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David Barksdale (born Donise David Barksdale; May 24, 1947 – September 2, 1974), also known as King David, was an American gangster and activist from Chicago, Illinois. He was the founder of the Black Disciples. He and Larry Hoover (leader of the Gangster Disciples) decided to merge and create the Black Gangster Disciple Nation. Barksdale ...
In 1969, Hoover and Barksdale agreed to a ceasefire. This resulted in the creation of the Black Gangster Disciple Nation. [13] [14] By the early 1970s, the BGDN dominated the Chicago gang scene. Barksdale died of kidney failure in 1974, at the age of 27. [15] Following his death, Hoover assumed full control of the Black Gangster Disciples.
Barksdale's goal was to claim small gangs around the area, and turn them into factions of the Disciples. In 1966, in order to help increase recruitment and counteract threats from other gangs, David Barksdale created the “Black Disciples Nation,” which helped boost recruitment numbers into the thousands.
Hoover was born on November 30, 1950, in Jackson, Mississippi.He moved to Chicago, Illinois, at the age of four. [9] At the age of 13, Hoover dropped out of junior high and joined a gang called the Supreme Gangsters, when he was involved in petty theft and muggings.
A truck driver was sentenced to prison Tuesday for a fatal 2022 crash on Interstate 81 in Augusta County that killed a VDOT employee in a work zone. ... John C. Barksdale Jr., who was 23 years old ...
Police were called to Palmer Gray Jr.'s home after he threatened to kill his father at their home. Officer David Senak shot him after he refused to drop his weapon. Senak had previously killed Joseph Chandler on July 24 and was suspected of killing Carl Cooper on July 26. [413] 1967-07-28: Dalton, William (19) Michigan (Detroit)
Safe Streets leader Dante Barksdale was shot to death with an untraceable “ghost gun,” a Baltimore Police firearms examiner testified Wednesday during the trial of the man charged in his death.
A man who admitted killing his half-brother in a drunken confrontation on a street has been jailed for five years. Kyan McWhir, 31, fatally punched 52-year-old father-of-two John McWhir on Crown ...