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1957: A Ra*ist Prisoner Insulted Bumpy Johnson, Bumpy Smiled - Then the Man Lost an Eye

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  • Published on Mar 13, 2026

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  • @BARRYFREDERICKS-t7y
    @BARRYFREDERICKS-t7y 2 months ago +189

    "Never let your mouth write a check that your ass can't cash"

  • @MichaelThompsonYt
    @MichaelThompsonYt 2 months ago +114

    Bumpy Johnson understood that power isn’t always loud. Sometimes it’s calm, patient, and absolutely final.

  • @eanhuston2426
    @eanhuston2426 2 months ago +54

    AKA Small axe chops down big tree 😂😂😂

  • @cheerlynstovall5506
    @cheerlynstovall5506 2 months ago +109

    The old Chinese adage, "Do not interrupt your enemy when they are making mistakes."

  • @LorenzoWilliams-u6e
    @LorenzoWilliams-u6e 2 months ago +100

    Bullies are all cowards anyway. They get what they deserve

    • @Margaret-p2o5x
      @Margaret-p2o5x Month ago

      Ugh hate bullies I gve em full wedgies anytime I can 😊

    • @cdrcdr5651
      @cdrcdr5651 4 hours ago

      ​@Margaret-p2o5x we move for a company move to Texas near border. My was beign bully by bigger white racist kid in 7-8 grade even though the population was Mexican decent. We were not and from the Midwest.
      One day he found himself as a victim of the bully deming him and on the ground underneath the bullys chest, when he came up and hit him underneath his chin and knock him out.
      I was never called and everyone was congratulated him including the staff.
      What he didn't know that just because your quiet. Friendly, and nice doesn't mean he can't take care of himself. My 2 kids, male and female, took karate class for self defense at the age of 12, It has come in handy when ny daughter was getting robbed.
      Excuse my grammar.

  • @Noodles-x6d
    @Noodles-x6d 2 months ago +55

    Bumpy was the real deal.

  • @MonetaryPower
    @MonetaryPower 2 months ago +82

    Bumpy Johnson’s 'strategic patience' is a chilling masterclass in how violence, when used with surgical precision, can effectively dismantle systemic racism where authority fails.

  • @Bumpyjohnsonshadowofharlemn

    “Bumpy Johnson didn’t react with anger… he reacted with inevitability.”

  • @harleylawdude
    @harleylawdude Month ago +98

    Dr. Martin Luther King said: “We are going to show America itself and it’s not going to like what it sees.”

    • @kathygiselesmith-cancela5291
      @kathygiselesmith-cancela5291 Month ago

      But, I think it was James Baldwin who actually said this. Love the quote though! Thank you!

    • @kdj7409
      @kdj7409 Month ago

      They judged you losers by your character after reconstruction. You don't have a point. They gave them a chance and let them win elections and the REAL Americans saw evil ignorant trashbots. America should be proud of putting some foot in subhuman ass

  • @johnfort290
    @johnfort290 2 months ago +50

    PAULSONS MOUTH WROTE A CHECK HIS ASS COULDN'T CASH YO 👊🏿💯💪🏿✌🏿💯💯✌🏿

    • @ANTHONY-t6r5m
      @ANTHONY-t6r5m Month ago

      BIG NEAND PIPED THAT AZZ DOWN AFTER THAT😂😂😂😂

    • @GaryGee-o8k
      @GaryGee-o8k 13 days ago

      Paulson was an asshole,a DICK in every definition who represents "white people" about as well as O.J. Simpson represents black people. These types of "hate tales" stir up more division and hate,that they're begining to be seen as what they really are .. propganda.

  • @WW2HISTORICALTALE
    @WW2HISTORICALTALE 2 months ago +42

    It wasn’t about rage it was about consequences.
    Bumpy Johnson understood that respect, once challenged in that world, had to be answered decisively. His smile wasn’t mercy; it was a warning. In a place where words were often weapons, that moment made one thing clear: hatred spoken lightly can carry a permanent price.

    • @John-c4r1o
      @John-c4r1o Month ago +3

      Most people don't realize that some people gave a switch, and that switch is a logical controllable absolute psychopath. Both Lamb and Lion.

  • @quinnlewis8144
    @quinnlewis8144 2 months ago +83

    There are still real life stories of Alcatraz that had never been told or recorded because of racism.

