Blinded by the light Because of the system were born into... Don’t gain the world and lose your soul wisdom is better than silver and gold... Peace be with you my brothers and sisters!
I'm a middle aged "white guy" and ex law enforcement officer but after watching the Felix Mitchell documentary on BET I have a certain respect for the guy. People who use Coke or Heroin are no worse than the guy who drinks his whiskey or vodka daily. It's a personal choice, a BAD choice but a choice nonetheless... Felix Mitchell should have used his brilliant business acumen and opened a chain of liquor stores like "Bev-Mo" or "Liquor Barn". Same concept except for the taxes...
M¡lly Rock The point they meant to make was that his funeral was stylish. People who come from the bottom see life in simpler terms cuz they operate from a sense of desperation most of the time.
They glorify the resourcefulness especially when you know that you better find a way or not survive..ppl dont want the same fate as the way he died so that part gets glossed over
M¡lly Rock I get chills when you say that, my FBI prison # is 09736-086. Felix was my neighbor in Leavenworth USP. I was there when he got killed. He was a good dude. Got killed for nothing. What a waste.
Wow! The crack epidemic in Oakland during the 80's was horrible. This dude sold all that dope to his own people and as long as he had some cash he didn't care about the young black kids that grew up without parents being around or able to help them with homework and prepare dinner every night because the father is in prison due to his addiction and the mother's turned to hooking to feed her habit, an entire generation flushed down the toilet thanks in part to this guy but hey, "Thanks for the love" right?
I met him in Leavenworth, Kansas prison when I was a teen. My father was doing time there with Drug Kingpin charges. We always went to visit my Father from South Texas and Felix always had visitors as well. His loved ones and us became close. Very respectful and friendly people! Our summer vacations there were always fun. Great memories even though they were locked up! Always looked forward to visiting my Father.
Criminologists named an effect after him known as the "Felix Mitchell Paradox" [3]-whereby after a major successful police operation (like the arrest of Mitchell) crime and violence both went up instead of down as one might expect. It is thought that Felix had such monopoly power in parts of Oakland that he controlled pricing and policed the violence of smaller gangs. When he was arrested it left a power vacuum and the smaller gangs started both price wars and shooting wars to fill the void.
@Buckeyecat2002 lol I was just thinking that. Ironically, some shitholes are better off with dictators to keep the peace than if they were given the choice to choose a leader democratically.
Two wrongs don’t make it right , but sometimes Street leaders are better on the street. Federal Prosecutors and Feds really don’t care for the community , just care to prosecute for glory And achievement
That's my Grandpa, Carter Gilmore. I wish the news clip showed more of his interview. He was an amazing man. The things he did for Oakland I have yet to see any other come close to. He has such a genuine concern for youth, family and our community. I pray for Oakland and hopefully we'll get to see better days. The Felix Mitchell Paradox is, unfortunately, very real today.
Craig Mack No, maybe you need help reading what I wrote. I'll assume you meant Felix. My Grandpa, Carter was busy trying to make Oakland a better place not killing people. @blimpton obviously knows.
Craig Mack Also, he was the first African America elected to city council in Oakland. His track record for what he did for this beautiful city is still inspiring generation after generation. I am sorry for your loss but again you clearly misread my initial comment.
He gave back to the community & did more good in that short span then any civil leader & the few complaining will ever do in their own lifetime combined. Ironically, 2 yrs after his death & receiving a life sentence a federal judge overturned all charges against him, something that has never been heard of. In the eye's of God it's not what we do, but "how" we do it. No sin is greater or lesser then the next. It's what in the heart & truly he earned his wings.
1:25 "they get rich hecka fast" the word Hecka was been used all the way back in in the 80's? & i thought the word hella" was the ol'school bay area slang
some people say he could have used the same skills the right way but they still find some type of reason to take 💰from you even if you go the right way n to b honest they really dont want u to do it the honest way anyway so if u dont work play sports r rap what way u have if u want to b well off
The white man is always concerned on what the black man is doing..he worries about the black man's money and his dick size.if anyone of those are bigger he gets jealous and causes problems for the black man..sounds crazy but it's the truth..just look at history. They talk equality but in actuality they don't want you to even have a dollar more than them..they have a superiority complex and are very insecure when the black man is doing well...
