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Don’t Be The Next El Chapo
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ast week Joaquin "El
Chapo" Guzman, the world's most notorious drug lord, was sentenced to life in prison. The conviction marked the ending of El Chapo's nearly 3 decades run in the so-called "game."
After the sentencing hear- ing, the U. S. Attorney who prosecuted the case stated that there would be "no es- cape or return" from the penalty imposed on Guz- man. His words were, not only, in reference to El Chapo's previous successes at escaping custody, but of- fered a glimpse of what could be in store for El Chapo's future.... More than likely, permanent housing inside of the federal maximum secu- rity ADX installation in Flo- rence, Colorado.
For those not familiar with the facility the ADX is where the feds send, who they consider, the worst of the worst. Oklahoma City bomber Terry Nichols, At- lanta Olympics bomber Eric Rudolph, former FBI agent Robert Hansen, Gangster Disciples founder Larry Hoover, Black Peace Stones (BPS) Chief Jeff Ford, Blood Nation founder "O. G.
Mack" and Aryan Brother- hood hit man "Terrible" Tom Silverstein are all current long-term residents of the institution that was once described by a former warden as "the closest a per- son can get to experiencing Hell without leaving Earth."
The fact that much of the building is built underground is only part of the reason why the prison is described in such depressing terms. Along with all of the other down- sides that come with incar- ceration, those unfortunate enough to be sent to ADX have to deal with spending 23 hours of every day locked inside of a 7 by 12-foot cell.
They are allowed no human contact of any kind. Their showers and food are brought to them and their one hour of daily recreation is provided in a small area adjacent to their living quar- ters.
Since they are housed, in some cases, hundreds of feet below ground, access to sun- light is at a minimum. If they're lucky it may come through a tiny hole in a very high ceiling.
The best way to describe the conditions El Chapo will
be forced to endure is that he'll, essentially, be en- tombed while he's still breathing. Instead of killing the people they hate the most the feds, in a showing of their true diabolical mercilessness, have created an environment so tormenting in scope that it makes death a welcome re- prieve.
Of course, the ADX isn't just for high profile cases. In- mates from lower custody in- stitutions can find their way there as well through exces- sive displays of violence.
It is hard to ignore the irony that, even with his bil- lions of dollars in wealth and seemingly limitless power, this is a fate El Chapo could not avoid. And it makes you wonder how any street hus- tler, who may have viewed El Chapo as his or her inspira- tion, could expect to come out any better?
The fall of El Chapo should be a cautionary tale and wake up call for anyone traveling the same route that, it doesn't matter how much money you make during the process, it all eventually comes crumbling down on the same flat note.
There is always a chance (a very slim one) that you'll be lucky enough to beat the odds. But, if you don't, al- ways remember that, just like El Chapo, the feds have a bed, a night light and a boat- load of time waiting for you.
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Blacks, Jews, And Anti- Semitism, A Clearing
Of Relationships
ongressional Rep. Ishan Omar (D) Minnesota
has apologized for a comment she made wherein she criticized American Congressional support of Is- rael, insinuating that such support was based on Jew- ish lobbying finance, ending her comments with the quip, “It’s all about the Benjamins.”
Omar’s tongue quickly cut her throat. Outcries weighed in from everywhere, including the probable comments of who-but Donald Trump, who went so far as to demand Omar (one of the first Muslim Ameri- cans to attain her seat) be impeached from Congress.
But the Congresswoman’s conflict goes deeper than possible political misstatements or the dismissals that may follow. The relationship between the legacy of Ju- daism and the spirit of the Black American Experience is stronger than words could explain. And, because of that relationship, Omar’s close relationship with the Honorable Louis Farrakhan and others, and because of Farrakhan’s close and historically abiding relation- ship with the African American Community, the accu- sation or suspicion of anti-Semitism takes on ominous and divisive shadows.
So, let us bring clarity to this issue. To disavow the Jewish Holocaust and all the millions of innocent peo- ple who died because of it, is racist and anti-Semitic, no doubt. Furthermore, to deny public accommoda- tions or any point of Civil Rights due to an individual’s Jewish heritage is at the bottom of racism and anti- Semitism.
However, to speak out on the issue of Israeli-Pales- tinian relations is not anti-Semitism. It is fact. And to speak out against the often mean-spirited relationship between Ethiopian Jews who live in Israel and their native Israeli brothers and sisters is neither racist nor anti-Semitic as long as it is based on the facts of cur- rent situations. One should never be confused with the other.
Therefore, we here, in America and specifically in Black America, must be quick to identify racism and anti-Semitism . . . to attack it whenever and wherever we see it. But, we must also be ready to support the First Amendment of the Constitution, which gives every American the right to comment on social and po- litical issues. Just because he or she disagrees does not make him or her a racist.
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