    • @MrBlackbolt1
      @MrBlackbolt1 2 months ago +4

      Its all bs... get a grip

    • @chetkuykendall2818
      @chetkuykendall2818 2 months ago +3

      I doubt very seriously that this happened why didn't other white inmates retaliate? Hmmm?

    • @dannydavis1864
      @dannydavis1864 2 months ago

      😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😅😊

    • @mirroredimaged
      @mirroredimaged 2 months ago +1

      ​@MrBlackbolt1like the files ?

    • @MrBlackbolt1
      @MrBlackbolt1 2 months ago

      ​@mirroredimagedhelloooo... There are no files. None of theses Bumpy Johnson stories are true. They are made up stories accompanied by ai generated images aimed at gullible, lazy and racist 'black' people who need a daily dose of white resentment. Y'all are so demonic and needy that if someone, like me, tells you that you are being played for a fool. You'll get angry at them. You need to emotionally bond to an instance. Even if it is false. Of a 'black' person hurting a white person. It gives you joy. Lmbo. This is what you have been trained to desire. How sick as that? 😂

  • @JanisFlakes-t8j
    @JanisFlakes-t8j 2 months ago +143

    Yeah, you're not going to find records on Federal anything. That's private information. If have to understand, Bumpy was challenged. If you defeated Bumpy, you had a fierce reputation. I'm about to read his memoir from the local library. Bumpy did good things for good people. He fed , paid bills and college tuitions for people in Harlem. Bumpy hated bullies and rival gangs! He was a self made millionaire back in the 20s and 30s. He owned businesses and real estate properties. He was a genius. Check your library.... from St. Louis, MO 1-11-2026

    • @JeffHubbard-mc9ek
      @JeffHubbard-mc9ek 2 months ago +8

      Actually y9u are. The US national archive holds the Alcatraz records. I used it to confirm 1/ Bumpy was there. 2/ No one named Eric Paulson was there.

    • @dARKMattER-p4y
      @dARKMattER-p4y 2 months ago +11

      Coolest OG ever bar none

    • @bobhalv
      @bobhalv Month ago +7

      When you read Bumpy's memoir, please post if he mentioned anything about this altercation.

    • @Dida-JohnnyBarthelemy
      @Dida-JohnnyBarthelemy Month ago +2

      Thank you Sir .

    • @melodycrenshaw1196
      @melodycrenshaw1196 Month ago +6

      Right GANGSTER...and GENIUS ❤❤🎉🎉

  • @Bumpyjohnsonshadowofharlemn

    “This story shows how hate and arrogance destroy people. One insult, one moment-and everything changed. Powerful lesson.”

  • @himorichan2108
    @himorichan2108 Month ago +26

    People underestimate how much reputation mattered back then. One incident could quietly reshape everything. This moment feels small but carries long consequences. That is what makes it chilling.

  • @karenzhagler1519
    @karenzhagler1519 Month ago +6

    Play stupid games you win stupid prizes

  • @Echoesofww2-k2m
    @Echoesofww2-k2m 2 months ago +18

    Bumpy Johnson understood that respect, once challenged in that world, had to be answered decisively. His smile wasn’t mercy; it was a warning.

    • @MrBlackbolt1
      @MrBlackbolt1 2 months ago

      It is NOT real... it is a bs story made up for suckers.

  • @godnoomgodnoom
    @godnoomgodnoom Month ago +13

    Interesting video. But the run-on sentences are exhausting.

  • @Joe-lc6jd
    @Joe-lc6jd Month ago +6

    A gripping but familiar story of what happens to bullies

  • @user-ps9fr2vv9q
    @user-ps9fr2vv9q Month ago +10

    When you have to oppress and hate a people, you're the jealous and inferior one.

  • @princeabeladedoyin5605

    Watching from Nigeria Ogun State West Africa...

  • @AndyAdams-q3i
    @AndyAdams-q3i Month ago +4

    Nothing like a bully getting a does of their own medicine.

  • @pedrothomas4944
    @pedrothomas4944 2 months ago +15

    good man did what needed .

