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Drug War Growing Deadlier in Miami!
Posted by FoM on December 31, 1998 at 06:45:14 PT
The drug war is worse then drug abuse itself!
To be young, male and standing on an inner-city street corner here has recently become a prescription for death. In what police say is a vicious turf war between rival drug gangs, five men with links to the cocaine and marijuana trade have been gunned down this month, 12 since August. 
In the latest outbreak, police said, a would-be assassin driving through the streets of Miami's Overtown neighborhood Tuesday morning was so eager to fire at his street-corner targets that he did not bother to roll down the window of his own car before unleashing a volley from a high-powered assault weapon. Three people were wounded, including an 18-year-old reported yesterday in critical condition. ``In this game, territory is worth a lot more than human life. And a body count is a good thing,'' said Miami police Lieutenant Bill Schwartz. ``This is one of the worst turf wars in recent memory.'' In response to the surge in drive- by violence, police and FBI announced ``Operation Draw the Line,'' through which 25 officers have been put on patrol in the predominantly black communities of Liberty City and Overtown. ``It's a small group of heavily armed, highly dangerous individuals,'' said Miami police Chief Bill O'Brien. ``They need to be taken off the street.'' The reputed gangster police would most like to take off the streets is Anthony Dejuan Fail, a 25-year-old with the nickname ``Little Bo.'' Police said Fail began trying to claim drug sales territory from the John Does gang after its leader was arrested last month. Since then, the streets have been littered with bodies and shell casings, often from semiautomatic AK- 47s. Near the body of alleged John Doe member Glenn Robinson, 31, shot to death Saturday while riding his bicycle, police said they found 67 shell casings. Among others gunned down recently were Fail's girlfriend and a cousin. ``It's gone beyond a business deal with him now,'' said Schwartz, ``to a personal vendetta.'' 
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Comment #3 posted by Barbara on July 10, 2000 at 20:21:55 PT:
say no to a life of crime, and yes to JESUS
All young men and women please I beg you to get a Bible in which you may understand,(THE NEW INTERNATIONAL BIBLE )it speaks in everyday words. I have found it to be so that if you read the bible, and pray every day GOD will give you a peace of mind you cannot get from drugs or any thing in this world the word of GOD is so powerful, it will change your whole life around, the word of GOD changed my life.I were headed down a one way street, but reading the word of GOD, and prayer I recieved a new life, and now I am happy,happy,happy,happy THINK ABOUT IT! I'll be back next year
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Comment #2 posted by Barbara on July 10, 2000 at 20:20:40 PT:
say no to a life of crime, and yes to JESUS
All young men and women please I beg you to get a Bible in which you may understand,(THE NEW INTERNATIONAL BIBLE )it speaks in everyday words. I have found it to be so that if you read the bible, and pray every day GOD will give you a peace of mind you cannot get from drugs or any thing in this world the word of GOD is so powerful, it will change your whole life around, the word of GOD changed my life.I were headed down a one way street, but reading the word of GOD, and prayer I recieved a new life, and now I am happy,happy,happy,happy THINK ABOUT IT!
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Comment #1 posted by barbara on November 10, 1999 at 07:21:55 PT:
young men needs to realize
it just makes me so sad to see our young men dead or in jail God has given them life and they choose to die, i would like to tell them life is so sweet, good, and can be peaceful if they would trust in Jesus instead of the drugs, guns, and voilence. and they can start by reading the bible every day God will give them the strength to say no to crime. i wish, hope and pray for all race of young men and women because they are losed and there is a void in their lives and only can they find themselves in Jesus, and only Jesus can fill that void in their lives.i will pray that God will give them a change of heart and mind so that they will not loose their souls.may God bless and keep you all in perfect peace.
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