Coming from a real 69 angel living in the vill at that time I can say he was the realest nigga alive. He had the nine and the five as one and no one could touch us. The vill will never be forgotten here in East Oakland and all over the bay they know the real about the MOB. I'm glad they made it nation wide about my nigga because he was a real nigga and not a snitch.
Did any of you know that Felix Wayne's "Motion To Suppress Evidence'" was overturned in the Court of Appeals after his death? He was giving that life sentence back. May he rest in peace. I admit it's a cold game out here. Grown people who played that dope game it was their choice. So the blame only falls on the individual themselves. Peace!
us as blacks do not have bank accounts already set up for us when we come into this 🌎 so sometimes we have to take the opportunity that is given to us at the moment sometimes it end peacefully but most time it end tragic just like the lady said he was a hero in my 👀 RIP FELIX THE 🐱💸💸💸💸
Darvin Mumphery you act like every white person is born with money. i know plenty of balck folks in my town who are raised with silver spoons in their mouths and jordans on their feet. And white folks in my town who are living in the hood hooked on dope. dont be racist.
ain't just blacks,also brown white, yellow......I know the majority is black but, shiyyyt I member I seen more browns then blacks at one point, lol....point is it's all fucked up
Every race and culture alive has origins. Everything in any industrialized country has crimimal element as the foundation of its success. Whether its war, stealing, rape, drugs or alcohol.
@@SellLids no matter what, whites still have advantages that are never exposed..I know a lot of legit blacks that are doing well but they stay under the radar because the white man is always concerned on what they are doing. The white man talks equality but in actuality they dont want you to get a penny more than them..they worry about your money and your dick size & if your a black man and you have more in those ways then it's a problem..the white man has a superiority complex and is very low key insecure..he cant make peace, everywhere he goes around the planet he causes chaos,crime,confusion,corruption,...just look at history(his story)...peace to all races.
I'm born and raised in Oakland, 28 years old. And I support NOTHING about the cocaine or drug trade in Oakland, no matter how glamorous or stylistic it may be viewed. I am black, and a product of the Oakland school system. And if you have anything in common with me from what I've mentioned, the drug trade has directly had an affect on your life. I support nothing of it, gaps in generational heritage? Broken families, in jail or drug addicts? Strained resources for grandparents? Thumbs DOWN.
I remember this funeral too I was 11 years old and my uncle who was 26 at the time lied to his boss saying that a family member died so he can check out the funeral. We didn't go in the church but we drove past it and drove to Rolling Hills cemetery for the burial.
I was 9years old and I lived in the Stanford apartment next door to the church, where the funerals was ,for days before the funeral we was excited we couldn’t wait to see the horse carriage and the cars , the news cameras , limousines , and fancy cars ! Best funeral I ever seen in a 9 year old eyes
WOW! My era, in my beloved city of Oakland, in cyber space! R.I.P. Big Fe', I was in the 10th grade when they laid you to rest OG, but reppin' to the fullest and tryin' to keep Oakland "poppin' tha most"! Shot out to your successors, my homies from the SNV (6-9 Ville), Lil Darryl Reed, Ricky Jeeter, Black, Yogi and Vale. Your Lil homie, Sir D-Roll Bushrod Park tha "Hoe or Die" Original 59 Killas 1981' N.S.O.
Not looking at the entirety of his connection to people of EastOakland or truly understanding WHY for right or wrong he was seen as a hero reaps of ignorance.
@@ToneB how the fuck would your RU-vid ass know anything? Some questions are meant to be rhetorical as nobody on RU-vid has the answer to that.. Go watch your conspiracy theory videos weirdo
Did he do anything for the community to make it a better place? Is that why people came out to see the procession? I remember that drug dealers in Columbia would get such honors because they had provided money to the schools, churches and hospitals. This was why people stood up for the drug dealers. That doesn't happen as much any more. Wonder how many of those young boys watching in awe try to emulate Felix Mitchell's life and get their shot at making it big, but are now dead?
Say man I'm from the town and dude is right. New Jack City was not based on Felix Mitchell. If you saw the first season of American Gangster, the writer of the movie was on the episode which featured the Chambers Brothers originally from Arkansas but moved to Detroit. The writer's name is Barry Michael Cooper do a google search or check you tube for the Chambers brothers. If he said he wrote it about the Chambers brotthers, then I would take his word for it.
