{"product_id":"from-the-west-end-to-lucile-kil-9798346958406","title":"From the West End to Lil-Pakistan Part 2: Black Lives Don't Matter","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSome secrets don't die; they multiply \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor nearly thirty years, Atlanta's West End has carried the weight of unanswered questions, forgotten victims, and families denied closure. In \u003cb\u003ePart Two of the \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFrom the West End to Lil-Pakistan\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e trilogy\u003c\/b\u003e, Lucile-Kil takes readers beyond the headlines and deep inside a world shaped by the crack epidemic, mass incarceration, street warfare, betrayal, and murder.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book traces the author's firsthand account of \u003cb\u003ehow the Atlanta-Miami drug war began, and how it finally came to an end\u003c\/b\u003e-leaving behind shattered friendships, murdered young men, imprisoned survivors, and communities forever changed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe story grows darker with \u003cb\u003eLeonard Holland, also known as Shaheed Abdul Radman\u003c\/b\u003e-the man the author identifies as a \u003cb\u003eserial killer and paid FBI informant\u003c\/b\u003e. According to the author's investigation, Holland was released from prison and returned to Atlanta's streets to spy on Muslim leader \u003cb\u003eJamil Al-Amin\u003c\/b\u003e, formerly known as H. Rap Brown, after making claims connected to the approaching 1996 Olympic Games.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut while Holland worked for the FBI, the author contends that bodies continued to fall.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMoving from Georgia's prison system to the drug corridors connecting Atlanta and Miami, this memoir chronicles the rise and fall of an underground empire and the terrible human cost of the War on Drugs.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis is more than a memoir. More than true crime. It is Part Two of a trilogy about the beginning and ending of the Atlanta-Miami drug war, a community terrorized, a government informant protected, and the victims the author believes the system left behind.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSome names and places were changed to protect the guilty and the innocent. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Lucile Kil\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798346958406\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/01\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 292\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.78lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.73d","brand":"Lucile Kil","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48997120246015,"sku":"9798346958406","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/from-the-west-end-to-lucile-kil-9798346958406","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}