However, the young Haitians of Montreal found themselves in a double concern: they had to deal with the animosity of the whites of the east of the metropolis who treated them of "cursed n * gre" and the hostility of the English-speaking blacks of the West who called them "f *** ing Haitian".

As a result, three years after the creation of the Bélanger, in 1985, young Haitians from Montreal-North who also wanted to hunt skinheads and tame the wildest racists, formed the Master B, including a large fraction of the group. was located in Saint-Léonard, more precisely in the famous Viau-Robert area, unduly nicknamed "Brooklyn"

Between 1986 and 1989, the phenomenon of gangs in the community grew: the groups Dynamite / Public Enemy (Parc Extension), Gwo Ponyèt (Saint-Léonard) and Family (Anjou) entered the scene and joined the fray. "Tribalist".

Following the death of Chris, a young Haitian without history, who was stabbed at the Tropicana club by John P Gordon, a Jamaican part of the group The Untouchables (the Gordon brothers), the rift between black Anglos and Haitians widens.

Full of arrogance and self-confidence, the Belangers move west of the city to face off against the Uptown Posse (Côte-des-neiges), The Untouchables (Côte-des-neiges) and Downtown Posse (Little Burgundy).

So, in the fall of 1989, the turbulent Haitian community (Bélanger) and the formidable Leslie Presley and his gang engaged in a violent clash at the famous Thunderdome club.

A few months later, on April 9, 1990, a tragic event shook the black community: Leslie Presley became the second black man killed by police when he received six bullets fired by three officers during an intervention following a call for brawl at the Thunderdome club.

A sad end for a young man of 26.