Talk:Larry Hoover
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Whole Section Rewritten
[edit]This entire section was rewritten, as it told more of the history of the Gangster Disciples than of Larry Hoover. Additional references were used to explain more about Hoover and his impact on the gang, as opposed to the gang itself. This article uses excerpts from the main article on the Gangster Disciples.
Info on Operation Headache, which eventually landed Hoover in ADX Florence, was also added and will be expanded as more information is found and cited. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 24.242.96.146 (talk) 18:19, 3 February 2007 (UTC).
Missing Info?
[edit]"Navdeep Sharma had gotten a years sentence when he received his punishment for his 1973 murder conviction" After going through the source on this I am still unsure what this sentence is referring to. Who is Sharma? Hoover? Someone else? If someone knows exactly where I am looking for this info on the adobe document please let me know. If Hoover changed his name it should be noted somewhere then should it not?MephYazata (talk) 18:50, 13 April 2009 (UTC)
CAPS
[edit]Re-wrote all-caps section- unneeded and 'ugly' on age.207.172.166.181 (talk) 18:05, 12 September 2009 (UTC)
10 mil a day?
[edit]I am inclined to delete the text claiming that the Gangster Disciples made 10 million dollars a day off the drug trade in the South Side of Chicago. I have no doubt that the Chicago drug trade was highly profitable but 10 million a day is exceptionally difficult to believe. That's 3.5 billion a year for one city, which is inconceivable. Paublo Escobar's Medellin drug cartell didn't make that much and we are talking about one city. Without a source I am going to call BS on that claim.Jdlund (talk) 23:41, 15 July 2011 (UTC)
Citations
[edit]PLEASE can someone with more time than me on their hands add some inline citations? In a stub article, I could understand just having a list of external links, but in an article of this size, it's a touch ridiculous. Pascal (talk) 16:42, 20 October 2011 (UTC)
What sets Hoover apart from other gang leaders?
[edit]Larry Hoover is a significant figure in American gang history because he was known for instilling a marked rigidity in his gang. He did things like make having an eduction necessary to gain gang membership. He also changed the name of his gang from "Gangster Disciples" to "Growth and Development" at one point. Maybe including more information about this sort of thing would create a more insightful look into Hoover's biography.--Laythsodmg (talk) 01:49, 14 November 2016 (UTC)
Reference to Rick Ross (rapper)
[edit]Many people hearing about Larry Hoover for the first time are doing so from Rick Ross's song 'BMF (Blowing Money Fast)'. Making a reference to this would help ground people looking up this page, have it be more relateable. --Laythsodmg (talk) 01:55, 14 November 2016 (UTC)
Adding a non-free photo
[edit]There's been a reqphoto tag here for almost 6 years. What are the odds we're going to find a freely licensed photo of Larry Hoover to put up here? In addition I'm pretty sure Hoover falls under the exception to the blanket rule that non-free photos of living people aren't allowed. He's in a supermax prison for continuing to run the Gangster Disciples from prison. I don't think anyone's allowed to bring cameras in there. Chess (talk) Ping when replying 07:21, 11 April 2020 (UTC)
- If I understand correctly, a federal mugshot would not be copyrighted. It would just a matter of someone finding it from a reliable source and uploading it. - SummerPhDv2.0 15:20, 11 April 2020 (UTC)
- I can't seem to find any on the Internet. And even though federal mugshots aren't copyrighted, they're not always accessible to the public [1]. Chess (talk) Ping when replying 04:05, 12 April 2020 (UTC)
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