Day #25 is HERE
Obviously there’s a rather vocal group of people who are committed to injecting two very specific narratives into this research. One narrative being pushed hard surrounds race issues; the second more recent narrative, surrounds race-based “gangs”.
♦ Again, I repeat -with a disclaimer that I could be absolutely wrong- that I just don’t see race as the primary driver for this horrible crime.
Certainly race seems to surface as a consequence of inquiring into the individual people and what they express as their outlook. However, as previously stated, if you look around Jessica’s social circle you’ll find a myriad of both black and white friends in almost equal proportions. So when someone seems to identify race as a motive for attention in her murder it strikes me as an incorrect assumption and leap.
That said, just because race did not seem to be a component of Jessica’s outlook, that doesn’t mean race wasn’t the source of anxiety for other people around her. However, was that alone enough to drive such a rage and hate motive? I just can’t get there.
♦ The second aspect being pushed hard revolves around gangs.
Charles Johnson opined yesterday in a race-based headline that “white gangs, not blacks” should be the target of investigative inquiry. Again, it might be unpopular, but I must diverge on the race issue. Vice Lords, Gangster Disciples, and the Mississippi Combat Legion of the Simon City Royals, are the primary regional gangs.
All three of those criminal gangs (VL, GD, and MCL) are not diametrically against each other unless you are talking about competition. Indeed, it appears in many ways their leadership collaborates.
So race is not as much a point of contention within the structure – as much as criminally competitive networks would be. From what we can establish the sensitive issues revolve around competition and respect, not race.
The only really specifically race-based gang is the Aryan Brotherhood of Mississippi (ABM). An exclusively white gang which was recently part of a regional FBI joint task force:
The ABM allegedly has a detailed and uniform organizational structure divided into three separate geographic areas of control. The state is overseen and directed by a three-member “wheel” commonly referred to as “spokes.” The wheel has ultimate authority in all gang matters.
The indictment charges four alleged wheel members: Frank Owens, Jr, 44, aka “State Raised,” of D’Iberville, Mississippi; Perry Mask, 46, of Corinth, Mississippi; Stephen Hubanks, 45, of Rienzi, Mississippi; and Brandon Creel, 46, aka “Oak,” of Ellisville, Mississippi, with conspiracy to participate in the racketeering activities of the ABM, among other charges.
The indictment also charges 10 other alleged members of the ABM. All 14 alleged members of the ABM are charged with conspiracy to participate in the racketeering activities of the gang and with involvement in murder, attempted murder, kidnapping, assault, money laundering, firearms trafficking and conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine. (link)
According to the FBI Bulletin, virtually very agency within the arsenal of law enforcement recently came down upon this ABM group’s leadership in November.
Perhaps if their Meth operations were shut down or disrupted, it might indicate the other gangs saw an opportunity to fill the demand; and, as a consequence, perhaps that led to some increased violent criminal meth activity as an outcome of supply destabilization and opportunism.
Does this circle back toward Jessica Chambers. That seems like a stretch, but you never know. Did she become a target as a consequence of relationships within any of the networks? Again, more stretching, more unknowns.
What is virtually certain is that some people interested in this story want research inquires to look exclusively at these two aspects, to the exclusion of all others.
Meanwhile I’ll say it again, EVERYONE should be considered a suspect, because this case has far too many weird aspects – and almost everyone has an agenda.
Not the least of which is this bizarre District Attorney, John Champion, who serves Mississippi’s 17th Judicial District, carries a staff that includes seven assistant district attorneys, who handle cases in five counties (DeSoto, Panola, Tallahatchie, Tate and Yalobusha), and manages around 3,000 annual felony cases in eight courthouses.
Yet, somehow, this guy has time and desire to be the lead investigator in one Panola County murder.
November FBI Bulletin HERE
♦ Information on gangs HERE
♦ More Information HERE
♦ More Information HERE