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How did Ronnie Barksdale survive the 1970 attack on David Barksdale?

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Member of a Black P Stone Rangers assassinated him after an assault in June 1970. His three sons, David, Melinda, & Ronnie Barksdale (one of whom was murdered by a Gangster Disciples member in 1996), as well as his wife, Yvonne Barksdale, sustained him until she died 3 years later in June 1977. – PowerPoint PPT presentation

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Title: How did Ronnie Barksdale survive the 1970 attack on David Barksdale?


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How did Ronnie Barksdale survive the 1970 attack
on David Barksdale?
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What all did he do in his criminal life?
  • Three years after arriving in Chicago, Barksdale
    became a famous gang leader. In 1972, the
    Barksdale Gang absorbed several other people and
    became known as the kingdom of the black
    disciples. Tensions between other bands such as
    Black Disciples and Black Stone Rangers
    increased.   

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How did Ronnie Barksdale survive the 1970 attack
on David Barksdale?
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Legal Actions
  • In 1968, Eugene Hairston, the Black P Stone
    Nation leader, ordered the shooting in Barksdale,
    resulting in Barksdale being shot seven times in
    his car in May of that year.
  •  One night in June 1970, Barksdale was shot in
    the abdomen while leaving a bar in the Englewood
    area, but he survived and continued to run the
    gang, while Helston was sent to jail, eventually
    attempting Organized a club and was killed. 
  • . Barksdale eventually got tired of the bloodshed
    and in 1973 proposed to merge with the gang
    disciple leader Larry Hoover. Hoover accepted
    this proposal, and the gangster country was
    born.   
  • During his life, Barksdale was arrested 25 times
    but never was convicted of severe crimes. He used
    the pseudonym David Jones on several occasions
    when arrested. 

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How did Ronnie Barksdale survive the 1970 attack
on David Barksdale?
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How and when did he die?
  • On September 2, 1974, Barksdale died of multiple
    gunshot wounds following an attack in June 1970
    when his life was assassinated by members of the
    Black P Stone Rangers armed with M14 rifles near
    the bar where Barksdale met Larry Hoover at 848
    West 69 the street. The assassination attempt
    ended the truce that existed at the time.  
  • His three sons survived him David, Melinda, and
    Ronnie Barksdale (one of whom was killed by a
    member of the Gangster Disciples in 1996) and
    wife Yvonne Barksdale (nee Yarber) until she was
    dead three years later in June 1977. Black
    pupils. Every year a birthday is celebrated in
    his honor.    
  • In 2008, a Black Disciples sponsored and
    supported parade was held, a controversial event
    recorded by the Chicago City Council on Saturday.
    The march was criticized by the Brotherhood
    Police Order, and the officers conducting the
    event were warned of possible gang violence.

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