$1000 REWARD
I had a photo taken in May, 2006 with about a dozen Bloods gang members.
The location was Downtown Disney at Disney World, Florida.
I will pay 1000 dollars for this picture.
ABOUT THE CONTEXT:
This was back at the apex of the largely unreported Disney Gang Wars in which Bloods would gather at Downtown Disney West Side at the entrance to Pleasure Island and the Crips would congregate in the east side of Pleasure Island. Soon after the photo was taken Disney began to prohibit gang behavior and clothing, congregating and even hiphop at House of Blues (they later banned metal for a short time when criticism of behavior profiling arose).
I personally found the gang members to be just as pleasant as the British and Brazilian tourists. What’s so bad about enjoying the Magic so intensely that they claimed a small corner of it as their own territory?
ABOUT THE PICTURE:
The photo is framed with me in the center. I’m wearing a red jacket and have a goofy mop of hair and a mustache. Standing next to me are four or more Bloods, two on each side, with their arms around me. In front of us are about five or six Bloods kneeling on one knee.
The Bloods on each side of the top row are framing the picture with the ‘B’ hand gesture.
Naturally, all of them are wearing red and black.
HOW TO FIND IT:
Everyone in Orlando knows everyone in Orlando. Think of the people you know who may know someone who is a Blood (or who may himself be a Blood). Refer them to this post. If they don’t have it, they will probably know the person who does.
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My curse is that I am my own obsessive historian. Reflecting on this memory is not good enough. I want that picture. I think about it every few weeks. There is no piece of art on this planet I want more than that photograph. Find it. Please.
If the photo is found and transferred on or before the last day of 2009, the reward is 1000 dollars. The bounty will remain open in perpetuity after that, but will decrease to 500 dollars.