  • @themangenius
    @themangenius 2 months ago +19

    He messed with the wrong person … Bumpy had respect from the Mafia .. For good reasons …

  • @silkkdread
    @silkkdread Month ago +4

    Mfs forgot (or never knew) bumpy was better with the knife than wit a gun

  • @LockksofGold
    @LockksofGold Month ago

    The reader sound like he taking his last breath before every sentence 😂

  • @diz0973ify
    @diz0973ify 2 months ago +23

    Good 👍 He deserved it 👏

  • @GustavoDiaz-i2x
    @GustavoDiaz-i2x Month ago +5

    "By any means necessary..." Malcolm X

  • @princeabeladedoyin5605

    Just the American self defence way. Thank you for the story of what I called the hardcore that's Mr Bumpy.

  • @craigstreetzel7743
    @craigstreetzel7743 Month ago +6

    Bumpy read The Art of War im certain of it !!!

  • @Chris-xy8lu
    @Chris-xy8lu Month ago +3

    Great narrator. Like listening to old radio shows. Picteresque

  • @jeffreyenglish1815
    @jeffreyenglish1815 Month ago +12

    He could’ve completely blinded both eyes and permanently neutralized Paulson. He was merciful. Paulson knew this and learned his lesson well. Bumpy sounds like he was a criminal out of necessity not avarice.

  • @GeneEllis-j6g
    @GeneEllis-j6g Month ago +2

    Bully pitches deserve all the trauma they inflicted on others.

  • @brianreed5839
    @brianreed5839 Month ago +6

    Paulson was partially blinded for life except that the doctors took out his eye ball. Details matter.

  • @moodywalter
    @moodywalter Month ago +14

    There’s a grain of truth to every legend. I’m sure bumpy Johnson was someone not to be fucked with and there are stupid people in prison so I’m sure some lessons were taught. Asked to people who don’t believe the story. Use some of the same ones who don’t believe that the original Lone Ranger a black man named Bass Reve was the template for the Clayton Moore character.

  • @ronniepinkney2840
    @ronniepinkney2840 2 months ago +5

    NICE FACTS FUCK HIM PRESSURE 🚌 BUS PIPES 😂😊❤🎉

  • @DianaBlade-w3t
    @DianaBlade-w3t 2 months ago +86

    The most dangerous person in the room is never the one screaming or showing off their muscles. It’s the one who smiles back and waits for the perfect 3 seconds. Respect is earned, but Bumpy showed that it's also enforced

    • @tennairiusmosley3784
      @tennairiusmosley3784 Month ago +5

      Facts

    • @LorinCruse
      @LorinCruse Month ago +1

      it's sad but it's true people that bully other people one day will meet their match the bully met his match you'll die with that scar

    • @CONEHEADMAFIAENT
      @CONEHEADMAFIAENT 24 days ago

      @LorinCruseI use to love to bully the bully

  • @robertdanawardward8510

    Wow ty for the commentary

  • @miltonmizenburg436
    @miltonmizenburg436 26 days ago +4

    Unfortunately for Paulson, he got the hard life lesson for the remainder of his existence. The most dangerous people move in silence. He didn't bully anyone else because Bumpy made him extremely vulnerable. He only had one eye left. Bumpy probably cut all the racism out of that guy too.

  • @wulf67
    @wulf67 2 months ago +4

    To this day, no one could ever figure out where Bumpy had hidden that shank…or where that strange odor (like a mixture of boiled eggs, chitlins and a Walmart bathroom) had come from.

  • @MarcusM217
    @MarcusM217 Month ago +1

    Bumpy showed the real meaning of "Emotional Intelligence"

  • @DeepRoots-2024
    @DeepRoots-2024 Month ago +6

    That conviction he held onto about how he viewed Black prisoners was diabolically from an evil but brainless idiot.

  • @HistoryClipsHub
    @HistoryClipsHub 2 months ago +2

    thanks for this

  • @Bumpyjohnsonexposed
    @Bumpyjohnsonexposed Month ago +2

    Bumpy Was a Real legend

  • @theultimatelibra21
    @theultimatelibra21 2 months ago +6

    YN’s are short fused and reckless.
    Older men understand that you don’t have to react right away unless it’s absolutely necessary. Your reputation grows with precise calculation and flawless execution

  • @-MagicScorpion
    @-MagicScorpion 2 months ago

    Those people are so nasty that you can't even call them what they really are

  • @JAPANATWARWW2
    @JAPANATWARWW2 2 months ago +4

    Good Work!

