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Killing the Mob: The Fight Against Organized Crime in America
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“Lucky Luciano himself has personally funded Sinatra’s rise to celebrity.”
― Killing the Mob: The Fight Against Organized Crime in America
― Killing the Mob: The Fight Against Organized Crime in America
“As Election Day 1960 draws near, it is a fact that organized crime will attempt to use its vast power to influence who will become the next president of the United States. And few Americans have any idea what is happening.”
― Killing the Mob: The Fight Against Organized Crime in America
― Killing the Mob: The Fight Against Organized Crime in America
“Fear especially marked him—fear of what he was doing and at the same time fear that nobody would believe him.”
― Killing the Mob: The Fight Against Organized Crime in America
― Killing the Mob: The Fight Against Organized Crime in America
“You can get much farther with a kind word and a gun than you can with a kind word alone.”
― Killing the Mob: The Fight Against Organized Crime in America
― Killing the Mob: The Fight Against Organized Crime in America
“Lucas grabs a pair of barber shears and presses a blade into Capone’s jugular vein. “Yeah, I know who you are, grease ball. And if you don’t get back to the end of the line, I’m going to know who you were.”
― Killing the Mob: The Fight Against Organized Crime in America
― Killing the Mob: The Fight Against Organized Crime in America
“Senator John Kennedy, relentless in his pursuits of women, will involve himself with a young lady named Judith Campbell—who will soon become the mistress of the very dangerous Sam Giancana. CHAPTER THIRTEEN FEBRUARY 7, 1960 LAS VEGAS, NEVADA 10:00 P.M.”
― Killing the Mob: The Fight Against Organized Crime in America
― Killing the Mob: The Fight Against Organized Crime in America
“Quickly, many Mafia chieftains sail to America seeking asylum. They declare themselves refugees from fascism. This plea allows Mafiosi to circumvent the Immigration Act of 1924, which caps the number of foreign nationals into America at 150,000 per year. As the immigrants are refugees, U.S. officials do not inquire about the backgrounds of the Sicilians or their intended line of work.”
― Killing the Mob: The Fight Against Organized Crime in America
― Killing the Mob: The Fight Against Organized Crime in America
“Coney Island called the Harvard Inn. The young man can be charming, but one evening as he takes a shine to a beautiful patron, he prefers to be crass. “Honey,” Capone whispers to a dark-haired woman sitting at a table with another man, “you have a nice ass and I mean that”
― Killing the Mob: The Fight Against Organized Crime in America
― Killing the Mob: The Fight Against Organized Crime in America
“spread to the city itself fuel their determined efforts. Gallon after gallon from the hoses attacks the fire, filtering down in torrents from the upper decks to the very bottom of the hull’s interior.”
― Killing the Mob: The Fight Against Organized Crime in America
― Killing the Mob: The Fight Against Organized Crime in America
“The Gangster Squad, as it is called, was originally formed in 1946 as a response to criminals from back East coming west to shake down local restaurants. The owners of famous L.A. eateries like Mocambo and Brown”
― Killing the Mob: The Fight Against Organized Crime in America
― Killing the Mob: The Fight Against Organized Crime in America
