Feds Arrest Over 100 Mobsters in Largest Mafia Bust in FBI History
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NEW YORK (AP) — More than 120 organized crime associates face charges including murder, extortion and narcotics trafficking in one of the largest Mafia crackdowns in FBI history, prosecutors announced Thursday.
U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder said at a news conference Thursday in New York City that the 127 defendants include high-ranking members of the Gambino and Colombo crime families and the reputed former boss of organized crime in New England. All five of New York’s five major crime families were targeted.
The charges cover decades worth of offenses, he said, including “classic mob hits to eliminate perceived rivals,” a killing during a botched robbery and a double shooting in a barroom dispute over a spilled drink.
More than 100 of the defendants were arrested Thursday as some 800 federal agents and police officers made busts in several states. One person was arrested in Italy.
Other charges include alleged corruption among dockworkers who were forced to kick back a portion of their holiday bonuses to the crime families.
Holder called the arrests “an important step forward in our nation’s fight against organized crime.”
The crimes include two murders dating back 30 years, and another as recently as 2002. One of the defendants, among the scores arrested, is a former New York City police officer.
Authorities say the investigation was aided by informants who recorded thousands of conversations by suspected mobsters.
Luigi Manocchio, the reputed former head of New England’s Patriarca crime family, was arrested Wednesday in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., the U.S. attorney’s office in Providence said. An indictment accused him of collecting protection payments from strip club-owners. Also arrested was Thomas Iafrate, who worked as a bookkeeper for strip clubs and set aside money for Manocchio, prosecutors said.
The takedown was the result of multiple investigations. Federal probes aided by mob turncoats have decimated the families’ ranks in recent years and have resulted in lengthy prison terms for several leaders.
On Friday, a federal judge in Brooklyn sentenced John “Sonny” Franzese, 93, to eight years in prison for extorting Manhattan strip clubs and a pizzeria on Long Island.
In October, Mafia turncoat Salvatore Vitale was sentenced to time served after federal prosecutors praised his total betrayal of his own crime syndicate – and after he apologized to the families of his victims. Authorities said he had a hand in at least 11 murders, including that of a fellow gangster in the fallout from the infamous Donnie Brasco case.
The evidence provided after his arrest in 2003 helped decimate the once-fearsome Bonanno organized crime family, Assistant U.S. Attorney Greg Andres said.
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Associated Press writer Eric Tucker in Providence, R.I., contributed to this report.
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Kentucky Momma
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 11:00am93 years old. Wow. You would’ve thought that by the time someone is 93 they would be ….i dont know….less evil…I guess……………but bad is bad
Report Post »Carrie3570
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 1:13pmI was thinking, what a waste of money to jail him for 8 years. Why not put him under house arrest? Then he still has to pay for rent, bills, food, clothing, medical, etc. Now we get to pay for that.
Report Post »Oil_Robb
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 1:43pmhe would extort his rent from his neighbors
Report Post »kickagrandma
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 10:50amHow about we arrest 100 muslims and send them on home, starting with the one occupying the WH, OUR house????
Report Post »Jack007
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 10:47amSorry about the broken knee caps; nothing personal, just business ya know :|
Report Post »temple62
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 10:34amGood story but they missed capturing a few in the process – themselves!
Report Post »chips1
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 1:58pm“Like so many nickels and dimes?”
Report Post »Helldogger
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 10:26amWhy do they always go after the American mafia? Why don’t they ever go after the Columbian mafia, Mexican mafia, Chinese mafis, Russian mafia. Hell no, they go after the most ligit, most peaceful, less harmfull. And then there‘s Americas’ most notorias crime family, the DemocRAT mafia.
Report Post »wscitgo
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 10:36amYou are confusing justice as taught versus justice in reality. Justice in America is defined by who and how much you are willing to pay to get that justice—when you don’t pay up, you go to jail. Never, ever fall victim to believing there is any justice at all—the justice system and our government are run for and by the bankers, real simple so don‘t make it any more complicated than that because it isn’t.
