<body><div><p><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=4HJyje_0px5SsPD00" style="display:none" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=4HJyje_0px5SsPD00" width="720" height="406" ></p><div style="position:relative;width:100%; height:0; padding-bottom: 56.25%;"><div style="position:relative;width:100%; height:0; padding-bottom: 56.25%;"><div style="position:relative;width:100%; height:0; padding-bottom: 56.25%;"><iframe allowfullscreen="true" frameborder="0" sandbox="allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox" scrolling="no" src="https://cdn.jwplayer.com/players/6sGfXsmw-G6X1KMjE.html" style="width:100%; height:100%;top:0; left:0; position:absolute"></iframe></div></div></div><p> The hotly-anticipated trial of the rapper <a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/topic/young-thug" rel="nofollow"> Young Thug </a> is underway in a courtroom in Atlanta, Georgia, following almost a year of delays. </p><p> In May 2022, Young Thug, real name Jeffery Williams, was arrested and charged in a <a href="https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/crime/young-thug-ysl-jail-lyrics-b2452643.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> sprawling RICO indictment along with 27 other defendants. </a></p><p> Fulton County District Attorney <a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/topic/fani-willis" rel="nofollow"> Fani Willis </a> – who is using the same law to prosecute <a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/topic/donald-trump" rel="nofollow"> Donald Trump </a> in his Georgia election interference case – accused the suspects of being part of a criminal street <a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/topic/gang" rel="nofollow"> gang </a> named YSL or “Young Slime Life.” </p><nbtemplate data-id="AdPlaceholder" data-content="JTdCJTdE"></nbtemplate><p> According to prosecutors, the gang is responsible for a series of violent crimes, including murders, shootings, carjackings and <a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/topic/racketeering" rel="nofollow"> racketeering </a> . </p><p> Young Thug has denied the accusations and insisted that YSL is simply Young Thug’s record label – Young Stoner Life. </p><p> After several defendants took plea deals or had their cases severed, the Grammy Award-winning rapper and five others are finally on trial. </p><p> Awkwardness erupted after the second witness to testify on Tuesday, Captain Pettis, said that he saw a group of men flashing gang hand signs, and later admitted during cross-examination that he had “no idea” what the signs meant. </p></div></body>

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 The hotly-anticipated trial of the rapper Young Thug is underway in a courtroom in Atlanta, Georgia, following almost a year of delays.In May 2022, Young Thug, real name Jeffery Williams, was arrested and charged in a sprawling RICO indictment along with 27 other defendants.Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis – who is using the same law to prosecute Donald Trump in his Georgia election interference case – accused the suspects of being part of a criminal street gang named YSL or “Young Slime Life.”According to prosecutors, the gang is responsible for a series of violent crimes, including murders, shootings,...