Rick Stevens, Early Tower of Power Lead Singer, Has Been Released on Parole
• August 12, 2012 • 2 CommentsPosted in African American History, Black People, Class, Crime, Cultural History, Drug Culture/Industry, Health, Murder/Manslaughter, Music, Protestant Denominations, Religion, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Tower of Power
Tags: "Sparkling in the Sand", African Americans, Blacks, California, Donald Charles Stevenson, Donald Stevenson, Double Life Sentence, Drug Dealers, Drugs, East Bay Express, East Bay Grease, Growing Up, Imprisonment, Ione CA, Lead Singer, Life Sentence, Love, Mule Creek State Prison, Murder, Parole, Parole Hearing, Peter Boldin, Prison, Release, Rick Stevens, San Francisco Bay Area, The Seventies, Tower of Power, United States
Update: BART Cop Trial for Shooting of Oscar Grant Sent to Los Angeles, Not San Diego
• November 21, 2009 • 1 CommentPosted in Black People, Class, Crime, Crime-Cops-Injustice, Hate Crimes, Health, Mental Health/Psychology, Murder/Manslaughter, People of Color, Race, The Mainstream Media (MSM)
Tags: African Americans, Alameda County, BART, BART Police, BART Train, Blacks, California, CBS, Cephus Johnson, Constables on Patrol, District Attorneys, East Bay, East Bay Express, Fruitvale Station, Johannes Mehserle, John Burris, Judge Morris Jacobson, Los Angeles County, Michael Rains, Murder, Oakland, Oakland CA, Oaktown, Oscar Grant, Oscar Grant III, Police Brutality, Racism, San Diego County, The Oakland Tribune
Rick Stevens is Still in Jail and is Not a Young Man
• May 31, 2009 • 24 CommentsPosted in Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Chicanos/Latinos, Crime, Music, People of Color, Religion, Tower of Power
Tags: "Sparkling in the Sand", "You're Still a Young Man", Aaron Neville, Bay Area, Bump City, California, Common Sense, Constables on Patrol, Donald Stevenson, Double Life Sentence, Drug Dealers, Drugs, East Bay Express, East Bay Grease, Emilio "Mimi" Castillo, Growing Up, Katy St. Clair, KPIX, Lithium, Merle Haggard, Mule Creek State Prison, Murder, Narcotics, Prince, Reality, Remorse, Rick Stevens, San Francisco, San Francisco Bay Area, The Bay Area, The Seventies, Tower of Power, Tower of Power Horn Section, United States, Young Man