  • @BumpyJohnsonLaLeyendaNoContada

    Good man!!!

  • @martinmillbank
    @martinmillbank 2 months ago +1

    Playing the long game 😂

  • @marcoaguiar1131
    @marcoaguiar1131 2 months ago +4

    Dude why do these narratives repeat the same thing using different words? Same thing over and over and over again!

  • @julioG6969
    @julioG6969 2 months ago +12

    I Love it

  • @BlackFileReports1
    @BlackFileReports1 Month ago

    This story shows how hatred and intimidation shaped prison life back then. The tension alone explains why things escalated so fast.

  • @lyetaherb4703
    @lyetaherb4703 2 months ago +50

    Racism Costs…. SMH‼️⚡️⚡️ ⚖️ The payment was received by a Bigoted Bully and it was well Deserved‼️😵‍💫😵🤮 Coleson was Feeling sick after receiving his lessons, Yeah 👍🏾 👍🏾🧐🤨😀

  • @marquezbell5625
    @marquezbell5625 Month ago +2

    He did that little time for 3 murders

    • @miltonmizenburg436
      @miltonmizenburg436 26 days ago

      Murdering black people was like shooting a dog. You probably wouldn't get much time. 🤬

  • @feltonkelly4184
    @feltonkelly4184 2 months ago

    lol😢😅😮😂😢😮😅😊😮😢

  • @Panther67-Bo
    @Panther67-Bo 2 months ago +14

    It wasn't fake. He got what he deserved and most of them are soft.

  • @jorgebiboso-hb6xs
    @jorgebiboso-hb6xs 4 hours ago

    How can I verify this story? I want facts. Recorded history not tales!

  • @homerepairguy1
    @homerepairguy1 27 days ago +1

    Ignore the mouthy ones. It's the quiet one in the back who's your real problem.
    Strategy isn't announced.

  • @dARKMattER-p4y
    @dARKMattER-p4y 2 months ago +2

    Sweet Satisfaction , they never expect the lion to bite when they stick their head in it's mouth

  • @ZZTBLpi2
    @ZZTBLpi2 Month ago

    Isnt this the guy who did the blues cover of Many men?

  • @sadiyahhatun2295
    @sadiyahhatun2295 29 days ago +1

    FAFO!!

  • @cecilwilson5442
    @cecilwilson5442 Month ago +1

    Well that was a great outcome 👍 be a lesson that would be greatly appreciated by many people from Northern Ireland

  • @LaverneJones-o5s
    @LaverneJones-o5s Month ago

    This story carries a lot of information we really never get the truth about...Sad 🥺😟🙁😮‍💨😮‍💨

  • @ReginaldLocks-t8t
    @ReginaldLocks-t8t 2 months ago +3

    I was born in 1⁹53

  • @rickbarksdale2652
    @rickbarksdale2652 2 months ago +32

    Reminds me of the president thinking he can bully people here and around the world. No threat intended but I think he will get his when he thinks he is the victor

    • @Rassskle
      @Rassskle Month ago +4

      Since when is holding criminals and traitors to account called bullying.....wake up and respect law and order for once in your miserable life.

    • @thisismynight6295
      @thisismynight6295 Month ago

      @R@Rassskle😂fool

    • @MauriceHuling-b6d
      @MauriceHuling-b6d Month ago

      ​@Rassskle🤡

    • @Kane-ez
      @Kane-ez 29 days ago +2

      What does this have to with anything fool

    • @idalbertoalvarez4493
      @idalbertoalvarez4493 17 days ago +1

      Shut the hell up. This video has nothing to do with your inability to deal with the fact that the majority of Americans voted for someone other than your preferred candidate. Get over it all ready.

  • @HermanWashington-p9i

    People say and do things that they don't know the level of consequences.

  • @ByronColar-f7t
    @ByronColar-f7t Month ago

    Right on

  • @byronmobley4972
    @byronmobley4972 2 hours ago

    Real Gangsters move in silence, they don’t walk around trying to intimidate people, usually the loudest fool in the room is the weakest fool in the room, the smartest man in the room is the smartest man in the room

  • @BoingBulletProof
    @BoingBulletProof Month ago

    taking him vision made him easy target for attacks the scare showing to all and himself that he cant defend himself.

