Kingpin

Nankissoon “Dole Chadee” Boodram was one of the early kingpins to achieve oligarchic wealth in the Trinibagoan narcotics trade. A primary target for exposition by the Scott Report, anecdotes elicited from witnesses portray him with legendary reverence and infamy. He entered the international drug trade leading a small gang, a group tasked with securing, and transporting narcotics from their point of entry to their port of departure. Employed primarily by the Cali cartel, Chadee supplied the…

to its fullest extent, quite a few do not. To show this, David Simon included a scene in this series where D’Angelo Barksdale, nephew of the Kingpin,…

The movie, Moonlight, follow’s Chiron through three important stages of his identity— “Little,” “Chiron” and “Black”—as he struggles through life. Stage one of Chiron’s identity begins on the presumably rough streets of Miami. A kingpin by the name of Juan is checking on one of his employees when he sees a young boy run past him being chased by a group of bullies. Juan finds Chiron hiding out in a drug house and convinces the child to join him for food in an attempt to get him comfortable and…

Both Scarface films are gangster films which makes pinpointing the theme of both films fairly easy. They are both filled with guns and violence so the theme stands out in both films. The overall theme in both movies is the rise and fall of crime kingpins through lies and deceit corruption, and murder. In Scarface 1983 it is about the rise of Tony Montana drug-empire and how he let money take over his life and eventually be the cause of his death in the end. In Shame of a nation it is about Tony…

he was Mike. This change the way the deceiver given to Julie. Additional examples of leadership in the film: • Bad Boys (5/8) Movie CLIP - Don't Ever Say I Wasn't There For You (1995) HD As Mike and Marcus witness, Julie, was taken by the drug kingpin. In this scene Mike and Marcus are running after the guys who took Julie from them. This man hurt goes on for about three to four miles and they ran through neighborhoods and businesses. Mike and Marcus were right behind them until they found a…

criticism of his boss further reveals his repudiation of commonly accepted protocol. Sammy sarcastically attacks the beliefs of authority. Imitating his boss, Sammy says “Policy is what the kingpins want. What the others want is juvenile delinquency.” By referring to the “head lifeguard” at a grocery store as a “kingpin,” Sammy curtly derides the believes of his boss. mocking the boss’s belief that these bare girls are juvenile delinquents.…

drug sentencing laws. Drug sentencing laws were intended to target and disrupt creators and distributors of drugs. The assumption of creating “ get tough” laws were to decrease crimes by targeting those drug dealers who were considered as “Kingpins” . Instead, critics argued drug sentencing laws did not have an effect on crimes, substance abuse nor did it effect the mid to high-level sellers or prison time(Sevigny & Caulkins, 2004,…

The United States NY Federal drug sentencing guidelines compel disproportionately harsh sentences with a primary focus on racial disparity among poor communities. Drug crimes account for 51% of the offenses in federal prison and of the 195,933 federal inmates 69.7% of those individuals are African Americans and Hispanics. That is nearly three quarters of the total prison population. This exhibits the racial disparity within the prison system. Studies from Rehavi of the University of British…

starring Al Pacino, is a classic film to many. The movie revolves around a Cuban immigrant who goes from poor to rich, creating a vast cocaine dealing empire. There are numerous violent power struggles between the main character, Tony Montana, and other kingpins in Miami. ‘Scarface’ constantly objectifies women, sexualizing them and giving them little importance. All women in the film are portrayed as weak, uneducated, and irrational, common stereotypes associated with females. The women, all…

his significant other, Skyler, Walter junior who suffers from cerebral palsy and a new born baby holly . The other main characters are Marie who is Skyler’s sister and her husband who is a DEA officer, and Walt’s lawyer Saul Goodman of course meth kingpin Gus Fring. The title of the series breaking bad, is too show Walter whites transformation, from a full time chemistry teacher, to an unstoppable drug lord. The reason Walter decided to start this business was because he…