Author: Timothy C. Richards Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform ISBN: 9781507633717 Category : Crime Languages : en Pages : 356
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In the early 1980's, the St. Louis Region was controlled by the Chicago "outfit" controlled by Joey (Doves) Aiuppa. Joey (Doves) controlled all of the labor locals and most of the trade unions. He had considerable clout within local and state government due to union financial support of local politicians. Joey (Doves) guys in charge in St. Louis (John Vitale and Tony Giordano) became sick and old and the young guns in the region saw a chance to take over the rackets in the region. A Syrian family (Leisure (Paul and Anthony) decided to bomb a few of the "outfit's guys. One good car bombing begets another. It was chaos on the streets of St. Louis. The author was a detective in the prestigious Intelligence Unit of the police department. His job was to investigate (spy on) the organized criminals. His first hand account of what transpired in the St. Louis gang war is true and indisputable. The book contains crime scene photos, true names, and an index. It is nonfiction true crime at its finest.
Author: Gerald Horne Publisher: Monthly Review Press ISBN: 1583677852 Category : Music Languages : en Pages : 456
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A galvanizing history of how jazz and jazz musicians flourished despite rampant cultural exploitation The music we call “jazz” arose in late nineteenth century North America—most likely in New Orleans—based on the musical traditions of Africans, newly freed from slavery. Grounded in the music known as the “blues,” which expressed the pain, sufferings, and hopes of Black folk then pulverized by Jim Crow, this new music entered the world via the instruments that had been abandoned by departing military bands after the Civil War. Jazz and Justice examines the economic, social, and political forces that shaped this music into a phenomenal US—and Black American—contribution to global arts and culture. Horne assembles a galvanic story depicting what may have been the era’s most virulent economic—and racist—exploitation, as jazz musicians battled organized crime, the Ku Klux Klan, and other variously malignant forces dominating the nightclub scene where jazz became known. Horne pays particular attention to women artists, such as pianist Mary Lou Williams and trombonist Melba Liston, and limns the contributions of musicians with Native American roots. This is the story of a beautiful lotus, growing from the filth of the crassest form of human immiseration.
Author: Timothy Richards Publisher: ISBN: 9781506129709 Category : Languages : en Pages : 286
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Superman's Eyes is a compilation of 6 short stories, each one titled, describing the author's observations of a mid-city police district (Central West End) in the City of St. Louis, Missouri in 1970's.The stories cover a gamut of experiences witnessed by the author: cops being shot by other cops--businessmen committing arson and murder and having it covered up by high ranking cops--cops shot by Black Liberation Army fugitives---cops hooked on heroin and committing street robberies for cash---high speed pursuits that lead to death---and the investigation of a street killing ending successfully.The author was a cop in the city of St. Louis for 35 years. Superman's Eyes is one of 3 nonfiction books written by the author. His 2 other nonfiction books are "Crooks Kill, Cops Lie, and "The Phantom Rapist". He has also written 2 cop/detective murder mysteries.
Author: Timothy C. Richards Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform ISBN: 9781505283686 Category : African American police Languages : en Pages : 0
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"A True Crime investigative chronicle of the life of serial rapist Patrolman Milton Brookins, a St. Louis Metropolitan Police Officer. Patrolman Brookins fashioned himself after Tony Curtis in the Boston Strangler film. He raped over 50 women in broad daylight in their apartments and homes in the fashionable West End and Central West End of the City of St. Louis. Milton left letters addressed to the police taunting them and daring them to catch him. The investigation was led by 2 country boy city cops whose prejudice got in the way of every investigation. The cops arrested several people for the rapes, and the victims positively identified them as the rapist, but the Phantom kept on raping. Several suspects spent weeks in jail, unjustly punished for a crime they did not commit ..."--Amazon.com.
Author: Daniel Waugh Publisher: Arcadia Publishing ISBN: 1614231850 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 288
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St. Louis was a city under siege during Prohibition. Seven different criminal gangs violently vied for control of the town's illegal enterprises. Although their names (the Green Ones, the Pillow Gang, the Russo Gang, Egan's Rats, the Hogan Gang, the Cuckoo Gang and the Shelton Gang) are familiar to many, their exploits have remained largely undocumented until now. Learn how an awkward gunshot wound gave the Pillow Gang its name, and read why Willie Russo's bizarre midnight interview with a reporter from the St. Louis Star involved an automatic pistol and a floating hunk of cheese. From daring bank robberies to cold-blooded betrayals, The Gangs of St. Louis chronicles a fierce yet juicy slice of the Gateway City's history that rivaled anything seen in New York or Chicago.
Author: Timothy C. Richards
Author: Timothy C. Richards
Author: Timothy C. Richards
Author: Timothy C. Richards
Author: Gerald Horne
Author: Timothy Richards
Author: Timothy C. Richards
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Author: Timothy Richards
Author: Daniel Waugh