John Gotti Jr
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Have they toppled governments? Absolutely. Have they killed heads of state?
Have they toppled governments? Absolutely. Have they killed heads of state?
I beat them. Five trials in 37 months. Five federal indictments, 37 months. I'm here talking to you. I'm not bitter. I'm excited. Christmas is coming. I'm going to be with my grandkids. I'm going to be with my family. I'm excited. I feel bad for my brothers that I left behind in prison. But I am the happiest guy you're ever going to meet. I'm thrilled to be here. I'm not bitter.
I beat them. Five trials in 37 months. Five federal indictments, 37 months. I'm here talking to you. I'm not bitter. I'm excited. Christmas is coming. I'm going to be with my grandkids. I'm going to be with my family. I'm excited. I feel bad for my brothers that I left behind in prison. But I am the happiest guy you're ever going to meet. I'm thrilled to be here. I'm not bitter.
But when you've got to view all this nonsense over and over again, and the lie after lie, and the fact that they've given absolution to 110 murders to over 100 individuals, And you can watch someone like Sammy Gravano that can sit there, who took the coward's way out. A coward. He is a coward. Let's make no mistake about that, okay? He didn't do his time. He went in a witness protection program.
But when you've got to view all this nonsense over and over again, and the lie after lie, and the fact that they've given absolution to 110 murders to over 100 individuals, And you can watch someone like Sammy Gravano that can sit there, who took the coward's way out. A coward. He is a coward. Let's make no mistake about that, okay? He didn't do his time. He went in a witness protection program.
He went into witness units, comfy, cushy units. If he wasn't at a safe house in Quantico, Virginia, then he was in a comfortable witness unit. Even his last bit, he talks about how he got a... a badge of honor from the Aryan Brotherhood, a clover on his arm. He was in a rat unit in ADX Colorado with other rats. So he took the easy way out. He doesn't have the right... Just go do your time.
He went into witness units, comfy, cushy units. If he wasn't at a safe house in Quantico, Virginia, then he was in a comfortable witness unit. Even his last bit, he talks about how he got a... a badge of honor from the Aryan Brotherhood, a clover on his arm. He was in a rat unit in ADX Colorado with other rats. So he took the easy way out. He doesn't have the right... Just go do your time.
You did your time. You got away with whatever you got away with. You got caught selling drugs to kids. You were released again from prison. Go on with your life. Tell your stories, even if half of them are fabricated. Go tell your stories. Don't you tell that my father, or John was going to sell me out first. Listen to me. There's not a rat that would tell you that. There's not a stand-up guy.
You did your time. You got away with whatever you got away with. You got caught selling drugs to kids. You were released again from prison. Go on with your life. Tell your stories, even if half of them are fabricated. Go tell your stories. Don't you tell that my father, or John was going to sell me out first. Listen to me. There's not a rat that would tell you that. There's not a stand-up guy.
You won't find a guy like John Gotti. John Gotti, as we say in the streets and in prison, he walked it all the way to the gate. He never won time. He could have been released from Marion, Illinois anytime he wanted to. All he had to do was sign a document. Everybody else that went there signed that document.
You won't find a guy like John Gotti. John Gotti, as we say in the streets and in prison, he walked it all the way to the gate. He never won time. He could have been released from Marion, Illinois anytime he wanted to. All he had to do was sign a document. Everybody else that went there signed that document.
There was a document that you're agreeing, you're no longer the person that you were, and you're agreeing to what's called a step-down program. So when you get there, you have to be in Marion for a total of 18 months usually, and then you can leave Marion, Illinois and go to a regular penitentiary, a level five facility. Marion was the only level six in the country at that time.
There was a document that you're agreeing, you're no longer the person that you were, and you're agreeing to what's called a step-down program. So when you get there, you have to be in Marion for a total of 18 months usually, and then you can leave Marion, Illinois and go to a regular penitentiary, a level five facility. Marion was the only level six in the country at that time.
My father refused to sign that paper. So he stood for 10 years in solitary confinement. Everybody else signed it. Anybody who went through Mary, Illinois signed that document, basically stating, I'm no longer the person I am. Here I am. I'm going to sign. I'm going to go to Unicor. I'm going to work. I'm going to be a good boy.
My father refused to sign that paper. So he stood for 10 years in solitary confinement. Everybody else signed it. Anybody who went through Mary, Illinois signed that document, basically stating, I'm no longer the person I am. Here I am. I'm going to sign. I'm going to go to Unicor. I'm going to work. I'm going to be a good boy.
And you could bring me to a regular prison because I'm going to be a good guy, okay? And I'm not saying that I begrudge them for taking that position because maybe I would have signed it too, probably. You're not ratting anybody out. You're just basically saying, I'm no longer that guy anymore. Yeah, I'm no longer that guy anymore. I'm not a threat to you. No problem.
And you could bring me to a regular prison because I'm going to be a good guy, okay? And I'm not saying that I begrudge them for taking that position because maybe I would have signed it too, probably. You're not ratting anybody out. You're just basically saying, I'm no longer that guy anymore. Yeah, I'm no longer that guy anymore. I'm not a threat to you. No problem.
My father's ego and his pride would not let him sign that paper. He should tell them, shove it up your ass. Shove it up your ass. And that's why he spent 10 years in Marion, Illinois. He could have been out 10 years prior to that. He could have been out 18 months. He could have been on 18 months.
My father's ego and his pride would not let him sign that paper. He should tell them, shove it up your ass. Shove it up your ass. And that's why he spent 10 years in Marion, Illinois. He could have been out 10 years prior to that. He could have been out 18 months. He could have been on 18 months.