Click Here to Download: https://ouo.io/2lcD2c The Life Crimes and Hard Times of Ricky Atkinson, Leader of Dirty Tricks Gang By: Richard Atkinson Publisher: Exile Editions Print ISBN: 9781550966749, 155096674X eText ISBN: 9781550966756, 1550966758 Edition: 1st Format: EPUB Available from $ 2.00 USD SKU 9781550966756R30 A sober memoir that provides a solid understanding of how crime is situated in structural, cultural, historical, and situational contexts. This is the life story of Ricky Atkinson, leader of the Dirty Tricks Gang, who grew up fast and hard in one of Toronto's toughest neighborhoods during the social ferment of the Sixties, during the fledgling Black Power Movement in Canada. His life was made all the more difficult coming from a black, white and aboriginal mixed family. Under his leadership, the gang eventually robbed more banks and pulled off so many jobs, that it is unrivaled in Canadian history. Follow him from the mean streets to backroom plotting, to jail and back again as he learns the hard lessons of leadership, courage and betrayal. Today, after reconciling his past and life, he works to educate youth and people from all backgrounds about the no-win choice of being a criminal.