Report Post »Ghandi was a Republican
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 10:37amBecause once a system goes to shiit – the mafia becomes the only way of doing business. It becomes the free enterprise system within. The Government bureaucrats become anointed or appointed CEO figureheads with shares and interests in a carrot and stick game of graft and profit. Kinda like today’s Unions for sure!
Report Post »Salmad
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 10:24amIt is fantastic the Feds are bringing the Italian mob down as they have for quite some time. But don’t you think they should start concentrating on groups such as the Bloods, Russian mafia, Latino gangs? Maybe it’s just me but I dont remember the traditional Mafia killing or terrorizing civilians. I have a feeling the mafia is an easy prey with no threat of violence or retaliation.
Report Post »Better go after the 80 year old moustache petes that specialize on gambling or prostitution.
ltb
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 10:21amI wonder how many of the people arrested will wind up in Obama’s witness relocation program (i.e., on his Cabinet)?
Report Post »Slap Shot
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 10:16amCan we get the same kind of action for the Washington mobsters?????????
Report Post »xm-1774u
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 10:13amthey arrested congress?
Report Post »fathers_thought
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 10:03amDoesn’t make sense for them to be SEIU.
Haven’t you seen the government support every SEIU effort? Look at Chevrolet (GM)!
Having said that, I fully believe the unions are all mob run.
Report Post »Maybe these gusy didn’t pay off the right people.
wscitgo
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 10:34am“Maybe these gusy didn’t pay off the right people.”
Thats likely what it boils down to at the end of the day…..thugs in Washington and New York were shaking them down for more money and they did not want to pay up.
Report Post »fathers_thought
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 10:00amSee, the government doesn’t like competition.
Report Post »Cabo King
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 9:47amJob openings!!!! new Union leaders needed.!!!!
Report Post »SmanWatts
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 9:32amWhen the initial thought hit me that this was a news story about something Eric Holder was getting right…. the faint echos of something my mom used to tell me “if it sounds too good to be true…“ quickly switched that thought to the realization of how fortunate this would be say ”if” someone were wanting to start competing in that industry…. I never used to be this cynical… honest.
Report Post »chickster
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 9:32amwhen does the FBI start investigating Goerge Soros? how about ivestigating the MFA?
Report Post »AuntiEm
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 9:30amWhich Mafia was it? Italian, Mexican, Russian?
Report Post »Jim in Houston
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 11:22amUnions or congress would be a better question.
Report Post »EP46
Posted on January 22, 2011 at 11:16amNo Auntiem……this was the “home boys’ round-up. We would not want to intrude on others who are ‘spreading the wealth’.
Report Post »randy
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 9:28amNow that Rahm Emanuel is going to be Mayor of Chicago, we can’t have NY Mafia competing with Chicago Mafia now can we? Sounds like Eric Holder helping out Emanuel.
Report Post »raybojabo
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 1:58pmYou nailed it brother. The Daleys are moving east.
Report Post »heyjim55
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 2:28pmI think the Unions are running out of money and can’t make the monthly vig .
Report Post »Tyr
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 9:22amThis is excellent news! Now, when are they going to go after the Black, Mexican, and Puerto Rican gangs that have turned entire sections of our cities into crime ridden war zones? How about the gangs on along the Mexican border? I guess busting Mafia types is easier and safer for the Agents. After all, they are less apt to resist arrest with machineguns than the street gangs.
Report Post »wscitgo
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 9:26amNo, I don’t thats it, because if it were, they would be going after the Federal Reserve and banking system, the most corrupt thugs in the history of mankind. No, this is just a dog and pony show to make average ignorant lemming Americans to believe that they are doing their job. They won’t go after anyone that could cause “political” incorrectness. As another poster pointed out, they are going after these guys because they are white males for European descent; they won’t go after anyone other group, and certainly will not go after their thug mob bosses—the corrupt federal reserve and corrupt banking oligarch.
