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by TallGuy19 » Wed Mar 03, 2021 3:23 pm
queensnyer wrote: ↑Wed Mar 03, 2021 2:38 pm also wasnt scarpa brought down to Mississippi, to press the kkk and find out where the dead civil rights activists where... i guess a job is a job
by queensnyer » Wed Mar 03, 2021 2:38 pm
by Villain » Wed Mar 03, 2021 11:26 am
PolackTony wrote: ↑Wed Mar 03, 2021 11:21 am Villain wrote: ↑Wed Mar 03, 2021 10:53 am PolackTony wrote: ↑Wed Mar 03, 2021 10:51 am Villain wrote: ↑Wed Mar 03, 2021 10:41 am In addition, the racial case with Prio is probably a rare example since the Outfit was known to collaborate with the blacks, including Prios crew Also, as noted, the Playboy Club in question was in FL, not the one in Chicago. That may be important context. I completely agree Back in the 90s there was also the infamous case where Frankie Caruso III and his buddies beat the piss out of a black kid walking through Bridgeport, and the Caruso family staged photo opps with a black minister and a high ranking Gangster Disciples leader. While this was a charade, of course, the Southside crew certainly had the connections to make it happen and to show that the Caruso kid would be protected in prison. While wiseguys weren’t inviting black dudes over to their house for Sunday gravy and marching with the Urban League, they were cordial enough to do business with black gangsters and politicians, of course. Bob Cooley also stated that his decision to flip on the Outfit was directly precipitated by him fixing a murder case where they threw some black dude on the L tracks and killed him on the third rail, and commented “who cares, it was just a n*****”. He claims that was his last straw. While I don’t doubt at all that the story could’ve happened, Cooley was also a degenerate gambler and cokehead with motivation to cast his decision to cooperate in the best light for posterity. My point here being that real life is always messy, the mob has always had lots of strange bedfellows, and the actual histories of links between LCN and blacks is more complicated and interesting then just violent incidents like Howard Beach or Frankie Caruso.
Villain wrote: ↑Wed Mar 03, 2021 10:53 am PolackTony wrote: ↑Wed Mar 03, 2021 10:51 am Villain wrote: ↑Wed Mar 03, 2021 10:41 am In addition, the racial case with Prio is probably a rare example since the Outfit was known to collaborate with the blacks, including Prios crew Also, as noted, the Playboy Club in question was in FL, not the one in Chicago. That may be important context. I completely agree
PolackTony wrote: ↑Wed Mar 03, 2021 10:51 am Villain wrote: ↑Wed Mar 03, 2021 10:41 am In addition, the racial case with Prio is probably a rare example since the Outfit was known to collaborate with the blacks, including Prios crew Also, as noted, the Playboy Club in question was in FL, not the one in Chicago. That may be important context.
Villain wrote: ↑Wed Mar 03, 2021 10:41 am In addition, the racial case with Prio is probably a rare example since the Outfit was known to collaborate with the blacks, including Prios crew
by PolackTony » Wed Mar 03, 2021 11:21 am
by Villain » Wed Mar 03, 2021 10:53 am
by PolackTony » Wed Mar 03, 2021 10:51 am
by Villain » Wed Mar 03, 2021 10:41 am
by newera_212 » Wed Mar 03, 2021 8:27 am
Wiseguy wrote: ↑Tue Mar 02, 2021 8:17 am Villain wrote: ↑Tue Mar 02, 2021 7:16 am Wiseguy wrote: ↑Mon Mar 01, 2021 7:30 pm Not surprising at all but this writer seemed the type who found the mob having racist attitudes more objectionable than the host of other crimes they're guilty of. I dont want to stir shit up and i completely respect and understand your post but still i want you to know this...you see, back in 1961 Ross Prio purchased the franchise for the Playboy Club that was located in Miami, but later the franchise was purchased back by Hefner because of a racial incident that occurred in the club. Prio and the Outfit didnt want any blacks coming to the joint or on other words they wanted the club to operate as a segregated joint but Hefner opposed any segregation and that’s why he purchased it back from Prio for a much higher price. Interesting story. Good to see a lifelong pornographer felt something was beyond the pale and decided to take a moral stance.
Villain wrote: ↑Tue Mar 02, 2021 7:16 am Wiseguy wrote: ↑Mon Mar 01, 2021 7:30 pm Not surprising at all but this writer seemed the type who found the mob having racist attitudes more objectionable than the host of other crimes they're guilty of. I dont want to stir shit up and i completely respect and understand your post but still i want you to know this...you see, back in 1961 Ross Prio purchased the franchise for the Playboy Club that was located in Miami, but later the franchise was purchased back by Hefner because of a racial incident that occurred in the club. Prio and the Outfit didnt want any blacks coming to the joint or on other words they wanted the club to operate as a segregated joint but Hefner opposed any segregation and that’s why he purchased it back from Prio for a much higher price.
Wiseguy wrote: ↑Mon Mar 01, 2021 7:30 pm Not surprising at all but this writer seemed the type who found the mob having racist attitudes more objectionable than the host of other crimes they're guilty of.
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