Jose Padilla, Hard to Particularize
Non-violence is not an easy path.
In the days before Jose Padilla converted to Islam, he was a member of the Maniac Latin Disciples, a peer group that wouldn’t instill a whole lot of faith in his understanding of what is and is not violent.
Non-violence is not an easy path.
In the days before Jose Padilla converted to Islam, he was a member of the Maniac Latin Disciples, a peer group that wouldn’t instill a whole lot of faith in his understanding of what is and is not violent. Drinking and apparently on a whim, Padilla and a buddy decided to rob a couple of Mexican immigrants who may or may not have been rival gang members.
Not exactly rolling over, the Mexicans put up a fight and chased them. One of the guys wouldn’t quit. Tired of running, Padilla and his buddy turned on Elio Evangelista, the buddy stabbed him and Padilla repeatedly kicked him in the head ''because he felt like it.'' Not a nice guy. But, if you’ve lived in Chicago and been mugged, as I have, it’s not all that unusual a…