RIP(?) Whitey Bulger

[Inky_Wretch]

Killed in prison.

‘Whitey’ Bulger dead: Mobster killed at federal prison in West Virginia - The Boston Globe

 

[John B. Foster]

"Black Mass" is solid film.

Good riddance.

 

[britwrit]

Since the witness protection program was created decades ago, the mob has had an incredibly poor track record against retaliating against snitches and former snitches.

I know Bulger wasn't technically La Cosa Nostra but you'd think they'd keep better watch on the guy. Or at least better track who he might be bumping into in the lunch line. Was he in general population?

 

[Michael_ Gee]

Since the witness protection program was created decades ago, the mob has had an incredibly poor track record against retaliating against snitches and former snitches.

I know Bulger wasn't technically La Cosa Nostra but you'd think they'd keep better watch on the guy. Or at least better track who he might be bumping into in the lunch line. Was he in general population?

Bulger got away with his crimes for so long because FBI guys in Boston covered for him because he was ratting out Italian mob guys. Not too much of a stretch to see their descendants take vengeance. But it could've just been a spur of the moment prison thing as well. Lots of people with poor impulse control in max security Federal prisons.

 

[Cosmo]

Is this Marc Bulger's dad?

 

[britwrit]

It's like a throwback to the 1970s. Jerry Capeci, the former New York Daily News reporter, writes a weekly web-column on the ins and outs of the mob. It's a really interesting read, if you're into that sort of thing.

According to him, until a recent execution of Bonanno family associate, there hasn't been a mob-related homicide in the Big Apple for the last five years.

 

[Steak Snabler]

Is this Marc Bulger's dad?

No, he played the Scarecrow in The Wizard of Oz.

 

[playthrough]

Bulger got away with his crimes for so long because FBI guys in Boston covered for him because he was ratting out Italian mob guys. Not too much of a stretch to see their descendants take vengeance. But it could've just been a spur of the moment prison thing as well. Lots of people with poor impulse control in max security Federal prisons.

He was in general population, according to the story. That sounds like a death sentence, just with an open date.

 

[Inky_Wretch]

It's like a throwback to the 1970s. Jerry Capeci, the former New York Daily News reporter, writes a weekly web-column on the ins and outs of the mob. It's a really interesting read, if you're into that sort of thing.

According to him, until a recent execution of Bonanno family associate, there hasn't been a mob-related homicide in the Big Apple for the last five years.

Here's his site ... America's Expert on Organized Crime | Gangland News

After that hit, I got on Google Maps to see if I could find Zottola's "family compound." Sure enough, it was marked as the location of his business. You could zoom in, do street view, the works. In the day where anybody with an Internet connection can find where people live, I don't know how there aren't more mob hits now. (Other than the obvious reason of not wanting to draw the Feds' attention.)

 

[Michael_ Gee]

Here's his site ... America's Expert on Organized Crime | Gangland News

After that hit, I got on Google Maps to see if I could find Zottola's "family compound." Sure enough, it was marked as the location of his business. You could zoom in, do street view, the works. In the day where anybody with an Internet connection can find where people live, I don't know how there aren't more mob hits now. (Other than the obvious reason of not wanting to draw the Feds' attention.)

There are plenty of mob hits, but they are multi-ethnic now relating to the drug trade. And even there that has sorted itself out into monopolies or reasonably shared markets in big cities. Frankly, the old Irish and Italian mobs are dying off of natural causes more than anything else.

 

[tapintoamerica]

I believe he was just transferred to the West Va joint yesterday. Seems like they were waiting for him. Did somebody in the BOP administration send word? Makes you wonder.

 

[Inky_Wretch]

The suspect just hated rats.

James ‘Whitey’ Bulger’s suspected killer, Freddy Geas, ‘hated rats’ - The Boston Globe

 

[lakefront]

Yikes, Steve sounding a little rough and tough.