Saturday,
October 27, 2007
Law Enforcement Myopia
Ignores all Crime except Italian
The
ANNOTICO Report
"American
Gangster" is
a film based on the life of Frank Lucas, who for 15 years operated
openly in Harlem, right under the noses of the NY Police, and the FBI, who were
completely ignorant of him, because they were so narrowly focused on Italians
as being the "only" criminals!!!!!!!!!!
Interestingly, Nicky Barnes, a compatriot, was
far more interesting, and has already been the subject of a
documentary Mr. Untouchable ,
a film about the most powerful black drug kingpin in
Only
then did law enforcement widen their "fixation" from Italians and
wake up.to that which was staring them in the face.
Barnes
was sent to prison for life, but Barnes became an informant. He forwarded a
list of 109 names, five of which were Council members, along with his wife's
name, implicating them all in illegal activities related to the heroin trade.
Barnes helped to indict 44 other traffickers, 16 of whom were ultimately
convicted. In this testimony, he implicated himself in eight murders.
Then-Mayor
Rudolph Giuliani sought to have Barnes' life sentence, shortened to a 30-year
term. In 2003, his cooperation with prosecutors was rewarded with an early
release from prison.Barnes is now in the Witness
Protection Program.
There
were NO Wire Taps, only
Law
Enforcement seems like it can get more Headlines by 'busting" petty
Italian criminals, since the Media will get hysterical about "Mafia",
that Law Enforcement seems to be ignoring the Columbian,
Mexican, and Jamaican Drug Cartels,Russian Jewish
Mafia, the Israeli Kosher Nostra, and the THOUSANDS OF GANGS controlling
large sections of our major cities.
One
wonders about their Priorities, their Agenda, or Political Influence!!!!!!
Is Law
Enforcement Motto: "Protect and Serve" or
" Posture and Pension" ???
Cops and
Robber
"American Gangster" and
the underside of 1970s New York
Directed by
Ridley Scott
American Standard
by John Podhoretz
October 27,2007 Volume 013, Issue 08
Frank Lucas, the title character of American Gangster, is a precise and
controlled man. A
Lucas prizes
his low profile.
He upbraids one of his brothers for tricking himself out like a pimp at a
Because of his
showy gear and ringside seats, Lucas captures the attention of two police
officers working in the area of drug enforcement. One is Richie Roberts
(Russell Crowe), a
While the
principle character in this film is Frank Lucas, another character in
the film Nicky Barnes, was far more interesting, and has already been the subject of a documentary Mr. Untouchable , a
film about the rise and fall of a teen-age heroin junkie to the most powerful
black drug kingpin in
In June 1977,
Barnes went national when he posed for the cover of The New York Times Magazine, with
the headline ?Mister Untouchable".
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