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Re: A post for JayZeeBMT, cortelyounext, mafia buffs, and cop haters |
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Posted by cortelyounext on Tue Jan 27 19:47:41 2015, in response to A post for JayZeeBMT, cortelyounext, mafia buffs, and cop haters, posted by LuchAAA on Tue Jan 27 19:28:32 2015. Thanks, LuchAAA! Did you see my post about The Big Gay Ice CreamAn unfocused protest in support of disparate causes. |
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Re: A post for JayZeeBMT, cortelyounext, mafia buffs, and cop haters |
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Posted by LuchAAA on Tue Jan 27 19:56:16 2015, in response to Re: A post for JayZeeBMT, cortelyounext, mafia buffs, and cop haters, posted by cortelyounext on Tue Jan 27 19:47:41 2015. I think JayZeeBMT needs to read your post and respond to it.On my end, I am fascinated with mafia stories and NYPD corruption. NYPD has a long history of corruption. |
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Re: A post for JayZeeBMT, cortelyounext, mafia buffs, and cop haters |
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Posted by vfrt on Wed Jan 28 12:08:18 2015, in response to Re: A post for JayZeeBMT, cortelyounext, mafia buffs, and cop haters, posted by LuchAAA on Tue Jan 27 19:56:16 2015. In the 1970s a gay bar opened up in ultra-Italian Bensonhurst. It was called 'Broad-Way' or something like that. Last place you'd expect a gay bar in a conservative catholic neighborhood with a heavy mob presence, right? Gays were not tolerated too well in southwest Brooklyn in those days. Except that this place was allegedly owned by the gay son of a local mobster. |
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Re: A post for JayZeeBMT, cortelyounext, mafia buffs, and cop haters |
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Posted by JayZeeBMT on Wed Jan 28 12:29:14 2015, in response to A post for JayZeeBMT, cortelyounext, mafia buffs, and cop haters, posted by LuchAAA on Tue Jan 27 19:28:32 2015. You've got it twisted. In the 1960s and 70s, gays and gay bars were illegal, and almost all of them were owned or controlled by the mob, which also collected all the money from cigarette machines they installed in them. At the time of the Stonewall rebellion, these bars were on the "pads" of whatever NYPD precinct they were located in. It was also illegal to serve alcohol to "known homosexuals", so the State Liquor Authority inspectors had to be paid off, too. On the night of the Stonewall rebellion, cops from the Vice Squad raided the bar (who weren't getting paid off), and the fed-up patrons finally fought back, after years of harassment by the NYPD.Interestingly, the mob, which absolutely forbade homosexuality in its ranks, stayed involved with the gay bars in NYC long after they were legalized in the early 1990s...SMH! |
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Re: A post for JayZeeBMT, cortelyounext, mafia buffs, and cop haters |
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Posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Wed Jan 28 12:36:52 2015, in response to Re: A post for JayZeeBMT, cortelyounext, mafia buffs, and cop haters, posted by JayZeeBMT on Wed Jan 28 12:29:14 2015. They were an excellent source of revenue. They could charge outrageous prices for shitty alcohol, as their customer base basically had no other alternatives for socializing.The mafia was all about money. Any attempt to define a mafia "morality" is absurd. They sold heroin to kids, for Christ's sake. |
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