Memphis ran rampant with conspiracy theories. Wright owed money to the Petties gang who had him murdered. Petties was apparently in bed with the Mexican cartel who could easily make someone disappear, and then skip town untraced, or so the theory went. A break in the case came last month when police found a gun used in Wright’s murder in a lake near Walnut, Mississippi, about 75 miles from Memphis. Billy R. Turner was subsequently indicted for first-degree murder in Wright’s death. Though Turner pleaded not guilty, he and Sherra Wright attended the same church and authorities are certain they knew each other.
The case appears to confirm what Wright’s mother, Deborah Marion suspected, “These were cold-hard killers who had a vendetta against her son, and they were still in Memphis.” Now the hunt is on for others who were involved in the murder, or who knew something and kept quiet.
On Trump And The Global Economy
The second installment of Trump And The Global Economy Town Hall took place October 24th in Fort Greene. It Featured Professor Lance Brofman, Coconut Rob (Coconut Rob Smoothies), Wuyi Jacobs (AfroBeats Radio) and Ralph Baker, author of Shock Exchange: How Inner-City Kids From Brooklyn Predicted the Great Recession and the Pain Ahead.
The event was well-received by the community. We parsed through President Trump’s proposed tax plan and [i] how it was pure economic folly and [ii] high net worth individuals could potentially game the system by shifting income around. Apparently, Kansas Coach Bill Self did this when the state of Kansas cut taxes in the past. We discussed the pros and cons of technology on workers and the economy. How will the economy and country prosper under Trump’s leadership vis-a-vis Obama? What’s behind the verbal sparring with black athletes, ESPN’s Jemele Hill and North Korea’s Kim Jong Un?
