Posted on 01/04/2007 8:42:07 AM PST by george76
Hicks identified as longtime member of metro-area Crips.
People who know Brian Kenneth Hicks might not be hard to find. But those willing to talk about him could be more difficult to come by.
That's according to one of Denver's top non-police authorities on gang activity, the Rev. Leon Kelly, executive director of Denver's Open Door Youth Gang Alternatives.
"He's a Crip," said Kelly, who has been working to combat metro-area gang violence for more than 20 years. "I know him from past experiences. In 21 years, you run into a lot of people. Brian and his crew, I've known him over the years."
But Kelly won't say a lot about Hicks.
"There's a lot of people spooked right now, a lot of people spooked," Kelly said.
"To speak on what I've seen and what I know . . . I've got to be concerned about my safety. And my family's safety."
Hicks, who turned 28 three weeks ago, was sitting in the Denver County Jail on New Year's morning when Broncos cornerback Darrent Williams was killed in a hail of gunfire.
Hicks has been in jail on $550,000 bail since shortly after his arrest Nov. 9 for allegedly possessing four kilos of cocaine for distribution. He also faces a charge of attempted murder in a June 2005 case.
Tragic trail ...
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the Tahoe is registered the 27-year-old Brian Hicks, a self-professed gang member.
Hicks is currently in jail on unrelated attempted murder and drug charges. Hicks made local headlines roughly a month ago when the key witness in his attempted murder trial was gunned down in front of her home.
http://www.9news.com/news/article.aspx?storyid=62604
A crip tried to steal my mountain bike off of my balcony back when I was single, living in an apartment. I caught him in the act. He had no fear. He put a rock through one of the windows and cursed me with a death curse. It was the closest I've ever gotten to being in a full on shoot out. Good thing he ran - good thing for both of us.
Interesting. I was in downtown Denver in August 2003 for a convention and had a rental car completely shot up while it was sitting in a parking lot diagonal Starbucks and next to the Hyatt. Numerous cars were obliterated in several lots during a gang war that occured on a Friday night while a volient rain storm raged. I can only assume the gangs there wait for bad weather to shoot the place up.
A person with Williams at the club was said to be dressed all in red, a color commonly associated with the Bloods gang.
Sources tell 9NEWS that while at the nightclub, that person was in an altercation with other club-goers dressed in all blue, a color commonly associated with the Crips gang.
Hours later, the limo was sprayed with bullets near 11th and Speer Blvd.
Police say the manner in which the bullets were sprayed were typical of an intentional act to hurt someone, as they were shot roughly at head level.
Why was Broncos cornerback Darrent Williams associating with known gang-bangers?Or was it the Denver Nuggets who were entertaining the gang-bangers?
"Jailed Tahoe owner"
A TAHOE owner. Well, he SHOULD be in jail!
Club Safari is at The Shelter, 10th Avenue and Broadway
• Dec. 6: Clark-James, a key witness against Hicks in connection with the June 2005 shooting, is shot and killed five days before Hicks is scheduled for trial.
• Dec. 11: Hicks' trial in the 2005 case is postponed. He remains in jail on more than $1 million bail.
IMHO we would be better off to round up all known gang members and execute them on the spot. That would really take a bite out of crime.
The Denver Nugget player got himself shot several times in the legs ? several months ago.
I believe that he use to frequent this club, too. ( not sure )
Way to set an example for your flock, o courageous man of God.
Glorify the thug life.......
One note I haven't seen anywhere yet, is that this was a very upscale club, so anyone there had lots of $$$ to spend and I wonder if the club owners are gang affiliated and tolerated the thugs?
IMHO we would be better off to round up all known gang members and execute them on the spot. That would really take a bite out of crime."
Give us a donation site for the money for the bullets. I will donate.
Why was Broncos cornerback Darrent Williams associating with known gang-bangers?
I think if people found out the percentage of professional athletes that are associated with gangs, they would be shocked.
I say send them all to Gitmo with all the other terrorists.
Easy for you to say.
I have heard reports that the club does very well
$$$
The Nuggets hero, Carmello, even shot a video with some gang bangers in Baltimore ?
Show some damn class would you?
About as easy as it is to call yourself a "Reverend" apparently.
Complete trash. Jail for life if he can't be executed quickly.
the Denver Police Department's press conference set to begin at 10 a.m.
Lots of criminals like to operate during loud weather, masks their noise.
Hicks and his associates are extremely dangerous.
nope...don't know anything about that....another name for this group you might know is 'skinheads'.....
The bloods and crips can thrive where there's no organized resistance. But I think they're basically like any other set of bullies, and will fold when confronted.
Arian skinheads?
I've seen no evidence that Williams was a banger or regularly hung out with them, in contrast to Carmelo.
I think this is just another sign of the penetration, if not glorification, of gang culture into sports and entertainment. It's high time for people to start denouncing gangsta rap for what it is and quit calling it "art." We need more people with Bill Cosby's courage.
Oh wait..you meant aryan.
Not much new from the presser :
From a 9-11 tip , the police found the white suv poorly spray painted on the four sides somewhat black.
The top was still white and the rear plate was left on and painted black, while the front plate was not painted.
I do agree with you.....
"A crip tried to steal my mountain bike off of my balcony back when I was single, living in an apartment. I caught him in the act. He had no fear. He put a rock through one of the windows and cursed me with a death curse. It was the closest I've ever gotten to being in a full on shoot out. Good thing he ran - good thing for both of us."
Years ago I stopped a couple of gangbangers from robbing an old lady of her SS check. They spouted the usual crap about killing me and ran off. Later that night they came back and shot the windows out of my jeep. I took a couple of shots at them with a 12 ga. and they ran off. The police came eventually (after sitting down the block and waiting for reinforcements) and proceeded to give me hell about shooting at the perps which they never bothered to chase into the housing project.
These scumbags don't have much to fear. The usual reaction from government after another gang related shooting incident is to dis-arm the public so they can't defend themselves. There was a metrosexual/castrati on the radio last night complaining to the host that it was unfair and racist to presume that the perp in Denver was a gang-banger. We have been propagandized to death. (rant off)
We need more people with Bill Cosby's courage.
I agree. It should be a crime to be in a gang like the bloods and/or crips.
I've always thought the best way to stop gang grafitti is to post a sharpshooter with a scoped rifle a good ways off from an area that is constantly grafitti'd. The sharpshooters pick off the gang menbers a few times at several locations until they get the idea that grafitti can get them killed.
Hey, that Aryan Nations you are talking about..would that be the same Aryan Nations whose motto is "Together we can reach the masses with the Truth exposing jewry as Satan' kid's and the Children of Darkness they are!"
Just asking.
Where can I buy a shirt like yours?
There was a line in "The Naked Gun" which while obviously meant to be funny, kind of sums up law enforcement's attitude about gang violence.
"No sir, in this state killing a gang member is only a $10 fine. You can mail it in."
They found the suv north of I-70 and south of DIA.
Some think that the perps then flew to LA
Honestly, I don't follow the NBA.
Is Carmelo a gang-banger?
Great role model, then.
I don't have all those answers, all I know is they are in Idaho and they have a camp there where they train, they are all White, and they don't like Government, Police or Blacks, Mexicans, etc.
You'll have to Google 'skinheads' and read more if you want to know...
Watch most any college football game, when the cameras focus on the players on the sideline, there always are a few who flash their gang signs.
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