  • @Michael-i4o6o
    @Michael-i4o6o Month ago

    What happened to both Bumpy and Pollson?

  • @TheAmericanGanglandArchives

    good story

  • @Mortiz350
    @Mortiz350 Month ago +2

    This guys keeps saying “racial slur” knowing very well that he wants to say the actual racial slur. 😂

    • @T61873
      @T61873 Month ago

      I agree. Almost better off saying ninja

  • @saulbenjamin6368
    @saulbenjamin6368 2 months ago

    R these people still around may be old and shaky by now

  • @PlatinumPawsAndMoreLLC7627

    And right now today in NY they call that a buck fifty, “A SCAR FROM ONE SIDE OF YOUR FACE TO THE OTHER.
    And when people see that, they’re likely to steer clear of you!
    AND THAT’S FACTS!!!!!

  • @kingsalomon357
    @kingsalomon357 2 months ago +10

    Johnsons don't bend nor break-wanna play

  • @waynesmith8827
    @waynesmith8827 Month ago +1

    His greatest enemy was his own deception..

    • @ToddHammack-dw6os
      @ToddHammack-dw6os Month ago

      This is a fake and phony story. This is bs to hype up lying crap to make white ppl look bad, and to feed black ppls ego to talk bs about white ppl. Stupid.

  • @parxgirl2156
    @parxgirl2156 2 months ago

    The lore has made these stories entertaining. Someone has taken a kernel of corn and making an ear of corn out it.

  • @Wes-g4p
    @Wes-g4p 2 months ago +4

    Transferring Paulson to somewhere else saved him from the embarrassment he would've experienced dramatically where he was punished by Johnson. It did him a big favor. He deserved to experience that embarrassment, if this story is even true.

    • @Wes-g4p
      @Wes-g4p 2 months ago +1

      The bit about Paulson admitting how much he deserved what happened to him is probably false. Bullies don't admit wrongdoing no matter what they go through. Sorry

    • @Major191
      @Major191 25 days ago

      Not true!

  • @shibeshi2637
    @shibeshi2637 Month ago

    Is it neccessary?

  • @drock6255
    @drock6255 Month ago +1

    I think they would've strictly penalized such an act regardless especially in that tme 🤔

  • @electriccontrol7680
    @electriccontrol7680 16 days ago

    I wonder what BUMPY would say to racist TRUMPY!!! 😆😆😆

  • @flymusicgrouptv5003
    @flymusicgrouptv5003 2 months ago

    He put the fear of God in him

  • @samueluukule5485
    @samueluukule5485 Month ago +1

    Well done brother

  • @ShombieDixon
    @ShombieDixon Month ago +1

    Zaroed his mouth..

  • @Theghua1
    @Theghua1 2 months ago +1

    Looks like depiction of Shawshank redemption

  • @charliehamlet4474
    @charliehamlet4474 Month ago +1

    Love this story. Every Goliath has a David 😂😅❤💯🙃✊🏾✌🏽

  • @R.A.Nobell
    @R.A.Nobell Month ago

    Pls cut out the fake old film filter.

  • @kevinbrooks9140
    @kevinbrooks9140 Month ago +1

    The original FAFO!

  • @don1uan491
    @don1uan491 Month ago

    Wasn’t bumpy involved in the 62 escape helping the prisoners get off the rock?

  • @KingjamesofJudah
    @KingjamesofJudah Month ago

    Bet u can tell us what was said by all parties involved verbatim.

  • @TerryT0114
    @TerryT0114 2 months ago

    I'm surprised Texas convicted him, especially back then.

  • @lisalovelylpa
    @lisalovelylpa Month ago

    Died of heart attack … not bad way to go for mobster.

  • @MarcusMapen
    @MarcusMapen Month ago

    Wow is all I can say.

  • @ForgottenFrontierStories

    Yes Good, He actually needs this type of treatement

  • @SupaTruckatheartist
    @SupaTruckatheartist 2 months ago +1

    AI is filling the world with bullshit

  • @arnoldwysinger8452

    At least the big dummy admitted it... 💯💩🤡🤡👍

  • @VersaillesPalace1970

    Following

  • @hopetonmason8825
    @hopetonmason8825 2 months ago

    Still waiting for what happen , guess there is no end , bye bye .