Report Post »SGTMOMOF2
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 9:41amTYR,
Report Post »You must have read my mind. I was thinking the exact same thing.
Whostolemypig
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 9:43amAfter watching a Sopranos rerun, Elliot Ness Holder thought the Mafia to be a much softer target. He didn’t get the memo that street gangs surpassed the Mafia long ago in violent crime and the bankers replaced them in white collar crime.
Report Post »Seasoldier
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 11:23amTYR, you bring up just the right question. I just watched Attorney General Holder’s press conference on these arrests and I was hoping someone would ask him something like this:
Report Post »Okay, good job, Mr. Holder. Now how about the other organized crime gangs, like the Bloods, Crips, MS13, Latin Kings, etc. And while we’re at it, how about the gangs who put on a political face but call for violence against people and overthrough of our government, e. g., The New Black Panthers?
JCoolman
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 9:20amThere’s a couple hundred in Washington DC.
Report Post »BoilitDown
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 10:10amJCOOLMAN
Report Post »Yeah………and I know the building where they all hang out. Should we call it in and rat them out?
mark
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 9:20amI smell a rat. Hey Big Sis, how many of these mobsters are Tea Party Patriots?.
Report Post »RightUnite
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 9:24amUmmmmm, probably not, as that is not the Tea Parties MO.
Report Post »mark
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 9:32amI saying that this is a ruse to mess with the T-Party.
Report Post »RightUnite
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 9:37amCould be, wouldn’t surprise me.
Report Post »EP46
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 3:10pmLook behind the smoke Mark…you are right, more to this
REDISTRIBUTION of WEALTH to
Russian mafia, Chinese Triads and South American drug cartels…..and others
We don’t want the home grown mafia taking $$$$ from other countries who are operating here in the U.S. …that would be greedy.
Report Post »belleharbor
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 9:15amRun forest run
Report Post »Anneke9
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 9:14amNow they’ve proved they can investigate and arrest white gangsters whose relatives came from Europe, maybe they’ll investigate the New Black Panthers, MS-13, the Nortenos, etc. Not going to hold my breath on that one.
Report Post »parmajohn
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 9:58amI agree elimanate the competition…..Being from cleveland area it seems like the streets were alot safer back in the day the punks with guns are just that and would have soiled themslves when confronted by “The Boys” Sometimes some things would be better off if left ‘Unchanged”
Report Post »wscitgo
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 9:13amWow, when I first read this I was excited, thought the Feds would finally be going to Wall Street to take our country back—–then I found out it was just another dog and pony show to make it look like there is justice. Perhaps the people they are arresting are the bloggers telling the truth about our corrupt Federal Reserve (which is a private corporation) and our corrupt bankers. Actually, best case would be for the government to arrest the Federal Reserve for treason, the bankers for treason, then arrest themselves for not doing their job.
Report Post »BoilitDown
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 9:23am@wscitgo
Report Post »You’re probably right some of the underlings may have been sacrificed to show some action on the mob front. A hundred fall guys wouldn’t be much of a sacrifice. Do I sound cynical? What do you suppose would make anyone cynical?
what4
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 9:34amChicago style shakedown….Barry wants a billion for his campain, remember?
Report Post »JmanTaylor
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 9:11amGood thing we got that Mobster thing under control. Now on to the number 2 threat to America, trans-fat!
Report Post »TexasCommonSense
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 9:20amThat would be even funnier if it weren’t so true.
Report Post »CatB
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 11:34amMore look over here … .while I destroy you from the other direction.
Report Post »TexasCommonSense
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 1:19pmCatB, you got it.
Report Post »youguysready_letsroll
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 2:17pmI‘d say there will be new mobsters to fill the void since’s there’s now a mafia power vaccuum.
