Streets is Talking....Fuck your clout!

Joseph Frugoli may have gotten a cheap bond very quickly, however family and friends of Andrew "Evol" Cazares, and Fausto "Afroe 42" Manzera are'nt letting this "go away" as quickly as Frugoli and his CPD homies would like.

Hey Joey... I know you are plugged with the city but youre going to jail this time pimpin. thats what it is. You might as well just cop out and take your time. If you can enforce the rules why not follow them...

South side beef squashed.

Here we are, approaching the weekend following a difficult week. The passing of three well respected people within our scene has given us all a humbling reality check, reminding us of our own mortality. At the services for both Evol and Afroe, I ran into people who I have had a less than cordial past with, however this time we bumped into one another the vibe was different.

I had some personal drama that was'nt as serious as the graf drama but still uncomfortable come to an amicable end at Afroe's services. That felt good.

As far as the Graf Drama. I spoke with Dabs and Guru intially at Evol's services and we concluded that there have been too many deaths to perpetuate any further beef between any of the southside crews. CAB, CMK, 35th, AIR, and anyone in between, that shit is dead. We can't redo any of the horrible things that may have happened between us but we can prevent any further bullshit. Let's get real, who wants to go to another funeral anytime soon? Especially if it could have been prevented. I'm not sure if we will ever all be best friends, but at least we wont be ready to kick it off at the first sight of one another either. I have faith in this resolution and I hope everyone else does too.

Here is a throwback to provide a soundtrack for this moment.

Peace

St. Alfred "Afro 42" Shirt

Big up to Kane One , for getting this popping...

Rest in power. Afroe KYM

To celebrate the life of Fausto "Afro" Manzera, St. Alfred is
releasing this shirt tonight from 10-11PM. 42 shirts were made. $42
each. All proceeds go to Afro's family. On behalf of his fam, his
father Fausto Manzera Sr., would like to personally thank St. Alfred
for this wonderful tribute to his son. We miss you so much lil brotha.
Look at how many people you've touched.

Moodswangz doing the damn thang!

| DONT FOLLOW THE LAWS, I JUST ENFORCE THEM!

Big up to Gerrard McClendon (CLTV). I couldnt have said it better myself.

Only Drunken Cops Get Bail

How can the alleged culprit in a fiery crash on the Ryan, killing two people, get bail? Well, if you're a police officer with a blood alcohol level of .277, traveling 65 mph, killing Andrew Cazares, 23, and Fausto Manzera, 21 - just post $50K and you can go home and sleep off the hangover.

I can justify why the fight and arrest broke out after word broke that Frugoli was to be released on bond. He allegedly killed two people, and he gets to go home and watch his alleged behavior on CLTV news? No way.

Reverse the scenario - if Cazeres and Manzera were the drunken party, killing a police officer - they would have already been tried, found guilty, serving a wreckless manslaughter, DUI charge, thrown in prison, never to be heard from, again. Wicked double standard...and we will see how "just" our courts system is when the trial comes up. There is no way Frugoli should have been released...No way!

M.A.D.D. has good reason to be mad - especially when to "serve and protect" shifts to "defer and neglect." The FOP should have demanded "no bond." Have Frugoli sacrifice a little time away from a martini - and let's find the bar or restaurant that served him.

Here is a photo of Officer Joseph Frugoli...should he be out on bail?

AFROE & EVOL R.I.P.!

FUCK!

April 10, 2009 (CHICAGO) (WLS) -- An off-duty Chicago police officer, accused of causing a deadly crash, was charged with DUI and reckless homicide on Friday night.

Police say Joseph Frugoli crashed his SUV into a car stopped on the side of the Dan Ryan Expressway near 18th Street early Friday morning.

The two men inside the red Dodge Intrepid likely never knew what happened as their gas tank exploded and the car became a fireball.

Andrew Cazares, 23, had called a friend minutes earlier telling him he'd had a flat tire. He pulled over to the side of the Ryan just after 3:30 a.m. That's when a black Lexus SUV slammed into the back.

The SUV was allegedly driven by 41-year-old Joseph Frugoli, an 18 year veteran of the Chicago Police Department who was off duty. Officers arrested him as he allegedly left the scene.

