrid onion of corruption...
How about that?!
Thanks for the *ping.*
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