*Birdman walks out of a New York Alley holding his guns and ducking behind a car as he makes his speech.*

Okay just to set the facts straight, I shot Don Esham..I have wanted to do this for a while but held off..he was always talking to me like he was better than me, and that was before he was even running a crew..he was always sneaking around messing with the CMS and I didnt appreciate it..I held off the facts now are that Antonio Lopez was threatening LilWayne's LHM with death so he got shot than I got the word to shoot Esham..Me being the man I am followed my Don's orders and fulfilled them..I did not take this into my own hands and make the decision on my own I was just following orders. That's all I have to say if you have any questions I will try to answer them for you to the best of my ability.

*Walks off looking around and clinching his guns between both hands*

Although you have not stated it, I'm guessing that Esham's former family members are now protected by DeathKnight and New Orleans. Correct?

I for one always appreciate when people come out here to expain things.  I know I have no right to expect an explanation when high rankers die, but it's still nice to see when some decide to communicate with the community.

That being said, it isn't such a great thing to see families in the same city fighting it out with eachother.  You'd expect, if anything, that families set up so close to eachother would, in fact, be close.  You know what I mean? 

It will be interesting to see how the Godfather handles these disputes.  I'm not sure how I'd handle such a situation, and wouldn't want to offer any suggestions. 

yes Inspector_Clouseau Esham's former family are inder my protection not sure about GF DeathKnight's, but I will be protecting them as long as I can.

*Turns to Will*

Yes I know what you mean..Its sad things like this happen an inter city war..Its terrible but when a GF decides to keep the kind of counsel that Godfather DK has this should be expected.

Yes WillHayes we were close untill we had the new RHM of our Godfather, threating us and was trigger happy to shoot at my members without informing myself.

I got to thank Birdman for sticking with me throught all of this, he is the most loyal friend and best RHM. I could ask for thanks man.

I have wanted to shoot all of you for a while, and I know I'm better than the rest of you, but you don't see ME shooting everyone, do you? HMMMMMMMMMM????

No your right Butt_Ox but I think it would be funny if you did start shooting everyone..im only shooting those I am told to by my CL.

Gotta love the piggeh!

As for what I have to say.. Birdman. LilWayne_ you both are going to pay for what you have done to New Orleans. Even if it takes me all fucking night.

Its a dam shame to see two people... friends... that I looked up to in this situation, and it seems to me like picking sides proved difficult.

Ultimately, Im dissapointed by the whole of what has happened and didn't expect it from the people it came from... but I don't choose sides out of emotion, I choose out of duty to the city and Godfather.

I am saddened by the losses, and hope we all learn from our mistakes.

I like the way you guys are sticking together and even though you're just a piece, to the big puzzle of the Big Easy, you all are still willing to protect your diginity and inner circle.  Too bad things have to end like this for you, but you are respected in my book for standing up and not laying down like others and letting people walk over you without saying a word. Just accepting what people give you is not a way to run a family.

Good Luck! We all know DK has a price on your head and it will be paid soon.

Yes thats great DeathKnight i will see you around later, and you could have had a kill earlier if you werent shot at too recently.

Messiah I am saddened by this incident myself, but our godfathers or shall I say your godfathers RHM wanted to shoot Cedric for an invalid reason makes no sense to me at all so we took action and I followed orders..To you The_Messiah I hope all your future ventures turn out profitable and stay safe..one more thing I know you lost your RHM and that was because he shot one of Don LilWayne's Bodyguards down.

Death-Knight i get what your try to say but you are trying to protect New Orleans but this would just bring more blood to the once great city

Sammy sighs and shakes his head in disgust.

"Honestly, I cannot believe you brought this to the streets. It's none of our damn business what your Boss has told you to do or who to kill, but I'm glad you've made it easy for Signore DK to pick out who needs shutting up. You've made a fucking great attempt at tarnishing a hard working and respected Godfathers name and I can't wait to watch him clean up the bad blood that has stained his city."

Obviously SammyGato you have not listened to what was said here and I believe it is fair to all to know the real happenings of today..Not to just take Death-Knights word that myself and Don LilWayne_ have rogued, cause thats not what happened.

"I understand there has been an altercation between the ranks of New Orleans, but such a conflict requires you to sit down and talk things out. Even then, regardless of your feelings and who you want to shoot, you don't ever turn your gun on a member of your own family. You work for one man, everyone else between you and him are just players in his game, within his city."

"And as far as trying to clear your name by coming to the streets with it, well lets just say you've thrown the book of Omerta right out the window. I hope I never have the misfortune of tolerating you working alongside myself or any of my kin in the times to come.

Say what you like believe what you want..I didnt mention the sit down that we had nor did I bring the logs of the meeting to the streets..If I had it would have made you sick I can tell you that much..If you really dont like the conversations here than keep it moving to the next street corner.

Shakes head at the word Omerta

Sammy, we live in a visual word based world. Sometimes I feel like I am swimming in Alphabet Soup. Omerta is almost impossible in cases like this. Death Knight would have come out and made a speech at the end, or his RH etc. Would you be crying "Omerta got thrown out the window" then?

Surely in our sister world, when a new Boss or "Leader" is anointed the GodFather or his advisory etc doesn't run to the streets with a megaphone and shout it because well that would be breaking Omerta. It happens exactly that way here though... I am not going to offer my view or opinion on this little skirmish, Wayne or Death Knight being right or wrong etc.

I will say from the outside looking in, this seems to be something that perhaps could have been settled in a mediated meeting perhaps with a bipartisan mediator.

For the record though if anything happens in the future, Labor Union Disputes, Disagreements, Petty Disputes, who sleeps with Jono first after poker night etc. I will offer my fully Bipartisan services(for a nominal fee of course.)

I dont think we should be airing out dirty laundry to the publi . No one needs to know.. What birdman and lil wayne did was what they felt was right.. I know more info that i am not going to get into here.. Whats done is done.. Good luck to Godfather DeathKnight in rebuilding your city..

In that "sister world" you speak about - you are right.  Nobody would be shouting it from the rooftops or the middle of the street.  However, there is that interesting phenomenom called the media, which would be shouting the information for us and printing it so we can feed the craving for instant gratification. 

Here, there is a wonderful media outlet in Detroit, but the news is sometimes somewhat delayed.  So, you have to appreciate Birdman, right or wrong, for feeding that craving. 

Personally, I appreciated Death_Knight's concise response to Birdman's speech.  Obviously, I'm not taking sides or offering an opinion as to who is right or wrong.

But while I'm on the topic of taking sides - I would love to talk about a word that I hold near and dear.  (for all those paying attention - here's where I rehash a topic.)  Loyalty.  What's happened to loyalty in New Orleans?  As a crewleader in the city of New Orleans, are you not supposed to remain loyal to your Godfather no matter what?  Unfortunately, I cannot speculate as to what led to the breakdown and bloodshed in New Orleans, but my curiosity was peaked on the subject of loyalty when I head Messiah speak.  He talked about choices.  And while he ultimately came to the conclusion (and the correct one at that - to side with his Godfather) I don't believe there ever really was a choice.  Your Godfather is engaged in a conflict, your ass should be next to his.  Or in front of him to take any bullets that might be meant for him.  Don't you think?  Do people see this differently?  Am I way off as usual?