Meantime, Cazares and Fausto Manzera, 21, were trapped inside the burning car.

"He had that a personal way of welcoming others and making people feel part of our group at work, just in general. He definitely was a light to the room with his attitude," said Mindy Evans, fellow DePaul student.

Manzera was a student at DePaul studying art. His close friend Cazares worked in construction and shared the interest in art.

State police went to his family's home on Friday morning to share information with them. The investigation allegedly reveals Frugoli's blood alcohol was three times the legal limit. He has worked most recently as a detective at Area 1 headquarters.

The state's attorney has charged Frugoli with two counts of reckless homicide, two counts of aggravated DUI and one count of leaving the scene of an accident involving death.

Marcus Copeland was nearby the scene and tried to help the two victims.

"It was just the flames, every time I put my hand in there&there was nothing I could do," said Copeland.

The police department has stripped away Frugoli's police power and opened an Internal Affairs investigation.

The officer is due to appear in bond court on Saturday.

DJ Third Rail or Officer "Third Rail" Fuentes?

i know that I am late on this but I need to add my two cents. Its only right.

First and foremost. 3rd Rail showed me a lot of support at the beginning of my run of dropping rap records. He threw me on a few of the subway hip hop joints stocked my shit at beat parlor and hip house, and even went the extra mile of pushing my product on customers when they came in those stores.

Nonetheless.
I knew 3rd did the guardian angels shit but i thought he was on some once and a while old school "protect the neighborhood/save old ladies from getting"mugged" "purse snatching" tip...you know like beat street/style wars era all you see is crime in the city kinda vibe.I also thought he turned a blind eye to graf as a guardian angel. But I guess that aint the case....

The video circulating on youtube is unacceptable. "officer we have graffiti writers " Cmon KIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIID... "what part of the game is that? (word to scheme lol)

Your name is 3rd rail. you got a graf discussion forum on your website and you call your mixtapes "subway hip hop". =GRAF, GRAF, GRAF, then why "officer we have graffiti writers "?

I think you are off your rocker, pimpin. Straight up. I never commented when you got out of pocket and WROTE IN ALL CAPS in other forum posts in the past, trying to pull old school rank because you were doing you, even though I may not have agreed, you were doing you and i respect that.

Nonetheless, your new found pride in being an anti-graf guardian angel is cool or whatever,( i guess) but it invalidates your hip hop props. If you wanna do that---- quit wnur, give up public djing , go into isolation, and kick it at cop bars. You dont even get paid for being a guardian angel. what the fuck is the point?
Who are you protecting? stupid fucking yuppies/hipsters on the western blue line from "eyesores" cmon kiiiiiiid . you are wrong and you know it. I dont feel safe talking to you if i see you. I am really dissapointed and disenchanted with this shit because you used to be a pretty cool guy.

For EVERYONE ELSE who may have an opinion on graf.

Graffiti can be expensive to clean up and i agree that thier are guidelines on to what is ok and not ok. Houses are not ok, etch bath on indie business not ok. damage/

defacement to CTA-beyond ok, -neccesary. Chicago is getting a bit too clean we need a little more grime to keep shit balanced. IS Chicago the city or the suburbs in the city limits? Whats more important culture or commerce? can they coexist? A little off topic /kinda tangent but valid questions nonethless...

This sterilization of the city sure is ironic when you look at how dirty shit is beneath the surface. The Daley machine demonized graf and dick M. got in office using his daddy's type of tactics with Graffiti Blasters. It was the easiest target to make a noticable difference. However before a lot of areas got gentrified, writers would paint them diffusing the gang

influence, and make them cool for "artists" and "activists" to frequent. Once the artists/activists move in, then the "urban pioneers" (wannabe yuppies creeping on a come up) come in, after they get established the full blown yuppies are there and the cycle continues somewhere else. My point is graffiti enabled this change and then it is blamed for urban decay when it actually was the catalyst for economic sodomy i mean gentrification.

and one last thing....

How about cleaning up city hall instead of painting the walls shit brown and continue to deficit spend hoping to land an olympic bid.

no proofreading or punctuation/grammar correction so excuse me...

I've just wasted what would have been my time to eat lunch. i got biz to handle . SF!