LARRY PART 2

 Larry is a very proud black man and always honors his family and heritage but doesn't turn his back on history. "I talk to both black & white families all the time and most of them understand that history is exactly that.....history. You learn from it so as to not repeat the mistakes but you can't tear it down or ever change what happened by throwing a statue into the river. Those people, and believe me that they are a small fraction of respectable black people, are simply idiots. We don't need to change history, we need to change the future and the way you do that is by learning from the past."

Most of you have read about black on black violence and while the numbers seem to shift on a regular basis, about 80% of all homicides in black neighborhoods are committed by black thugs.

 "We all know for the most part that the niggers have no respect for human life and just fire away to end a dispute or to commit even the most petty theft because they don't have the intelligence to moderate a conflict. Last year, over two dozen people were shot to death by niggers 'making their bones' by shooting a victim after the victim PEACEFULLY surrendered his wallet, of which $24 was the most money taken from the victim.

These animals are the scum of the earth and I'm livid and humiliated every time I see one's picture on the news or in the paper. Another dirt bag who won't see 25 and then we'll have to listen to his mother wail on tv that 'he was a good boy and trying to straighten his life out' before he was gunned down by yet another scum sucker making his bones. NO, HE WASN'T! HE WAS A FREAKING ASSHOLE WHO'S BEEN A CRIMINAL SINCE HE WAS 10 AND DESERVED TO DIE. Simple as that. And the beat goes on."

As you can see, Larry is not happy and has a couple of suggestions but no solutions. "The easiest suggestion is that if you commit a crime with a handgun, THERE IS NO BAIL. You sit in jail until your court date and if convicted of a crime involving any type of gun, the sentence is a mandatory 20 years with no early parole, pandemic or not. You have to serve 85% of your sentence before being eligible for parole. If we do this, the niggers disappear from the streets IMMEDIATELY upon arrest."

"Also, we would need more MAXIMUM SECURITY prisons for these animals. Break up the gangs in prison and limit communication with other prisoners. Eliminate the weight rooms. Make sure they work every day and if they don't work, they don't eat. Same as you & I. There's no welfare in prison and they would learn that right away plus the new prisons would provide many new job opportunities for the good people in the area. And finally, we need the death penalty reinstated."

"Is there a solution to the gang problems? crime? guns? little kids dying in the streets? I don't think so but I do agree with you that people should avoid the city of Chicago at all costs. You can't become a victim of Chicago violence if you don't go to the city." 

"Am I bitter? Yes, I am. A family member was mugged in Grant Park a few years ago and they broke his jaw for fifteen dollars. My aunt's car was torched along with 5 others because the gang thought they had reported the gang for breaking into an abandoned house across the street. Ironically, none of the victims dropped the dime but they found out later it was a pissed off ex-girlfriend of one of the bangers. And then there was my deal which I still have nightmares about."

(Larry gave me permission to tell the story as long as he didn't have to answer any questions about the incident)

About two years ago, Larry was the victim of an attempted car jacking on the west side as he was distributing Christmas baskets to needy families. A ghetto rat pulled a gun and asked for his wallet and Larry said he'd get it out of the console and the rat said ok. Larry reached into the console and brought out his 'legal to carry' .45 caliber and never hesitated, promptly putting two in the chest of the bad guy from about 3 feet sending him straight to hell.

And even though he did take a righteous and totally legal defensive action, Larry is far from being at peace with that. "Taking a human life was much harder that I thought it would be even if the prick had it coming. I still remember that look on his face when I fired my weapon and I see it when I have trouble sleeping or I'm having a rocky dream where I wake up drenched in sweat. My counselor told me that although I survived, I'm still a victim of the violence in Chicago and I can't disagree."

Bringing this to a close, you can see the anger boiling in a very nice and principled black man who recognizes the issues in the ghetto but the sad part is that the bad guys are winning the battle day in, day out.  In the last week, two police officers shot in the head on a traffic stop, one dies and the other clinging to life, then two girls, 6 & 7 shot in broad daylight and one dies, and a 70 year old woman shot and killed while driving just today.

Larry wanted to tell his story and I wish him well.

THINGS IN GENERAL

I'm going to tell you a story about a good friend and his stories about the west/south sides of the city of Chicago. And it ain't pretty. This is part 1.

You've met my friend "LARRY" in previous posts with his quotes and insights but let me re-introduce him because he has a lot to say and I'm sure some of it has also been on your mind. Larry is not his real name and you'll realize why we use the alias as this column goes on.

Larry is black and has been my friend for over thirty years. He was born and raised in the slums of Chicago and fought his way to school every day and then again when he tried to make his way home. His mom ran a tight ship and Larry excelled academically before completing law school near the top of his class.

 He worked for a short time as a state's attorney before going into private practice where he defended...... (his quote) "The dregs of Chicago ghettos. Every dead-ass nigger who would never think of working a straight job walked in my office on monday morning with pockets full of hundred dollar bills to hire me to defend their drug dealing, attempted murders, rapes and all sorts of theft charges. My name got around quickly because I was black and fought hard for my clients. I charged $500 to retain my services which was a lot of money in those days but they never blinked as they dropped the cash on my desk."

Larry worked as a defense attorney and "most of these ghetto rat niggers made me sick with their attitudes toward human life. Every sexual assault victim was a 'whore who was lookin' for it' every assault with a deadly weapon was 'he had it coming' and anything involving firearms was always 'he started it. it was just self-defense.' AND THEY NEVER TOLD ME THE TRUTH. NEVER. Even when I explained that what they tell me stays confidential, all they would do is deny, deny, deny."

Larry was sick of the clientele after just a year and over the Christmas holidays, thought he'd figured out a way to rid himself of the scum.....by raising his retainer to $3000.00 from the paltry sum of $500. "The first Monday of January I changed the fee, I told the first drug dealer about the change and he just shrugged his shoulders and reached into his other pocket and paid the fee. I met with 14 clients the first day and only one didn't have enough to hire me......but he showed up bright and early the next day with his three thousand. 

"I made FORTY-TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS IN ONE DAY! I had never seen that much money in my life and by the end of the week, I had taken in $126,000 dollars in retainers. IN ONE WEEK. And the money just kept on coming week after week, month after month and I was lost in the vortex of buckets of cash and had to hire a full time accountant to keep track of everything. I grossed almost two million dollars the first year of new fees and I had conveniently forgotten my plan to get out but after five years of nothing but money, suddenly my world changed when a baggy assed gang banging nigger whom I had successfully defended against a rape charge threw the victim of that rape off a 5th story roof. "She had it coming."

Larry had a breakdown and left the law business, traveling for a year with his mom and visiting relatives living in other states and as his mind cleared, decided that he needed a place in government services to make the most of his background. He applied for and got a job working in and out of the worst neighborhoods in Chicago but this time, he was working for peanuts but he had a definite goal in mind.  MORE LATER.