In the life of an Aryan Brotherhood Gang leader: The Aryan Brotherhood Vs the Dc Blacks скачать в хорошем качестве

In the life of an Aryan Brotherhood Gang leader: The Aryan Brotherhood Vs the Dc Blacks

The Aryan Brotherhood started as a California state prison gang and eventually spread to the federal system. AB members were incarcerated at the United States Prisons in Lompoc, California; Florence, Colorado; Marion, Illinois; Leavenworth, Kansas; and Lewisburg, Pennsylvania. Through the 1980's, the AB had an informal structure of command. AB members elected a three-person Council with limited oversight capabilities, meant to act more as coordinators than leaders. The Council's main role was to “pass messages” and keep track of members, but over the years it got more authority to make decisions. Barry Byron Mills, Edgar Hevle, and Tommy Silverstein were on the first Council, with T.D. Bingham joining later. In 1992–1993, the AB replaced the Council with a more powerful three-person Commission. The Council still existed but now was appointed by and subordinate to the Commission. The Commission's written mission statement indicated that it sought to “transform the AB from a dysfunctional prison gang into a viable and productive criminal organization inside prison and on the streets.” Mills, Bingham, and Al Benton were the three AB commissioners at the time of most of the events in this homicide case. By majority vote, they could authorize any major decision for the Aryan Brotherhood, such as ordering a hit on an any AB member or going to war against another prison gang. The Commission oversees the organization, the Council implements the Commission's programs, and lower-level members carry out logistical tasks. At each prison, one member oversees the Aryan Brotherhood affairs and reports directly to the Commission. The AB's two main goals are to control, dominate, and influence the prison system so that its members can have an “easy time” while incarcerated; and to operate criminal enterprises, such as computer fraud, identity theft, extortion, prostitution, gambling, and drug trafficking. The AB does not hesitate to execute its enemies to accomplish these goals. When the AB orders a homicide, AB members are supposed to “like a piranha ... come out and fight regardless of whether it's bad odds or not.” For new members, the AB has a policy of “blood in, blood out”: potential members must commit a homicide to gain full membership and can only leave when they die. AB members also must support other AB “brothers,” may not assault other brothers without permission, must split drug profits evenly, and may not cooperate with law enforcement. Violating any of these policies could get an AB member executed, though a execute order could only come from the AB Commission. Conversely, “if someone assaulted an Aryan Brotherhood member, other Aryan Brotherhood members were supposed to slay them at any cost.” Prisoners indicate their status as AB members using symbols, such as an Irish shamrock, the letters AB, or the number 666. This is the case of the Aryan brotherhood gang wars.