Fuck the Feds

So this morning the FBI took the largest single action it has ever taken against organized crime at one time. They arrested around 130 men in raids in New York, New Jersey and Rhode Island starting in the early hours of this morning, the NY Times reports. among those arrested were about 30 "made men" belonging to crime families in New York or New Jersey. The family targeted the most seems to be the Colombo crime family, whose entire leadership was rounded up and given steel bracelets.The charges against the group included five murders, along with a plethora of other charges including extortion, money-laundering, lone sharking etc. Normal mafioso stuff.

About 80 of the defendants are being charged in Brooklyn. Including members of all five New York families: Genovese, Gambino, Colombo, Luchese, and Bonnano. Plus the DeCavalcante family of New Jersey.

Look, I understand that now the fucking FBI and the DEA and everyone are going to be all "We've toppled organized crime" blah blah blah. Dude, the Mafia is just how Italians do business. You take out one family, another one rises up. Don't FBI agents watch the Godfather? You can never stop organized crime. As long as there are people who need loan-shark loans, or businesses to be extorted, there will be the Mafia. I mean the charges against these grease-balls go over 20 years back, and there are only five murders? It seems like the Mafia is being pretty quiet. I mean if terrorism is such a concern why aren't all these cops focusing on that? These are just Italian-Americans with alternative means of income. Fuck, if you go back 20 years you can probably find 5 murders committed by the Girl Scouts of America.

I'm just saying every time this happens, the FBI is like all we win we win. No you don't, you're just making arrests to make it look like you're doing your job. I'm sure these guys have the best lawyers, more than half will probably plead down or walk on the charges. So fuck you FBI for thinking you are cool for this shit. Wasting my tax money yet again.