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"We have the Crips and the Bloods, we have the Muslims, we have the head Mexicans, and we have the Aryans all with a peaceful understanding, all on common groun
by j_baker 16y ago
"We have the Crips and the Bloods, we have the Muslims, we have the head Mexicans, and we have the Aryans all with a peaceful understanding, all on common ground."
Whatever's happening, they must have done something terrible to cause that.
- raganwald 16y agoHN is about interesting new phenomena, and these factions working together seems to qualify. Good call. Also of interest to Hackers, of course, is the suggestion that Old Media has ignored the strike. Why? It seems like terrific news fodder for the traditional Left and the traditional Right. This is very curious to me. Everything else about the actual prison conditions and so on... Seems like "politics" to me unless there's an interesting new angle to it.
- ams6110 16y agoI found it surprising that the strike was apparently coordinated across many state prisons by use of cell phones. I thought possession of cell phones was generally banned in prisons.
- marcusbooster 16y agoYes cell phones are considered contraband, and yes they are available.
- shepting 16y agoMany times guards will bring in cell phones and sell them to inmates for upwards of $1000/each. It helps to supplement the (relatively) poor wages most guards receive.
- blrgeek 16y agoThat someone thought and made possible this kind of peaceful protest uniting these specific gangs is in itself incredible! The story of the people behind this strike must be fascinating.