Much of Frank Lucas’s childhood life explains his motivation for living a life of crime. When he was 12 years old he witnessed the death of his cousin by the KKK for looking at a Caucasian woman in Greensboro, North Carolina (American Gangster True Story). Being young he was committing petty crimes until he engaged in a fight with his employer. He fled to New York where he drifted through petty crimes and pool hustling until gangster Bumpy Johnson took him under his wing. After Johnson’s death, Lucas broke the monopoly that the Italian mafia held in New York.
Jon Roberts who flooded Miami with $2 billion worth of cocaine in the '80s,was one of the drug trafficker and government informant who operated in the Miami area and was an associate of Medellín Cartel during the growth phase in cocaine trafficking. Soon after he hooked up with Medellin Cartel he began using his own method to ship cocaine into the United States. He began orchestrating plane shipments of hundreds of kilos of cocaine a week. He was associated with Mickey Munday who is the last Cocaine Cowboys left alive. He was also involved in the cocaine business during that time.
john franzese John Franzese was born in 1919 in Naples to Carmine Franzese and Maria Carvola. He has 3 brothers, Onufrio, Michael and Louis. His year of birth is also sometimes stated as 1917, but according to his FBI file and his son Michael he was born in 1919. The family brought their children to America where they grew up in Brooklyn. Soon he began a career of stealing and murder, working his way up as an enforcer for Joseph Profaci.
Shortly thereafter, the car was seized by the FBI and returned o the original owner of the stolen car from Florida. Durham files suit alleging fraud, breach of contract, and breach of warranty. Trial court granted Durham’s motion because appellant misrepresented truth without fully knowingly the truth. Durham awarded $5,200 as refund payment for car. Appellants appeal.
There is loads of evidence that can prove the theory of the mafia murdering JFK. First of all JFK’s father Joseph Kennedy used the mafia to get the support in key states and that could explain why he won by less than 0.5%. Evidence number 2 is that he had an affair with a godfather’s girlfriend. When his death was announced and everyone was in shock a thousand miles away at a restaurant in Tampa Florida a celebration was under way where mobster Santo Trafficante raises his glass and toasts the assassination of JFK. For mafia don Carlos Marcello in New Orleans and Johnny Recelly in Chicago it is also welcome news.
Al CaponeAl Capone who was born on January 17th 1899, his family where Italian immigrants and he was one of nine children. He was expelled from school aged 14 after hitting a female teacher; it was then that he first got involved in organised crime when Johnny Torrio became his ‘mentor.’ After small stints with Gangs; Junior Forty Thieves and the Bowery Boys he proceeded to join the powerful Five Points gang based in Lower Manhattan it was during this time he got his now famous scars on his face after insulting a female patron working as a Bouncer. Capone left New York for Chicago in 1923. In 1925 Capone gained control of the Five Points Gang after its previous Boss was injured severely. When prohibiton was introduced Capone gained a vast amount
Malcolm X was a street hustler dealing in drugs and prostitution when the age of school. He was convicted of robbery in 1946 and sent to prison for seven years. Malcolm X has opened up a future that totally different from his street and prison life by learning new words, continuously reading books and copying dictionary while he is in prison. He became a noted black civil rights leader, reformer, author and speaker after getting out of jail. Malcolm X is a great man.
This is where Sacco and Vanzetti met. The trial for the robbery/murder in South Braintree was held in Dedham. As the trial progressed, it became more and more complex. A man by the name of Fred H. Moore was the one who managed Sacco and Vanzetti’s Defense. After and extremely grueling 6 weeks of cross-examinations, evidence, listening to witnesses, and closing speeches, the jury had found the two guilty of both murder and robbery.
Holistic Rating- 9/10 ‘I’m going to make him an offer he can’t refuse’ The Godfather, a dark, eerie crime thriller set during the 1940s-1950s, following the American mafia throughout the height of their power, a time when organised crime was at its worst. This book follows the fictional tales of the Corleone family through their power struggles with the other rival families of New York. Mario Puzo’s work of art is set as to give an insight into the world of the American mafia, where a simple decision can mean life or death. The book carefully explains all the traits of the Mafia; Murder, Blackmail, extortion, rackets, all of these seem to converge upon the Corleone Family. The book is split into nine separate stories, each one, as progressing through the book will reveal a little more each time to the story.
While Toris served time, an investigation from the SBA concluded that young was using the loan for personal use. He was buying cars jewelry and clothing. Toris Young also submitted purported flood insurance and fire hazard insurance documents to receive the loan. Young plead guilty to fraudulence and two counts of grand theft, he is due back on May 3, 2012 for sentencing. He faces ten years in prison and 25,000 in