by newera_212 » Mon May 18, 2020 11:00 am
Uncle Pete wrote: ↑Mon May 18, 2020 9:36 am
I’ve heard this before with Vinny gorgeous taking over “spots” in the Bronx.
Are these dudes really taking over “spots” or are they just selling their smack to Spanish/black guys that already have the spot locked down?
It’s just hard for me to believe a bunch of Italians are doing the DMX, “stop, drop, shut em down, open up shop“ drug turf take over at any point after the 1970s-80’s.
You're absolutely correct. It's selling smack to a spanish guy who in turn sells or consigns it to other spanish/black guys that already have the spots locked down. There is no way in hell Vinny was rolling up to open air drug spots, hopping out of the car with guns, and "taking over" - makes no sense at all. I don't think there was anyone that was in Vinny's blue thunder case who was selling on a street level, or direct to consumer level, at all - it was all middle and upper management. The closest it got to the 'street' level was a kid who was managing some of the spots they used for packaging (they had a spot on Grand Street near Chinatown for that) was a part of the case. I don't know if they ever even got the source of the Heroin. The real source, not the guys getting it from the source. They could and should do a separate book about the Blue Thunder case; it was touched on in DeStefano's VINNY GORGEOUS book but nowhere near in the amount of detail as it could have been (would have doubled the length of the book, lol). I feel like the scale of the network and the money they were making was minimized just to make more room for the trial itself and how it all tied into Vinny's life and career - but there's so much more.
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I’ve heard this before with Vinny gorgeous taking over “spots” in the Bronx.
Are these dudes really taking over “spots” or are they just selling their smack to Spanish/black guys that already have the spot locked down?
It’s just hard for me to believe a bunch of Italians are doing the DMX, “stop, drop, shut em down, open up shop“ drug turf take over at any point after the 1970s-80’s.
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You're absolutely correct. It's selling smack to a spanish guy who in turn sells or consigns it to other spanish/black guys that already have the spots locked down. There is no way in hell Vinny was rolling up to open air drug spots, hopping out of the car with guns, and "taking over" - makes no sense at all. I don't think there was anyone that was in Vinny's blue thunder case who was selling on a street level, or direct to consumer level, at all - it was all middle and upper management. The closest it got to the 'street' level was a kid who was managing some of the spots they used for packaging (they had a spot on Grand Street near Chinatown for that) was a part of the case. I don't know if they ever even got the source of the Heroin. The real source, not the guys getting it from the source. They could and should do a separate book about the Blue Thunder case; it was touched on in DeStefano's VINNY GORGEOUS book but nowhere near in the amount of detail as it could have been (would have doubled the length of the book, lol). I feel like the scale of the network and the money they were making was minimized just to make more room for the trial itself and how it all tied into Vinny's life and career - but there's so much more.