Illegal Drugs and the Outlaw Hero Mythology
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"Felix Mitchell is the biggest drug dealer ever here. He made history in Oakland, Calif.," Owen said. "He's a hero..." He is accused of masterminding the distribution of millions of dollars in heroin and ordering the deaths of five rivals during Oakland's 1980 drug war. But to Owen and scores of kids growing up, as Mitchell did, in East Oakland's bleak 69th Avenue housing projects, Felix Mitchell is the American dream. —C. Marinucci, L. Williams, "The Ghetto's Dug Hero Tempts Youth," third of four part series, A Small War in Oakland, San Francisco Examiner, Nov. 27, 1984
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