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Mickey Z
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Sunday, May 08, 2005
The mother of all days
“Momma said knock you out.” - LL Cool J
There are plenty of maternal nicknames: Mama Cass and her Papas, Moms Mobley and her purse, Mother Goose and her rhymes...to name a few. But one of my favorites is Kate “Ma” Barker, the supposed leader of one of the most notorious criminal gangs of the 1930s J. Edgar Hoover (who perhaps knew a thing or two about matronly ways) labeled Ma Barker a “veritable beast of prey” and “one of the most vicious, dangerous, and resourceful criminal brains” of his era.
She earned Hoover’s acrimony by allegedly introducing her four sons to the life of crime that landed them all on the FBI’s “Most Wanted” list. Yet, there was never any evidence that Ma Barker participated in or helped to plan any crimes. More than few historians believe that after FBI agents “mistakenly” killed her during a gun battle, her legend was fabricated whole cloth on the spot to justify the action.
To read the complete article, please click here:
http://www.dissidentvoice.org/May05/MickeyZ0507.htm
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Here’s the story of a different Ma Barker...courtesy of Harry: http://tinyurl.com/b632q
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