Streets and Scholars is a one of a kind podcast hosted by an ex-con who had been sentenced to over 15 years in prison in both the California Department of Corrections and the Federal BOP. He hails from Lynwood / Compton and represented the Cross Atlantic Piru gang, but now he is family man, husband, father and a podcast co-host. He is matched up with a co-host that grew up in the mean streets of Los Angeles, but managed to avoid prison, went on to graduate from the University of Southern California and became a professor. Welcome Frank ”FG” Thornton & Alex Alonso’s podcast, STREETS & SCHOLARS, where they discuss current street issues, provide hip-hop commentary, cover the latest criminal justice topics, and discuss how race and place impact our everyday experience. Tap in! Official Website: https://www.streetgangs.com/podcasting/streets-and-scholars-podcast/ Streets and Scholars podcast with Alex Alonso & F.G. Streets and Scholars is a one of a kind podcast hosted by an ex-con who had been sentenced to over 15 years in prison in both the California Department of Corrections and the Federal BOP. He hails from Lynwood / Compton and represented the Cross Atlantic Piru gang, but now he is family man, husband, father and a podcast co-host. He is matched up with a co-host that grew up in the mean streets of Los Angeles, but managed to avoid prison, went on to graduate from the University of Southern California and became a professor. Welcome Frank ”FG” Thornton & Alex Alonso’s podcast, STREETS & SCHOLARS, where they discuss current street issues, provide hip-hop commentary, cover the latest criminal justice topics, and discuss how race and place impact our everyday experience. Tap in! Official Website: https://www.streetgangs.com/podcasting/streets-and-scholars-podcast/ Madd Ronald back home in Los Angeles after facing 20 years on a RICO case - Streets and Scholars

Episode 86

Madd Ronald back home in Los Angeles after facing 20 years on a RICO case

Episode 86 of Streets & Scholars with Alex Alonso he has guest Madd Ronald (Ronald Chatman) after being back home in Los Angeles after facing 20 years on a RICO case in Georgia with gang allegations.

TIMECODES

  1. 00:00:00 - Street & Scholars Episode 86
  2. 00:01:55 - When the Georgia GBI arrested Madd Ronald in Los Angeles
  3. 00:06:45 - Suicide and PTSD among gang members
  4. 00:09:15 - Going to Upson County jail after Georgia RICO arrest
  5. 00:11:27 - Being in O Wing in Soledad Prison
  6. 00:12:19 - The Bloods wore their colors in Soledad prison in 1988
  7. 00:15:52 - Getting indoctrinated into the gang life style
  8. 00:18:07 - Did they have protective custody yards in the 1980s?
  9. 00:19:07 - In prison at Delano C Yard for reception
  10. 00:19:25 - Learning about the Gay Boy Gangsters in prison
  11. 00:21:15 - Some prisoners trying to come home might leave a GP prison yard
  12. 00:25:12 - Latino prison politics does not offer grace for inmates ready to come home after serving long sentences
  13. 00:29:53 - Are EOP inmates respected that take hot meds?
  14. 00:32:26 - What is a J-Cat (Category J) in prison?
  15. 00:34:04 - Georgia prison food is worst that California Prison food
  16. 00:36:33 - The COs in Georgia respected Madd Ronald
  17. 00:42:22 - Working orientation at a Georgia prison
  18. 00:44:31 - Seeing different races get high together in Georgia prison
  19. 00:47:12 - America’s biggest street influence are the Crips, Bloods, GDs, and
  20. 00:48:21 - City verse Country in Georgia prison
  21. 00:49:43 - Madd Ronald was released a few months early from Georgia prison
  22. 00:50:55 - Increase of federal indictments and RICOs against LA gangs
  23. 00:54:48 - Madd Ronald says he is the brokest guy ever to get a RICO case
  24. 00:56:39 - Rollin 40s Crips were federally indicted
  25. 00:57:29 - Vic Reynolds of the GBI and Governor lie about Madd Ronald
  26. 01:01:19 - Madd Ronald was indicted for giving advice over the phone
  27. 01:03:23 - Alex Sanchez from MS13 was indicted because of a phone call
  28. 01:06:58 - MEETING MS13 members in New Jersey
  29. 01:10:37 - Shooting on Manchester & Normandie at Louisiana Chicken spot
  30. 01:13:20 - News clip of shooting at chicken spot in LA
  31. 01:13:52 - The original Golden Bird on Adams Blvd

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