Report Post »missionarydad
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 8:09pmGreat job the FBI scored a big one here. I still say Watch what the other hand is doing. I wonder what is really going on that this breaking news was designed to distract and cover up for. Sorry I just do not trust the Obama administration and certainly not Eric Holder
Report Post »WeMustNeverForget
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 8:50pm@MissionaryDad
Report Post »I’m with you on your thoughts… It is unfortunate that we now must see things in this manner; it is never what it appears to be.
Neil Mariner
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 9:06amWhen ya think you sh-t don’t stink, thats when they get you.
Report Post »wscitgo
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 9:18amNot true—-the corrupt treasonous Federal Reserve and squid banking oligarch have thought they are above the law for over a century as they fleece hard working Americans labor on a minute by minute basis—-no wait, sorry, they are above the law—-my bad!
Report Post »Fletch
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 9:45amtruly what’s the difference between what these people do and what is done daily by congress, the IRS, the Federal Reserve or any of the myriad of state and federal agencies?
Report Post »Fletch
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 9:52amJust further proof that the Federal government hates competition.
Report Post »tower7femacamp
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 1:43pmMaybe they are going to a FEMA camp ?
http://www.prisonplanet.com/new-legislation-authorizes-fema-camps-in-us.html
yes the Fed is not only above the Law they are above the Law makers.
Report Post »I wonder if the Fed owns China ?
grandmaof5
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 9:04amI wonder how many of them belonged to SEIU?
Report Post »Carl1
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 9:10amI Would say all of them.
Report Post »jgeezy
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 9:10amI wonder if any of them have a seat in congress?
http://practicalpolitician.wordpress.com/
Report Post »what4
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 9:12amJust making room for the Chicago based peeps…..Barrys friends!
Report Post »belleharbor
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 9:16amNice you know they are all looking out the corner of the window shades
Report Post »TexasCommonSense
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 9:18amI‘m sure they’re evenly distributed thoughout most unions. Remember who was a leader the teamsters, Hoffa!
Report Post »AmeriWoman
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 9:18amThey prob walked in, phot and fingerprint and walked out.
Court will be held in 25 years…..
Sad
AW
Report Post »BoilitDown
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 9:18amI was just going to say union leaders but, SEIU does seem to be pretty prominent. Also Public Unions in the wake of the snow plow slow down.
Report Post »“How many ties are there to politicians” is my next question. (because I’m not the only one who wants to know)
mcccmar
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 9:19amlol having dealt with seiu 1199 for years I would say ALOT of them – they are professional thugs
Report Post »RightUnite
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 9:23amWell then, that‘s a guarantee that they’ll walk.
Report Post »Xcori8r
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 9:26amYou will probably never hear of where all of their political “contributions” went.
Report Post »cheezwhiz
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 9:27amsoon to be replaced by the mafia of the second city
Report Post »bbdarthchris077
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 9:29amThese are the people that directly competing with the government. You ever hear the saying do not steal because the government hates competition!
Report Post »KICKILLEGALSOUT
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 9:42amGood! Throw these criminals behind bars and clean up our communities!
Now on to the millions of foreign criminal illegals and visa violators that are invading our country!
Report Post »felina g
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 9:48am“Just when I thought I was out………they pulled me back in !”
Report Post »oldguy48
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 9:59amThe IRS can’t stand competition.
Report Post »snowleopard3200 {cat folk art}
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 10:06am@Grandmaof5
Good morning, most likely all of them did, or were in opposition to the unions; of course any and all of those who are actually supporting the administration or the Obama cronies will get a pass on any charges they try to make stick to them.
Report Post »Dustyluv
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 10:07amAny named Barney, Nancy or Barack??
Report Post »Cemoto78
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 10:24amNext stop…Washington D.C., start arresting those “Mobsters” and corrupt individuals.
Report Post »GODSAMERICA
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 10:33amThat was what I was wondering while I read that, but not just SEIU but all of unions.
