The wiretap case never went forward. They did the raids. They made them push up the raids, so they could put some dope on the table. They weren’t similar in scope or history or anything, but Melvin was similar as an avatar to Avon [Barksdale]. And Stringer [Bell] was Lamont “Chin” Farmer. Chin only got seven years federal back when there was parole. So, Chin went and did two or three years and was out and Chin was really the mastermind. Chin was like command central and [Williams’s lieutenant Louis] “Cookie” Savage got like twenty. They all got it over separate charges, but they never did the
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