A black guy is groomed in his criminal ways and nature by two of the biggest Italian mobsters Detroit has seen, they place him in the game and give him his start, he's indicted on a triple murder and convicted but gets out on an appeal. And from what the article and news video mentioned, it seems their implying that he may have had this drug operation going ever since he's been out of prison, but they aren't sure. 71 years old with a nice big house in a pretty nice community. Seems far from a dumbass to me.

Also nowhere does it mention that he was personally making these drug deals himself, what they do say is he was witnessed "directing drug activity out of his luxury Ford truck." That sounds like he was dropping in from time to time and making sure things were running smoothly.