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/ RIP to Stanley Pitts & Westside Tone, Oath Keeper gets 18-years, will Travis Rudolph get acquitted (EP66) - Streets and Scholars

Episode 66

RIP to Stanley Pitts & Westside Tone, Oath Keeper gets 18-years, will Travis Rudolph get acquitted (EP66)

In this episode 66 of Streets and Scholars with Frank "FG" Thornton and Alex Alonso they discuss the following: 

-recent passing of Stanley Pitts from Lueders Park Piru, Bug Wy from Crenshaw Mafia and Westside Tone from Rollin 20s Bloods

-Jan 6 Capitol Riots, defendant Stewart Rhodes was sentenced to 18 years for seditious conspiracy. We spoke about the seditious conspiracy convictions in Episode 42 December 1, 2022, where Alex said he might get 120 months (10 years) and FG said they might give him the 20 years. Guy Reffitt received 87 months (7 years) and had the largest sentence of the January 6 riots until now.

-Alleged Shooter of Council Woman, Eunice Dwumfour, a 30-year-old, that was shot and killed in New Jersey in February has arrested, a Virginia man has been charged with murder of the New Jersey councilman. (See EP51), Rashid Ali Bynum, 28, has been charged with first-degree murder.

-Former NFL player and FSU football player, Travis Rudolph, shoots ex-girlfriend's, Dominique Jones' brothers after they came for him in an attempted assault. Dominique lied to to her brothers and claimed that Travis physically assaulted her. The four men showed up at his house, two were armed, and their altercation turned into Travis shooting his AR-15 in self defense 39 times. He killed one of the guys and is currently on trial for murder.


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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.