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`Gator' Bradley Polishes Image Of Gangbanger Gone Straight
February 18, 1994|By George Papajohn and John Kass, Tribune Staff Writers.
Wallace "Gator" Bradley's trip to Washington to discuss crime issues with President Clinton was a big moment for the reformed burglar and stickup man.
He arrived at the White House with Rev. Jesse Jackson and several other officials to brief the president before Clinton's first State of the Union Address. Later that day, his eyes tired and his manner almost giddy, Bradley called a news conference in Chicago and triumphantly told reporters, "It was righteous."
The Jan. 24 meeting with the world's most powerful leader, however, likely would not have happened without some help from Illinois' most powerful gang leader, Larry Hoover, a man whom Bradley had visited only eight days before in a state prison.
Wallace "Gator" Bradley's trip to Washington to discuss crime issues with President Clinton was a big moment for the reformed burglar and stickup man.
He arrived at the White House with Rev. Jesse Jackson and several other officials to brief the president before Clinton's first State of the Union Address. Later that day, his eyes tired and his manner almost giddy, Bradley called a news conference in Chicago and triumphantly told reporters, "It was righteous."
The Jan. 24 meeting with the world's most powerful leader, however, likely would not have happened without some help from Illinois' most powerful gang leader, Larry Hoover, a man whom Bradley had visited only eight days before in a state prison.
Hoover Pal Bradley Criticizes U.s. Case
He Says Government Glorifies Drug Dealing
April 24, 1997|By Matt O'Connor, Tribune Staff Writer.
Wallace "Gator" Bradley, longtime confidant to Gangster Disciple leader Larry Hoover, charged Wednesday that the government set out in its case against Hoover to glorify him as a multimillionaire in order to entice young black people into a life of drug-dealing.
Bradley first leveled the accusation in an article in the Chicago Defender, prompting Assistant U.S. Atty. Ronald Safer to press him for an explanation at the end of a combative cross-examination.
"I believe Mr. Safer is trying to give the impression that an individual can go to the penitentiary for 23 years and become a multimillionaire," Bradley told jurors at Hoover's trial on drug conspiracy charges.
April 24, 1997|By Matt O'Connor, Tribune Staff Writer.
Wallace "Gator" Bradley, longtime confidant to Gangster Disciple leader Larry Hoover, charged Wednesday that the government set out in its case against Hoover to glorify him as a multimillionaire in order to entice young black people into a life of drug-dealing.
Bradley first leveled the accusation in an article in the Chicago Defender, prompting Assistant U.S. Atty. Ronald Safer to press him for an explanation at the end of a combative cross-examination.
"I believe Mr. Safer is trying to give the impression that an individual can go to the penitentiary for 23 years and become a multimillionaire," Bradley told jurors at Hoover's trial on drug conspiracy charges.
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