Michael Franzese

And when you're dealing with organized crime, it's a whole different ballgame.

It really is.

It's a different kind of street crime, okay?

Let me tell you something.

During the golden years of the mob, from the late 40s right through the mid 80s, when the RICO Act went crazy and put everybody in jail, those were the golden years of the mob.

New York Times, New York Post, Daily News, Long Island Press, Newsday, something about the mob, every single day.

Again, Gotti, Fat Tony, Joe Colombo, they're all bigger than life.

You mean to tell me that people don't go after these guys, okay, because they know it's a big feather in their cap?

It's human nature.

Of course they do.

I'm not saying it happens on every level.

I'm certainly not saying it happens on long.

I would hope that you make a lot of arrests for criminals out there.

It's sickening to me.

When I look back and I see guys that were arrested 17, 18, 19 times and then come back out on the street and murder somebody, it's horrific.

I can't even comprehend it, okay?

That's a different kind of crime.

But when you go on a bigger level, a federal level, and they go after these big politicians and they go after organized crime guys and guys with big names, of course they're gonna get promotions and of course that's in their head.

So what does that cause them to do?

In my world, it causes them to stretch.