Smooth Criminal!?

The community college I work at hosted a drug and gang awareness forum tonight. Just to familiarize you with what this is, it is just an informative session where local police departments teach/show the public about drugs and gangs in the area. Also, the public has the opportunity to ask questions and find out what they can do to combat these problems in the community.
I was standing at the back of the auditorium with some members of the local police department minding my own business when all of a sudden I hear a detective say “What the fuck is he doing here!?” I was lost! I didn’t know if he was talking about me or someone else. Then he made the motion towards a guy in the audience.

The detective then went outside to talk to a uniform officer. A few minutes later, the detective and the uniform officer come back and escort the guy out and being to search him. They found him to have a huge wad of cash and a baggie of weed. Needless to say, he was cuffed and taken out of the building.

Later, I asked the detective about the situation. I could not believe my ears. Apparently, this guy had like 5 warrants for his arrest for various charges, he’s a known drug dealer, AND a member of a gang! Now, I’m not a smart man but I would think if I was wanted AND a gang member, I would not go to a forum about gangs when it’s a known fact police will be there. Maybe that’s just me. But I was also informed that gangs are known to send a “spy” to these forums to find out what law enforcement knows about local gangs so they can change their tactics and tendencies. I believe that’s a smart thing to do. Spies are in everything from international matters to local business so it would make sense gangs would do something like this. BUT if I was a gang leader and I wanted to put a spy in one of these forums, first of all, he would be dressed like everyone else in the audience. By this I mean no pants down below the knees, no shirt so long it almost touch the ankles, AND no “pimp” walk with corn rolls in the hair! When one person fits this description in a crowd of about 100 well dressed and well groomed people, he kinda sticks out like a sore thumb! Maybe it’s just me!

So, to all you gang members out there, here’s a word of advice, send a spy that can adapt to the environment you are sending him/her to. And if police will be there, don’t send someone with multiple warrants because they kinda keep track of things like that for some reason! Until then, you dumbass gang leaders/members are my close encounter with stupidity!