But He Renounced the Gang March 5, 2008
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And Barack Obama was really against NAFTA, too.
Reuters:
Kenya police fire teargas to halt gang protest
Kenyan police fired teargas on Wednesday to scatter street protests by hundreds of young men demanding the release of a former leader of the outlawed Mungiki gang from prison.
Police in riot gear chased the protesters through downtown Nairobi, frightening residents still on edge after post-election violence which killed more than 1,000 people and forced 300,000 from their homes.
“We demand the immediate release of Maina Njenga and his cars, which were impounded by the police,” a statement given to Reuters by a rioter said.
John Maina Njenga, a former leader and founder member of the Mungiki criminal gang, is serving a five-year sentence for possession of an illegal firearm.
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According to local media, Njenga renounced the gang while in prison, saying he had become a born-again Christian.
Then why are all these young men (presumably fellow gangsters) demanding that they want him sprung? This reminds me of the time leading up to Stanley “Tookie” Williams being dispatched to his just reward more than two years ago. We were supposed to believe that he renounced the Crips gang he founded, yet there were all these threats of violence and retribution from the Crips upon his execution.
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