Dead
Man Incorporated
Leslie
K. Penny
Research
Assignment #6.1
Chancellor
University
Dead Man Incorporated
If all the known gangs in the US
were lumped together as a whole, we would have a huge army of readily available
thugs with no qualms to begin anarchy.
The only benefit from gangs is that they DON'T all act as one. Some are allies but most despise the
other. As a whole, according to the FBI,
gangs represent 1.4 million of our population that covers 33,000 different
gangs (Michael, 2012).
The following essay will concentrate on one gang, Dead Man Incorporated,
and answer the following questions: when and where the gang originated; what
qualifications are needed to be a member; who they are aligned with and who
they have as enemies; the most recent newsworthy event about the group; and in
what prisons they seem to pose the biggest problem.
Dead Man Incorporated originated in
the Maryland Correctional System in the late 1990's (Dead Man Inc) and founded by Perry
Roark (42) who, just this year, plead guilty "to conspiracy to
participating in" the "violent racketeering enterprise", Dead
Man Incorporated, and confessed to being the "Supreme Commander"
since its inception in 2000 (The FBI: Federal Bureau of Investigation, 2012). This writer is finding conflicting years of
DMI's inception from several references.
According to gangs.org, DMI is the third largest gang in Maryland and
have the same anti-religious and anti-government beliefs the same as the Black
Guerilla Family and also created a similar "white off-shoot" gang.
In order to gain membership into
Dead Man Incorporated, one must go through a formal process via a written
application and must undergo a back ground check (Dead Man Inc).
At one point, only white's were allowed to join DMI but as the gang grew
on the outside of prison, non-whites were introduced into the pack, however an
order was eventually issued that all non-whites had to remove themselves from
the gang by April 2009 or face the consequences (Walker, 2012).
DMI doesn't except homosexuals, rapists, and snitches (Power Over All).
Once an applicant has been
approved, the member is "held to a strict, written code; the consequences
of violations of that code are fatal" (Dead Man Inc).
Other members were basically absorbed from smaller gangs making DMI larger
as time went on and are recognized for their violence against inmates and staff
and, allegedly, will do contract murders for the Black Guerilla family (Walker, 2012).
According to StrHATEtalk.com, DMI's
enemies are all prison gangs in general and their allies are Black Guerilla
Family and Aryan Brotherhood of Texas (Power Over All).
However, if a spinoff group called, Power Over All, takes over DMI then
their enemies would be the Black Guerilla Family and their allies would be the
Aryan Brotherhood of Texas, the Neo-Nazi Skinhead, and the Mexican Mafia. Time will tell if the POA branch based in a
correctional facility in Texas will take over the DMI. POA was originated by James Sweeney who was
once a right hand man for Perry Roark.
When Federal and State Law Enforcement tried to break up DMI they
inadvertently gave DMI the opportunity to spread. The original founder, Perry Roark, stayed in
Maryland while James Sweeney was sent to Texas and, another right hand man,
Brian Jordan, was sent to a correctional facility in Louisiana (Power Over All).
As mentioned earlier, the most
recent newsworthy event regarding DMI was a guilty plea by the gangs leader, Perry Roark, aka: Rock,
Pops, Slim, and Saho the Ghost on charges of federal racketeering, murder and
drug charges(The FBI: Federal Bureau of Investigation, 2012). Ironically, Roark was scheduled to be
released from state prison but will now spend the rest of his life in federal
prison instead for leading DMI and arranging murders, admitting "that he
conspired to conduct the affairs of DMI through a pattern of criminal activity
from 2000 to present, including: murder and threats to commit murder, armed
robbery, drug trafficking, and extortion" (The FBI: Federal Bureau of Investigation, 2012).
The FBI site goes on to say that DMI
members and associates smuggled drugs, tobacco, cell phones, and other contraband
into prisons by concealing them on inmates visitors. The contraband cell phones were used by DMI
gang members in prison to coordinate further "smuggling of contraband into
prison, to disseminate information about arrests and releases of members and associates,
to warn of investigation, to publicize the identities of persons believed to be
cooperating with law enforcement, and to order assaults and murders of such
persons as well as enemies of DMI" (The FBI: Federal Bureau of Investigation, 2012).
To conclude, even though DMI hasn't
the reputation of gangs such as the Aryan Brotherhood, they are still a gang
just the same, causing havoc where ever they go. Now that the leader, ironically, is serving time for the rest of his life in
the very prison DMI posed the biggest problem, another leader will most
certainly take his place and ensure the gangs survival. We learned the origins of DMI as well as the
means to join the gang, those that aren't allowed to join and the gangs enemies
and allies. We also learned that a gang
leader isn't indestructible and can be taken down.
Works Cited
(2012). Retrieved 10 13, 2012, from The FBI: Federal
Bureau of Investigation:
http://www.fbi.gov/baltimore/press-releases/2012/founder-of-violent-dead-man-incorporated-gang-pleads-guilty-to-federal-racketeering-murder-and-drug-charges
Dead Man Inc. (n.d.). Retrieved 10
13, 2012, from Gangs.org: http://gangs.umd.edu/Gangs/DeadManInc.aspx
Michael.
(2012, 01 20). There are 1.4 Million Gang Members in the United States and
more Pour into the Country Every Singe Day. Retrieved 10 13, 2012, from
The American Dream: http://endoftheamericandream.com/archives/1-4-million-gang-members-and-more-pour-into-the-united-states-every-single-day
Power Over All. (n.d.). Retrieved 10
13, 2012, from StrHATE Talk: http://www.strhatetalk.com/Power_Over_All.html
Walker,
R. (2012, February 22). Dead Man Inc Prison Gang-DMI. Retrieved Oct 12,
2012, from Gangs or Us: http://www.gangsorus.com/dead_man_inc_prison_gang.htm
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