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Young Boys Incorporated, also known as Y.B.I., was a major drug organization in Detroit, Michigan, who were among the first African American drug cartels to operate on inner-city street corners.
The Detroit Police Department asked for federal agencies to become involved in taking down YBI in 1980, but the idea of being a gang member remained in many young peoples' minds. The public also developed a general distrust and overall hysteria over the threat of gangs in the city.
6 Σεπ 2017 · Darryl Terrell is facing new criminal charges 35 years after federal prosecutors toppled Young Boys Inc., an innovative street gang that pioneered the use of underage drug peddlers to become...
In the second wave of indictments, in 1987, 26 affilliates were indicted, notably, attorney W. Otis Culpepper who was locally known in the city of Detroit for defending drug-ring figures and murder defendants. Cuplepper' tax violations that officials say are linked to the Young Boys Inc. drug ring.
The DEA and FBI had a presence in Detroit because of investigations into these gangs. This is when the association between being a black youth and a criminal increased. The Joint Congressional Hearing on Narcotics and Youth clearly associated the black youth with criminals.
1 Σεπ 2013 · “YBI was the first real iconic criminal organization to emerge out of the city since the old Purple Gang of the Prohibition era,” Carl Taylor has pointed out. “They crafted the mold for all who came after them in the game. They were the model of how a well-run, large-scale narcotics gang operated.
11 Δεκ 2020 · Milton "Butch" Jones, a leader of the notorious Detroit drug gang "Young Boys, Inc.," has contracted the coronavirus in federal prison and is seeking compassionate release, records show.
