Friday, September 12, 2008
BMF BMF leaders sentenced today
Posted by Mara Shalhoup on Fri, Sep 12, 2008 at 1:30 PM
UPDATE: Flenory brothers get hefty sentences.
Three years after they were indicted for running the massive, multi-state cocaine ring the Black Mafia Family, the brothers Demetrius "Big Meech" and Terry "Southwest T" Flenory are scheduled to be sentenced in federal court this afternoon.
Meech headed the Atlanta headquarters of the $270 million organization and was a huge presence in the city's hip-hop scene, with ties to well-known rappers including Young Jeezy. Terry, who had a falling out with Meech several years before the indictment and began to run a separate cocaine crew, oversaw BMF's headquarters in L.A., where thousands of kilos of cocaine were shipped in from Mexico.
The brothers birthed the organization in their hometown Detroit, where the sentencing hearing will take place. (I'll be there to write about it and will post an update later today.)
A year ago, Meech and Terry pleaded guilty to running a continuing criminal enterprise, which is similar to a RICO — or Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations — charge. Had they gone to trial and been convicted, they would've faced a mandatory sentence of life in prison without parole.
By pleading guilty, the brothers could serve as little as 20 years. The government is pushing for 30.
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Could you please offer your readers/audience a live stream from outside the courtroom? I'd like to get a look at these boys since we've heard so much about 'em.
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This is just one more victim in the stupid ass "war on drugs" that is such a waste of taxpayer money. The Red Dawg squad, the DEA, and all these other taxpayer funded programs should be disbanded. Its just ludicrous that alchohol is legal but weed is not. Which one kills more people each year? Duh. Our taxes are going up year after year to help pay the room and board for all the "criminals" that perticipate in the drug selling/buying/using. Legalize drugs and stop this rediculous witch hunt once and for all.
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