Normalized Crime

In this episode Berto tells stories of time that innocent people were affected by his Gang Activity. We discuss a sombering story of the time of a step mother type figure to Berto was shot and wounded by a drive by shooting.

In this episode we talk about a court ruling that minors cannot get life sentences and some real life people that have been effected by this change.

In this episode Berto tells the story of the first crime that he did time for at just thirteen years of age.

In this episode we take a look at an article written about a member of Bertos gang. We discuss what events mentioned in the article and how Bertos memories of the events differ from what the article reports.

You can read the full article here

https://archive.jsonline.com/watchdog/watchdogreports/102706024.html/

Berto tells about the time he spent in County Jail and about moving to the Federal Penitentiary after his trial

Berto tells us the story about one of the Longest Days from when he was in the Latin Kings.

On a less serious note we discuss some of the fun Pranks that members of a Gang will play on each other.

In this episode we look at the challenges of coming out of Prison and trying to rebuild your life

Berto talks about some of the times when involved in a life of the crime, that the criminal just gets lucky.

In this episode Berto talks about some of the challenges he faced when making the decision to cooperate with the Government and how that decision effected his life.