This week’s #DopeDox features the life of Jamaican drug lord Lester Coke, aka, Jim Brown, the father of Christopher Dudus Coke.
Lester Coke died in a mysterious jail cell fire and Christopher Coke was believed to inherit the Jamaican Shower Posse Gang operations from his father.
Bishop Herro Blair has testified that drug kingpin Christopher ‘Dudus’ Coke was unarmed when they met at his Tivoli Gardens office in May 2010.
When asked how he knew that, the popular elicited laughter at the west Kingston commission of enquiry when he replied: “because of the way I greeted him”.
“You patted (searched) him?” asked chairman of the commission Sir David Simmons.
Blair replied laughing, while demonstrating to the commission how he ran both hands down the drug kingpin’s back.
l said to him ‘can I give you a hug?’
Blair testified that on his way to meet with Coke that day he passed more than 50 men openly carrying handguns.
Melvin Williams, a former Baltimore drug kingpin who inspired — and later appeared on — HBO’s critically acclaimed drama The Wire, has died, according to the Baltimore Sun. He was 73.
Williams — also known as “Little Melvin” — was for a time best known for his role in the booming Baltimore drug trade. In 1987, Williams was the subject of a five-part series by then-Baltimore Sun reporter David Simon, who would go on to create The Wire. The drama ran on HBO for five seasons from 2002-08 and is widely regarded as one of the best series of all time.
Following his release from prison in 1996, Williams left his life of crime and even appeared on the show on a recurring basis, playing a character called the Deacon.
On Thursday, Simon paid tribute to Williams, calling him the man “who made me begin to rethink the drug war” on Twitter.
Source | Mashable
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