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 explains how and why his 2020 Georgia RICO case ends in a deal | Streets & Scholars (EP46) - Streets and Scholars

Episode 46

Madd Ronald explains how and why his 2020 Georgia RICO case ends in a deal | Streets & Scholars (EP46)

In this episode 46 of Streets and Scholars with Frank "FG" Thornton and Alex Alonso they discuss: 

* NFL player and Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin suffered a cardiac arrest and collapsed on the field during a showdown on Monday with the Cincinnati Bengals. The game was postponed in the first quarter after Hamlin suffered collapsed on the field. 

* (15:20) Ronald "Madd Ronald" Chatman from Los Angeles was indicted in a Georgia RICO case dubbed, "Operation Caged Doves" in 2020, but he has decided to take a deal on that case rather than fighting it in trial. 

* (18:26) We play back portions of the 2020 Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) press conference announcing the indictment that charged Madd Ronald, who was identified as a the ring of an Atlanta street gang that he was not a part of. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTEJXyZcROA

* (28:09) Madd Ronald decided to take a deal.  

* (32:20) Mad Ronald calls in from the Upson County jail in Georgia and explains why he decided to take a deal for five years after being threatened with 30 years in prison for crimes he had absolutely no part of. 

* (1:00:40) How serious is the YSL (Young Slime Life) RICO indictment in Georgia if the just released Gunna, a defendant that the prosecution refused bail and called him a threat to society. 

* (1:06:20) We recently dropped all the exhibits in the Tory Lanez case, including the jail house call, and other evidence presented.

https://www.streetgangs.com/news/010123-torylanez-exhibits/

 

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Alex Alonso is the owner and curator of LAnd Media, a podcasting network that brings dope content directly from the raw streets to your ears, facilitated through amazing conversations and interviews on street politics, gang culture, prison life, music and hip-hop, criminal justice issues and whatever else our dope hosts want to spit.