Detroit Connection Pt. 1: Leader of Y.B.I. (Milton Butch Jones) (2010)

This is the story of Young Boys Inc., an African-American street gang that began in the mid 1970's. The group's modus operandi was using minors to be couriers for trafficking heroin, knowing they were ineligible to receive criminal penalties as adults because their juvenile status. Meanwhile, the leaders, adults aged in their 20s and 30s, remained insulated from law enforcement action. From the start, Y.B.I.'s main place of operation was the Dexter/Linwood neighborhood on Detroit's Central-West side. About two years after its formation, Y.B.I. completely took over the heroin trade in and around Detroit with sales estimated at about $250,000 per day. They operated until indictments, internal murders, rivalries with "Pony Down", and crack becoming the drug of choice over heroin forced them out of the drug trade. YBI's reputation and system of organization impacted and influenced drug gangs nationally during the 1980s and 1990s. Consequently, after their downfall, other African-American drug gangs copied their incredibly organized structure. Many gangs, such as "Best Friends", "Black Mafia Family", and "The Chambers Brothers" in Detroit, as well as the "Gangster Disciples" and "Black P. Stones" in Chicago rose to prominence using the "YBI blueprint" and were featured in a Black Entertainment Television documentary series entitled "American Gangster".