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How some white niggas in mass talk abt Brockton u would think it’s Gotham or sum

Shit not even that bad seen a lot of white people who rlly think it’s one of the worst places to be at and worse than Springfield. It got issues but ain’t bad.

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u/Usual-Strength-4839 — 6 days ago
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Many times when OC members go to prison they usually go to federal prison (if not state prison). From what I was told Italian mafia members have a sizable presence in USP Hazelton (correct me if wrong), and Cubans had a sizable and powerful presence in some federal prisons as well in the 80’s (not sure how it is now). How much presence do Crime groups (Italian, Cuban, African, and etc.) have in the state/federal prison? Do they play a big role in prison politics? Do they have any influence in prison to a degree?

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u/thebigthinker2000 — 8 days ago
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Game Over

A Boston career criminal who turned a handgun into a fully-automatic machine gun and shot eight people during the city's Caribbean Carnival was sentenced this week to life in prison.

Gerald Vick Jr., 33, of Dorchester, opened fire across Talbot Avenue in the pre-dawn hours of August 26, 2023, as the J'Ouvert parade was passing nearby. Eight people went down, including an 11-year-old child. None died. Twenty shell casings were recovered from the scene — five matched directly to Vick's pistol, which had been outfitted with a "sear switch" that converted it into a fully-automatic weapon capable of unloading 24 rounds in seconds.

Vick was arrested on the spot and released on a $6,000 bail. The night before his original trial in December 2024, he sliced off his GPS ankle monitor and fled to Georgia. Authorities tracked him down six months later and dragged him back to Massachusetts in chains.

A Suffolk Superior Court judge this week handed down the only sentence the law allowed for a habitual offender: life in prison. He'll be eligible for parole in 15 years.

u/Time_Answer_3670 — 5 days ago
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Shootout on Memorial Drive

Authorities are at the scene of a police shooting on Memorial Drive in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on Monday afternoon.

u/Time_Answer_3670 — 2 days ago