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/ Torrance cops charged, Praz in trouble for election manipulation, MS-13 gang member kills Uber driver (EP61) - Streets and Scholars

Episode 61

Torrance cops charged, Praz in trouble for election manipulation, MS-13 gang member kills Uber driver (EP61)

In this episode 61 of Streets and Scholars with Frank "FG" Thornton and Alex Alonso they discuss: 

- Can we do a sit down between F.G. and James "Mob James" McDonald? What would be needed to pull that off? 

- We lost another iconic Black entertainer to accidental fentanyl over dose. A report concluded earlier this month that rapper Coolio, 59, died from complications linked to fentanyl use.

-Substitute teacher, Xaviera Steele, was actually charged for simple assault in the physical altercation with a 14-year old student in a video that went viral last week. Tap into Episode 60 for our original conversation on this incident. 

She has a GoFund Me: https://www.gofundme.com/f/smhstudent-jumps-on-substitute-teacher

- Two Torrance cops, charged with 2018 killing of Christopher Mitchell after DA George Gascon re-opened the case. In 2019, previous DA, Jackie Lacy, cleared the officers, Matthew Concannon and Anthony Chavez of any wrong doing. 

-MS13 (Mara Salvatrucha 13) gang member from Indiana kills Uber driver in Florida. Oscar Solis Jr., 30, was arrested in Florida after evidence supported that he killed and dismembered an Uber Eats driver that he used.   

-Grammy winner, Pras from the Fugees admitted to being an FBI informant during his trial on violating various offenses for his role in using Chinese financing to support Barack Obama's 2012 election. The jury is in deliberation and the verdict is expected ASAP. 

 

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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.