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sgtdjones 2019-03-10 15:45:03 

‘I’m a proud, black businessman’
Burkie on stigma of being a gang leader

THE name Cedric “Burkie” Burke, depending on who you ask, will draw an emotional response. Burke proudly displayed his certificate of good character, dated January 10, 2019, issued by the police after a background check for a criminal record.

According to Burke, he is a successful black businessman who, because of his success, has gained the envy of everyone, even the police.Sunday Newsday sat down with Burke, 44, two Fridays ago at one of his two Sea Lots homes, which he shares with six of his children and one of his children’s mothers.

The father of 17 – ten of them boys – is a Brazil football fan, naming four of his sons after stars Renaldo, Revaldo, Romario and Ronaldinho. Seven women gave birth to his children and, he said, they are all well taken care of.

Burke, who said he owns two high-end vehicles, a BMW X6 and a Jaguar, recalled a time when he was not as wealthy and not as popular with the police.

His first encounter with them was when he was arrested in 2011.
Burke was not raised by his parents, but knew them. He is his mother’s first son, with an older sister, and his father’s first of two boys – the other died. His mother had seven children, and he was raised by relatives in Sea Lots.


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