John Gotti Jr
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Certainly was a greedy guy. He knew all the money was. That's for damn sure, okay? Now, as a result of Sammy flipping, minimum 57 guys get indicted. 57 guys, many of them high level, okay? Due to his cooperation. He's a tremendous asset for the government, but he is a tsunami to the streets. There's an enormous panic going on now. People are running and hiding and whispering now, okay?
Certainly was a greedy guy. He knew all the money was. That's for damn sure, okay? Now, as a result of Sammy flipping, minimum 57 guys get indicted. 57 guys, many of them high level, okay? Due to his cooperation. He's a tremendous asset for the government, but he is a tsunami to the streets. There's an enormous panic going on now. People are running and hiding and whispering now, okay?
And yet, we had one, that time, all those cases, that barrel of cases that came our way, there was one rat. Sammy Gravano. Wasn't anybody else. You know how many guys got life without parole? You know how many guys got 50-year bids? My Uncle Gene just came home. They're 29 straight years. You know how many guys are just coming home now? They're just now coming out old men.
And yet, we had one, that time, all those cases, that barrel of cases that came our way, there was one rat. Sammy Gravano. Wasn't anybody else. You know how many guys got life without parole? You know how many guys got 50-year bids? My Uncle Gene just came home. They're 29 straight years. You know how many guys are just coming home now? They're just now coming out old men.
They're drifting out of prison. That was all the guys that were around John Gotti, that grew up around John Gotti. The Bergen Hunting Fish Club crew around John Gotti. The guys East New York around John Gotti. The Fatico boys, okay, around John Gotti. All those guys that grew up with John, okay? You had a confidential informant named Willie Boy Johnson, and you had, that was it.
They're drifting out of prison. That was all the guys that were around John Gotti, that grew up around John Gotti. The Bergen Hunting Fish Club crew around John Gotti. The guys East New York around John Gotti. The Fatico boys, okay, around John Gotti. All those guys that grew up with John, okay? You had a confidential informant named Willie Boy Johnson, and you had, that was it.
That's all you had. And even he did better time than Gravano. When it came time to testify, they put him 22 months in solitary confinement, refused to flip. stood up, went to trial, and they won the trial. Ultimately, in the end, he was killed. But the point I'm trying to make is that up until that point, when John became that person, not that low, he became that guy, that administrator, okay?
That's all you had. And even he did better time than Gravano. When it came time to testify, they put him 22 months in solitary confinement, refused to flip. stood up, went to trial, and they won the trial. Ultimately, in the end, he was killed. But the point I'm trying to make is that up until that point, when John became that person, not that low, he became that guy, that administrator, okay?
I believe, for the most part, He made the right decisions. Now as an observer on the outside looking in, looking back, fancying myself a historian and replaying the whole scenario in my head. And now as an older, wiser head. Looking, not a young warrior that's full of testosterone, that's ready to jump into the battle.
I believe, for the most part, He made the right decisions. Now as an observer on the outside looking in, looking back, fancying myself a historian and replaying the whole scenario in my head. And now as an older, wiser head. Looking, not a young warrior that's full of testosterone, that's ready to jump into the battle.
Now as an older guy with lower testosterone that would probably make a better general today than he was then. That's me today. And now observing and replaying John's moves, my father's moves. And other than him being a degenerate gambler and the Gravano decision that he made.
Now as an older guy with lower testosterone that would probably make a better general today than he was then. That's me today. And now observing and replaying John's moves, my father's moves. And other than him being a degenerate gambler and the Gravano decision that he made.
I don't know of many things that you could have redone differently because John did it from the perspective of how he was raised and taught by his elders, the way they taught him. And I think for the most part, those guys did hard time, did it all. Now, was he right? Going to Ravenite and the clubs and all that? No, I don't agree with that. But he wasn't going to back down. That was the problem.
I don't know of many things that you could have redone differently because John did it from the perspective of how he was raised and taught by his elders, the way they taught him. And I think for the most part, those guys did hard time, did it all. Now, was he right? Going to Ravenite and the clubs and all that? No, I don't agree with that. But he wasn't going to back down. That was the problem.
It's like a fight that's tailor-made. Mike Tyson's a knockout puncher. And you're not going to put, say, in my time, a little older than you are, a Jerry Quarry-esque fighter who didn't know how to do anything else. A tough guy that's going to come forward and you've got to knock him out. And John was one of those guys who's going to come forward. He's not going to dodge and duck.
It's like a fight that's tailor-made. Mike Tyson's a knockout puncher. And you're not going to put, say, in my time, a little older than you are, a Jerry Quarry-esque fighter who didn't know how to do anything else. A tough guy that's going to come forward and you've got to knock him out. And John was one of those guys who's going to come forward. He's not going to dodge and duck.
He doesn't know how to. He didn't have that kind of finesse. He was what he was, and he wasn't going to hide it. So he was tailor-made to be knocked out by the government.
He doesn't know how to. He didn't have that kind of finesse. He was what he was, and he wasn't going to hide it. So he was tailor-made to be knocked out by the government.
I don't know. Again, that's above my pay grade, okay? I do know this much. Sammy's interpretation of those events differ from the reality of what took place there. OK. And at a later date, I have we put together a compilation. We put together pieces together, including visits between my father and I. It's not quite what Sammy says.
I don't know. Again, that's above my pay grade, okay? I do know this much. Sammy's interpretation of those events differ from the reality of what took place there. OK. And at a later date, I have we put together a compilation. We put together pieces together, including visits between my father and I. It's not quite what Sammy says.