GA - Rapper Young + others indicted on RICO & other charges, May 2022. Trial ongoing April 2023, interruptions, lawyer arrested. Fulton County.

[arielilane]

Recess until 1:30 pm ET.

 

[arielilane]

FILE - Young performs on day four of the Lollapalooza Music Festival on Sunday, Aug. 1, 2021, at Grant Park in Chicago. The Atlanta rapper, whose name is Jeffrey Lamar Williams, was arrested Monday, May 9, 2022, in Georgia on conspiracy to violate the state's RICO act and street gang charges, according to jail records. (Photo by Amy Harris/Invision/AP, File)

https://www.courttv.com/news/ga-v-williams-et-al-young-🤬🤬🤬🤬-rico-trial/

 

[arielilane]

@cathyrusson

Stephens identifies Shannon Stillwell and says he's known him since before 2015.



2:35 PM · Jan 3, 2024


Stephens identifies "the second Qua" as Quamarvoius Nichols.


2:35 PM · Jan 3, 2024

 

[arielilane]

@cathyrusson

Stephens' right hand tattoo: Cleveland and ROC. Left hand: Ave and Crew.

Stephens' right hand tattoo: Cleveland and ROC.


Left hand: Ave and Crew.

3:04 PM · Jan 3, 2024

 

[arielilane]

@cathyrusson

Stephens' hat. "Bomptom" - He says that's meant to be Compton but replacing the C with a B.



3:01 PM · Jan 3, 2024

 

[arielilane]

WATCH LIVE: Young YSL RICO Trial — GA v. Jeffery Williams et al — Day 13​

Atlanta rapper Young , born Jeffery Williams, faces multiple charges under Georgia's RICO Act. Williams, believed to be the leader of the YSL collective, supposedly operated a "criminal street gang" from outside his residence. Williams faces eight charges in a 65-count indictment. These charges include drug possession, possession with intent to distribute, and participating in criminal gang activity as an individual employed by a criminal street gang. Opening statements will take place on November 27.

 

[arielilane]

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[arielilane]

Back on the stand: Trontavious (Tick or Slug) Stephens, accepted plea deal last year

 

[arielilane]

@JozsefPapp_

Stephens testified that YSL members used Slime and that Walter Murphy and Jeffery Williams were co-founders of YSL.

3:33 PM · Jan 3, 2024


Here are some of the factual acknowledgements Stephens is currently reading in court.







3:26 PM · Jan 3, 2024

 

[arielilane]

@cathyrusson

Stephens' YSL tattoo doing down the left side of his abdomen.



3:53 PM · Jan 3, 2024




Stephens has a tattoo of the word LOVE. The L is in the shape of a gun, the O in the shape of a grenade, the V in the shape of two knives and the E in the shape of 3 bullets.





3:56 PM · Jan 3, 2024





Stephens' lower right abdomen tattoo: SLIME. The S is in the shape of a snake.



3:57 PM · Jan 3, 2024

Stephens says he is one of the founding members of #YSL and testifies the other two are Walter Murphy and Jeffery Williams.


3:59 PM · Jan 3, 2024

 

[arielilane]

@cathyrusson

Stephens says he was a member of the ROC crew gang. He said they (Murphy, Williams and Stephens) wanted to go in a different direction, "wanted to put the ...gang banger narrative behind us and take a different approach" and says that's when they founded #YSL. They wanted to focus on music.


4:09 PM · Jan 3, 2024

 

[arielilane]

@JozsefPapp_


Stephens said he went to the Compound night club in Cobb County that night because he wanted to celebrate his birthday."To see my idol," Stephens said about paying the cover fee to enter. Here is a story about Lil Wayne's tour bus being shot
https://ajc.com/news/lil-wayne-tour-buses-shot-multiple-times-cobb-county/284aEcpUJs89v31MKspQ7O/

4:28 PM · Jan 3, 2024


Stephens said Young was in New Orleans, the night Lil Wayne's tour bus was shot. Love is asking why Stephens didn't pay for his plane ticket to NOLA to go support "co-founder of YSL" Jeffery Williams.


4:33 PM · Jan 3, 2024

 

[arielilane]

@JozsefPapp_

We appear to be done for the day after one of the jurors is not feeling well. Judge Glanville said court will start tomorrow around 9-9:30 a.m. and go until noon. Glanville said he is not sure if there will be court on Friday.


5:04 PM · Jan 3, 2024


Trontavious Stephens' testimony will continue tomorrow.


5:07 PM · Jan 3, 2024

 

[arielilane]

@cathyrusson

Court adjourned for the day. Only in session 9:30-12:30 tomorrow (which is likely only 2ish hours) and possibly off Friday. (This trial will last years at this rate).


5:11 PM · Jan 3, 2024

 

[cujenn81]

Everything about this gang is so dumb that it’s almost embarrassing! From their corny name, Young Slime Life (and what does that even mean?), to the fact that their logo was stolen from Yves Saint Laurent. They change their C’s to B’s (see exhibit: “Bompton”) because they hate the Crypts so much that they can’t even bear to use the letter C. They are like elementary school children and the Crypts have cooties. I know this is a common theme for various gangs but it’s really stupid. I mean, bould you imagine always having to bhange your words like this? CORNY! Or should I say BORNY?

Okay, rant over.

 

[Tippy Lynn]

@cathyrusson

Court adjourned for the day. Only in session 9:30-12:30 tomorrow (which is likely only 2ish hours) and possibly off Friday. (This trial will last years at this rate).


5:11 PM · Jan 3, 2024

It’s a shame the courts are dragging this trial out the way they are. So far this trial has been nothing but a waste of time and money.

 

[Chelly]

It’s a shame the courts are dragging this trial out the way they are. So far this trial has been nothing but a waste of time and money.

Add to that the audio on the witness stand microphone is horrible

 

[arielilane]

Everything about this gang is so dumb that it’s almost embarrassing! From their corny name, Young Slime Life (and what does that even mean?), to the fact that their logo was stolen from Yves Saint Laurent. They change their C’s to B’s (see exhibit: “Bompton”) because they hate the Crypts so much that they can’t even bear to use the letter C. They are like elementary school children and the Crypts have cooties. I know this is a common theme for various gangs but it’s really stupid. I mean, bould you imagine always having to bhange your words like this? CORNY! Or should I say BORNY?

Okay, rant over.

Nice analysis. Agreed. Appears, they never want to grow-up and be productive people, play cops & robbers only. Afraid of themselves, so make others (doesn't work) afraid of them. It's ridiculous.

I'm getting somewhat of an eduction, as I did not know anything about gang active, and knowledge is power. I like to be aware of my surroundings, since I travel often. jmo

 

[arielilane]

@cathyrusson

WATCH LIVE: Day 14 in #YoungThug #YSL RICO trial. https://youtube.com/watch?v=gGaSLEy5Rso
https://twitter.com/cathyrusson/status/1742920444519633015/photo/1


9:46 AM · Jan 4, 2024

 

[arielilane]

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