Report Post »demint.disciple
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 10:35amHmmm, I though the mafia went cold when Gotti was arrested… I guess not…
Report Post »They ( FBI ) always say now adays, that the mafia is dead…
I knew they were down, but not out.. 100 is not even touching the tip of the iceberg.. There are millions more out there to take their place.. Sad…
betterthantv
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 10:55amYou beat me to it! Was Andy Stern involved in this? How about Tumpka?
Report Post »ChiefGeorge
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 10:58amProbably behind on their Federal taxes.
Report Post »Sam I am
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 11:01amWhoo-Hooo! Full employment for lawyers!!
Report Post »See, the stimulus worked!
dwh320
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 11:04amWOW.. looks like the Progressive Democrats just lost some votes…. oops … or perhaps they just recruited new ACORN members for their East Cost operations. This means they just got 200,000 votes from dead people and cartoon characters.
Report Post »edcoil
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 11:05amIsn’t this racial profiling for mobs?
Report Post »RLTW
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 11:08amHonestly, I’d rather the FBI work on cleaning out organized crime in DC.
Report Post »Jim in Houston
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 11:14amCarl took the words right out of my mouth.
Report Post »rubintheartist
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 11:15amSo they arrested a small time local operation. They still haven’t gotten to the big fish, the progressive democrats, who are guilty of treason. I enjoy the way an evil progressive clan is arrested by the citizens of Hairmerica in an animated comedy web movie everybody is talking about. Here’s a link to the movie: http://www.marcrubin.com/Hairmerica.ivnu
Report Post »Xcori8r
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 11:17amDid they pull Charlie Rangel in this time?
Report Post »Nutthuggers
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 11:26amI guess Obama wants to help out the Jamacian/Somolian/Black Mafia. He wants to give them equal access to the New York crime syndicate. Equality in everything. These whites have been unfairly controlling the shakedowns of businesses in New York for to long!!!
Report Post »Fina Biscotti
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 11:29amThe mob owns the Unions…..the unions own obams/soetoro……as evidenced by his own words….during his campaign for president…..as a Usurper.
This adminidtration and his thugocracy…removed the figureheads and hit men…..from the Crime Syndicate that helped get obama “elected”….so that OBAMA Inc. can take over….as head of the UNIONS.
Report Post »CatB
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 11:33amMobsters in N.Y. I am shocked … you want REAL mobsters? Go to Chicago or Washington D.C. (I see D.C. is where they are “hanging out” these days!)
Report Post »CatB
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 11:35amWashington D.C. DIDN’T LIKE THE COMPETITION!
Report Post »wise grandma
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 11:35amThey are really trying to ruin New York’s economy or Bloomberg is tired of completion.
Report Post »ZOMBIE JESUS LOVES ME
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 11:37amWow, RUBINTHEARTIST, your “movie” is horrid! Are you high or mildly retarded?
Report Post »Quad-rip-legic
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 11:38amI wonder if this means we will be getting another terrorist attack. I also wonder if it’s to help clear the way for the building of the mosque.
Report Post »BlazingPatriot
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 11:40amBotta Bing Botta Boom !!
Report Post »TheLascone
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 11:48amYou know what they say Grandma ….
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newspapertaxis
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 1:17pmSEIU or not; I see the government doesn’t like the competition..
Report Post »AngryMobOfOne
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 1:23pmThey are holding the suspects at Fort Hamilton (US Army Post).
Anybody else think it’s creepy to involve the US Army in civilian law enforcement? Is this the “crisis” to set a precedent?
Maybe I’m being paranoid and I hope I am. But the Marxists in charge have given me plenty of reason to think the worst.
Report Post »AnnMarie
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 1:25pmI wish they showed the due diligence as this with illegal immigrants.
tower7femacamp
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 1:25pmI hope they got Bad guys
The John Warner Defense Authorization Act, mentioned above, gives the president the authority to declare martial law and take control of National Guard troops without state governor authorization. If applied, Warner would x-out the entire Constitution and Bill of Rights. It would also violate Posse Comitatus.