@Xan81 Believe whatever you want. Felix Mitchell was a lowlife and he got sent to prison and died because he murdered to create his empire. So the fact that his business required him to kill the opposition means that killings are entirely relevant. As for the mortgage crisis, it was LEGAL for banks to make high risk loans. The mortgage crisis had predatory lending which was legal and outsourcing of jobs which is currently legal. It wasn't caused by fraud. It was caused by high unemploymen
Rayvyn007 heard about Felix on another site. Curiosity brought me here. Wanted to read people's views today on this drug dealer, bcos it was so alarming to see how the children of Oakland idolized this man. Read your comments. Very interesting, and right on point. You obviously had a college education bcos you speak very intelligently. Hope you decided to get involved, in a profession where the youth of 2018 can look up to someone like you. Peace out......
first off oakland been fucked off in tha drug game way before fee came alond so....tha whole bay i mean it is what it is but my question when they gonna talk about lil d i know don diva did lil sumthin but they need to drop a video about that nigga fo real
kids like he died in style hope i go out like that,hahaha,there something to aspire too!if only they knew how truly sad prison life is,cause its no life,just an existence,rotting away.
How do you know who I vote for? How do you know I even vote? I think you should ask for information before you hurl accusations at me. Do you have voices in your head that just produce information about individuals in some sort of grabasstick fashion and pull from a pool of random archetypes?
Sometimes I sit back and wonder why he didn't say nothing but then again I do now being older I see things differently the love you had for me was nothing less than amazing I was so young I had no idea I thought I could do better boy was I wrong that's why I be telling these dudes don't gas that girls head up cause you may not always be there to sugar coat stuff and stuff gets real
@Caveman1006 He sure did! Death and destrution was what he gave. And this funeral was the most apalling thing I had ever seen in my life. His family use the drug money that was stashed away somewhere after he died to pay for those city permits. Whats the purpose in giving to the community when your poisoning it at the same time and killing those that stand in your way. Felix was killed by someone who probably wanted vengeance for a love one that he murdered. So much for Oakland's legendary hero.
@Xan81 People have killed others in corporate situations to be sure, look at the Billionaire's Boy's Club. But that is very rare and not the normal way of doing business. In the business of drug dealing, shooting people and getting shot at is accepted. I know I've lost friends to that business. You're now going into semantics about people and their bad choices. The mortgage crisis was not caused by crime, it was caused by people not being able to back loans they should never have taken.
Look at my four eyed cuzzin Pokey...I remember that walk...I miss that nigga...I didn't go to the funeral...stayed at the house...The 80's was the days...oakland was fun back then...at least one person out the crew might of had a gun...now..everybody in the crew has one...Genocide fa real!!
I support the access to information that paints the story of history. But we as people, and Oaklanders need to control the dissemination of this information and type of media in effort to detour our future generations from this type of life, not encourage. All our media talents & artistic efforts we have are strained on negative stories, news and figures, and we combined don't show enough positive figures with the media technology that we actually have control of....WHY?
Man I'm here reading the two of yous comments back and forth and its pretty interesting. I'm reading this "fool" Xan81's comments and it really is funny to me on how he is intellectually using words and his knowledge to try and justify the drug business. It's people like this that think this way that is causing Black and Brown peoples communities to fall. Sellouts to green and unknowingly to the man.
FELIX DIDN'T MAKE ANYBODY GET HIGH HE JUST USED HIS MIND AN ORGANIZED HIS SHIT.YA CANT HATE HIM FOR THAT.AND NEARLY 30 YRS LATER 69THMOB IS STILL ONE OF THE MOST RESPECTED AN FEARED NAMES IN THE TOWN. GROWING UP IN THE 69TH VILLAGE WE ALWAYS HAD MORE CLOUT THAN THE REST,SO THANKS BIG FE.YOUR TACTICS HAVE BEEN PASSED DOWN THRU OUR GENERATIONS. SO YEP YEP WE LIVE THAT MOB LIFE TO THE FULLEST. 69THREGGVILLS 1ST LADY
