Christian Cipollini
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Putting away some or all of the bosses, and to an extent, after Rudy Giuliani's 1985 assault, yes, the ones that were known. It should be noted, though, that the mob is not dumb either. And they had not even a lame duck boss, but sort of like the facade, the de facto, oh, yeah, that guy's our boss. But really, the boss is somewhere else or already in prison. So it wasn't this perfect thing.
Putting away some or all of the bosses, and to an extent, after Rudy Giuliani's 1985 assault, yes, the ones that were known. It should be noted, though, that the mob is not dumb either. And they had not even a lame duck boss, but sort of like the facade, the de facto, oh, yeah, that guy's our boss. But really, the boss is somewhere else or already in prison. So it wasn't this perfect thing.
Putting away some or all of the bosses, and to an extent, after Rudy Giuliani's 1985 assault, yes, the ones that were known. It should be noted, though, that the mob is not dumb either. And they had not even a lame duck boss, but sort of like the facade, the de facto, oh, yeah, that guy's our boss. But really, the boss is somewhere else or already in prison. So it wasn't this perfect thing.
Rico applied. Everybody goes to jail. It didn't quite work out like that.
Rico applied. Everybody goes to jail. It didn't quite work out like that.
Rico applied. Everybody goes to jail. It didn't quite work out like that.
Absolutely. Yeah. No doubt. And any time you take out major figures successfully in court, it does. There's always somebody waiting to take your crown. When you look at ancient history, the Greeks were on top. They weren't going to be on top forever. By the 1980s, you had so many even smaller groups that were ready at any point when the opportunity presented itself.
Absolutely. Yeah. No doubt. And any time you take out major figures successfully in court, it does. There's always somebody waiting to take your crown. When you look at ancient history, the Greeks were on top. They weren't going to be on top forever. By the 1980s, you had so many even smaller groups that were ready at any point when the opportunity presented itself.
Absolutely. Yeah. No doubt. And any time you take out major figures successfully in court, it does. There's always somebody waiting to take your crown. When you look at ancient history, the Greeks were on top. They weren't going to be on top forever. By the 1980s, you had so many even smaller groups that were ready at any point when the opportunity presented itself.
You already had the Mexican and Colombian narco dealers. You had Eastern European groups already in New York. You had the African-American. You had the Latino-American. There were a lot of groups already here. So yeah, there's always somebody.
You already had the Mexican and Colombian narco dealers. You had Eastern European groups already in New York. You had the African-American. You had the Latino-American. There were a lot of groups already here. So yeah, there's always somebody.
You already had the Mexican and Colombian narco dealers. You had Eastern European groups already in New York. You had the African-American. You had the Latino-American. There were a lot of groups already here. So yeah, there's always somebody.
You know what? It's almost like there's a curtain up or tunnel vision when the government is going after a group. For years it was it's the mob, particularly the Italians. We're going after them. You kind of lose sight of the other groups that are just building and evolving. So by the time you had the rap era. kicked off, you know, into the public persona by the mid 1980s.
You know what? It's almost like there's a curtain up or tunnel vision when the government is going after a group. For years it was it's the mob, particularly the Italians. We're going after them. You kind of lose sight of the other groups that are just building and evolving. So by the time you had the rap era. kicked off, you know, into the public persona by the mid 1980s.
You know what? It's almost like there's a curtain up or tunnel vision when the government is going after a group. For years it was it's the mob, particularly the Italians. We're going after them. You kind of lose sight of the other groups that are just building and evolving. So by the time you had the rap era. kicked off, you know, into the public persona by the mid 1980s.
But there was a real thing with ethnic cultural groups developing behind the scenes.
But there was a real thing with ethnic cultural groups developing behind the scenes.
But there was a real thing with ethnic cultural groups developing behind the scenes.
Oh, thank you. I appreciate it.
Oh, thank you. I appreciate it.