NSP 51 and HSPD 20 (the National Security and Homeland Security Presidential Directive) allow the president to declare a “national emergency” for any reason without congressional approval. These directives would result in the suspension of constitutional government and the militarization of justice and law enforcement. NSPD 51 supersedes the National Emergency Act and supposed congressional oversight. If applied, the Constitution would be null and void.
The Military Commissions Act trashes habeas corpus and allows the government to detain anyone (including U.S. citizens) by declaring them enemy combatants. It also allows torture and provides immunity for military and intelligence officials. The act violates the Sixth and Fourth Amendments, Article 1 Section 9, Clause 2 (covering habeas corpus) of the Constitution. It also violates the Geneva Convention.
Finally, the long-standing FISA (Foreign Intelligence and Surveillance Act) allows the Obama administration to spy on any American without court approval. It provides a meaningless and phony court review and secret procedures and a worthless report to Congress.
Obama’s “national emergency” in response to a pandemic that is nothing for the sort is another example of the executive wantonly violating the Constitution. It does not matter if the details of the so-called emergency declaration concern the bureaucratic operation of government. It is a violation of the principles our founders had in mind when they formulated our (now mostly moribund) constitutional republic.
Only the American people, through their representatives in Congress, can declare a national emergency.
Report Post »http://www.infowars.com/obamas-national-emergency-violates-the-constitution/
scjeff
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 1:29pmSicilian Local 666
Report Post »TXPilot
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 1:49pmSince they are cleaning all the crimminals out of New York, maybe they can now go down to Washington, and arrest all the ones there too. They can start at the big house on Pennsylvania Avenue, and down the road at the big building with the dome on top.
Report Post »UMMAH GUMMAH
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 2:17pm.
Interestingly, pencil Holder is in Brooklyn today to celebrate local Mafia arrests. Something about the Chicago Mob eliminating the New York competition comes to mind..
Couldn’t be.. or could it?
.
Report Post »UMMAH GUMMAH
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 2:25pm.
When Geithner prints BILLIONS it’s fiscal responsibility. When the mob prints a few hundred thou, they get put away for life.
Interesting how that works, isn’t it?
.
Report Post »101
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 2:48pmThey need to hit up Washington DC next!
Report Post »Kalish
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 3:04pmWhy didn’t they stop the mafia cold when the had the chance after WW2 ? It’s too late to crack down on them now
Report Post »tower7femacamp
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 3:16pmcompared to Goldman Sachs these poor guys are Alter boys.
Report Post »avenger
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 4:42pmthat’s nice…how about we do the same with the criminals in government….start with eric and owe bummer….
Report Post »c10win
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 5:47pmOh, come on guys… these were not union workers. They were competition, which is why the ‘o’ called holder and told him they had to go down. Now the unions can get it all…
Report Post »attitudijudi
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 7:13pmDidn’t you hear? SEIU has formed a union for the mob & criminals. They will do anything for pension money!
Report Post »WeMustNeverForget
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 8:27pm@Nutthuggers… I think you’re on to something. I venture to add the Black Panthers to your list!! On a different note: How many billions of dollars in seized and frozen assets will the gov’t now have access to? I don’t believe this investigation is solely about getting these guys off the street it never is what it appears to be on the surface.
Report Post »WeMustNeverForget
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 8:37pmAnnMarie
Ooops I inadvertantly clicked on “Report Post” to add to your comment on illegal immigrants or so I thought I was. It appears I reported your post. My apologies, hope this doesn’t cause any problems. I’m new here and just learning the ropes.
What I was responding to was your comment:
“I wish they showed the due diligence as this with illegal immigrants.”
My comment was: “Or the black panthers”.
Report Post »jds7171
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 9:45pmI don’t mean to be a racist here, Why aren’t we doing things like this with the Latin gangs??????
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