Cocaine Cowboys - John Roberts Life

[konrad2007PL]

R.I.P. Jon Roberts [*]

My Paragon

[theurbansurvivalist1]

@konrad2007PL Christ, that's one hell of a paragon. Jon was a monster; he'd put a bullet in you for kicks. Read his autobiography; it's very telling.

Mickey Munday is the guy to idolize-- never used violence, distanced himself from the brutality, was sober as a judge throughout, and still has most of his money. That's the way to do it.

[TrueArtEntertainment]

@GunGemini: nice! i just got that book too, its awesome.

[GunGemini]

i just picked up his book AMERICAN DESPERADO

good book

[jwatwater]

$50k a week? 8 Mercedes a year? What? WHAT?

[FreeBlago1]

Cool doc. You have to be a douche to be in dope today. Life sentences, and low profits. Back in the 70s and 80s, adjusted for inflation, profits were 8x higher than today!!!!.......and with pussy ass sentences.

[morrieswigs]

best documentary ever

[FreeBlago1]

This dude turned rat, Yahoo it.

[StringerDev]

@FreeBlago1 He's still a rat criminal, that's how he keeps himself out.

[Justdisco2]

@StringerDev Don't believe everything it says in Wikilpedia It says in cocaine cowboys that he done 14 years in a federal penitentary was released in 2000, So he done is time, It was his mate max, that was the rat.

[theurbansurvivalist1]

@Justdisco2 Jon rolled; it's in his autobiography. Informing on cohorts is as old as crime itself.

People who constantly denigrate "rats" and informants have never really been involved in crime; they get their understanding from movies and rap songs. In crime, especially in narcotics crime, betrayal is par for the course. After all, this is crime we're talking about; there is no honor. Everyone involved is a scumbag to begin with.

[PremaritalSex1]

I've seen this movie 100x.... and I always wonder... is that howard stern at 2:07? hoo hoo hoo

[manns101101]

what is it about that music - make the story seem even cooler....

[malicefi]

This dudes built miami, just saying..

[glasscity65]

the death penalty should be used on king pins and street corner dealers

[antediluvian99]

This is the kinda life rapper Rick Ross talks shit about. He's a big fat LIAR...literally.

[thaquizler123]

You can make that kinda money you juz gotta have the connections

[jonebundy]

@thaquizler123 You are crazy... You can´t compare late 70s an 80s with the present day, moron.

in the 80s there was no control in boats on planes etc etc today is almost impossible to do drug trafic  by plane.

In that time john roberts had more money than bill gates in these days .

John roberts is a living legend, the most respected cocaine dealer of all time, never kill nobody, never used guns "respect", he was pablo escobar "diamond".

[UNLCERUKUS]

@jonebundy yup nowadays its hella harder back then was when cocaine was first introduced so they werent ready for it at all and cops could be bribed

[theporksicle]

@jonebundy

Roberts didn't have more money than Bill Gates, Roberts made about $100 million over a 6-7 year period. Even if we assume 1 dollar in the late 1970s/early 1980s was worth 3 dollars today he was still worth less than 1% of what Bill Gates is worth.

People like Jon Roberts had billions of dollars pass through their hands, but most of it had to go back to people like Pablo Escobar (who may well have been, adjusting for inflation, as wealthy as Bill Gates).

[pvpallstar]

as soon as a new drug comes out. i will be the best at sellin it!

[charanjit1974]

i wish i could make some money like then stop....

holy shit.

[remsensor]

Lol I always used to find one of the old school hundred dollar bills and would think to myself "I wonder how much coke was snorted with this bill."

[norwegiangangsta]

A million dollar was enough for me at this time, but after that.. it was nothing..

HOLY SHIT

[fdation]

@norwegiangangsta i always liked that part the best..like pow just rich as shit.