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MAN: Shake this square world
and blast off for Kicksville.
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RICHARD NIXON: America's public
enemy number one is drug abuse.
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NANCY REAGAN: Just say no.
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MAN: The mafia is a major player
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in the international
drug underworld.
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MAN: At the end of the day,
it's all about the dollar.
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It's all about the dollar.
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RONALD REAGAN: American people
want the mob and its associates
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brought to justice
and their power broken.
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KAMALA HARRIS: There's now
an understanding
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that the war on drugs
was an abject failure.
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MAN: You have to stop and ask
yourself, how did we get here?
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ANTHONY RUGGIANO, JR.:
I would go out in the morning,
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I would sit down,
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I would order an egg sandwich
and a cup of coffee,
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and my friends would come,
and we planned the day.
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How we're gonna pillage
and plunder New York City.
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And that was our job.
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My name is
Anthony Ruggiano, Junior.
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I'm called Anthony or Ruge.
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I was an associate of
the Gambino crime family.
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Listen, the mob,
we are self‐centered people.
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It's all about us.
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You know what that means, right?
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How much money's in it for me?
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Let's kill our best friends.
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Let's sell heroin.
Let's poison the city.
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It don't matter.
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John Gotti,
he was very impressive.
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My father told me once when
I was about 18 years old,
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only three things are gonna
happen to John Gotti.
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He's either gonna become
the boss one day,
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he's going to get
100 years in prison,
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or he's gonna get
shot in the head.
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That was my father's future
for John Gotti.
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So, my father,
his name was Fat Andy.
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He met John when John was
a teenager in East New York.
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He always knew John
was a tough kid,
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and, you know,
it went from there.
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John was charismatic,
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like, you know, he had a flash
about him, you know?
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He definitely had
a flash about him.
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The had conversations,
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John Gotti and my father
used to have conversations
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with each other about
how many people they killed.
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I actually had an argument
with my father
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because he wanted me to kill
somebody, and I told him no,
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and he got mad at me because
I didn't want to kill somebody.
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That's how much they
believed in this life.
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John Gotti and my father
believed that it was okay
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to tell your son
to go kill somebody.
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And then if he says no,
you get mad at him.
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Ha. Let's talk about that.
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(chuckles)
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I mean, you know, right? Yeah.
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GEORGE GABRIEL: John Gotti was
one of the known heavies,
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if you will,
in the Gambino crime family.
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Somebody the family could
rely on for acts of violence,
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for killing people.
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He was a thug.
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RUGGIANO: The Gambino family,
they ran the show.
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I mean, they had
all the nightclubs,
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they had all
the construction companies.
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If you needed cement,
you had to go to them.
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They had all the bookmaking.
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They had the police
on the payroll.
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When we went to prisons,
they had the COs on the take.
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The Gambino family,
and all the families,
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had their hands in everything.
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MAN: Cut it out
and let us through.
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Come on. Make a hole and...
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GEORGE ANASTASIA:
Paul Castellano, who's the boss,
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has put out an edict:
nobody deals drugs.
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It's verboten.
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And if you deal drugs,
no appeal, we're gonna kill you.
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And it wasn't that Castellano
thought drugs was a bad thing,
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there wasn't a moral situation.
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They didn't need the money,
they didn't want the aggravation
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that came with dealing drugs.
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They didn't want
the law enforcement pressure
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that came with dealing drugs.
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JOHNNY ALITE: We know the rules,
we know the regulations.
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We don't discuss them.
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But when Gotti Senior
steps into the Mafia,
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he does Gotti's rules.
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He breaks every Mafia protocol
and every rule.
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And one of those rules
was selling drugs.
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I'm Johnny Alite.
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Enforcer, drug dealer,
and, uh, killer for John Gotti.
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So when I'm approached to get
involved in the heroin trade
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with the Gotti family, I'm on
the bottom of that totem pole.
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And when they ask me
to step into business,
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obviously, when you're asked
a question like that,
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it's not an ask,
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it's telling you you're now
in the heroin business.
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(screaming)
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So I was in the heroin business.
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You got heroin coming in
back then from Turkey.
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It was coming in from Spain
and the Sicilian faction.
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So they had different routes
they were bringing heroin
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and moving it
from every direction.
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Every single guy
around the Gotti family,
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anybody who was within our crew,
was moving heroin.
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RUGGIANO: They were
a drug dealer's drug dealer.
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They were wholesaling the drugs
to big time heroin dealers.
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ALITE: John Gotti doesn't want
to know about the drugs.
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At the end of the week
or the end of the month,
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he wants his envelopes.
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He doesn't want to hear
where it comes from.
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RUGGIANO:
When someone brings you
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a shopping bag full of money,
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you're not going to give
the guy the third degree.
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Yeah, he broke the rules,
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but, you know, I guess rules
are made to be broken.
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Back then we thought
it was normal,
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because that's how I was raised.
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I was raised in that atmosphere,
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and it was really a good time in
my life, to be honest with you.
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So I would go out to Manhattan
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and everybody was there
blowing coke,
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and everybody was in the,
it was just a big party scene.
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We always were well manicured.
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You know, getting manicures
was classy.
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I got a manicure yesterday
for this shoot.
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(laughs)
Yeah.
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I even got my eyebrows waxed
for you the other day.
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(laughs)
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Today there's a zillion
different kinds of drugs,
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but back then in the day,
it was coke, pot and heroin.
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I never saw John snort coke,
so I would say he never did.
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ANASTASIA: You know the problem,
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when you talk to people
around him at the time,
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is John Gotti,
among other things,
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was a degenerate gambler.
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(bell rings)
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(crowd cheering)
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And apparently wasn't
a very good gambler.
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ALITE: He wasn't an average guy
losing $50 a game,
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he was a guy that's
losing 100,000 a game.
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There's only one business
that could bring in
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this kind of money,
and that's the drug business.
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GABRIEL: So, Paul Castellano
was a different style
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than John Gotti was.
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Old guy, old school,
very low key.
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Paul kept hearing these
great things about this guy,
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John Gotti.
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He's guarded his family.
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What a capable guy he's got.
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What a powerful crew he's got.
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Paul sees it as a threat.
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Oh, everybody likes this guy.
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Hey, no, the attention's
supposed to come to me,
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not to this guy.
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So, right there Paul's got
a problem with John Gotti.
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RUGGIANO: When I was 16 years
old, my father looked at me
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and he goes,
"You want to work for me?"
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He said, "Going to jail was all
part of the job," he told me.
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My life escalated from working
in a blackjack game
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when I was 16, to a dice game,
to a number office,
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to hijacking trucks,
to violence, to commit a murder.
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I mean, that was
the progression of my life.
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You know, listen,
when I was a kid,
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my father's partner told me,
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"Before you definitely
commit to this life,
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go to Washington, D. C.,"
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he told me, "and look at
the Justice Department building,
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and look at that building,
and I want you to know
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that that building is gonna
chase you and come after you
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your whole life," he told me.
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I didn't do it, but that's
what he told me to do.
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REAGAN: The time has come
to cripple the power
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of the Mob in America.
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Can we honestly say that America
is a land with justice for all
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if we do not now exert
every effort
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to eliminate this confederation
of professional criminals,
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this dark, evil enemy within?
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You know the answer
to that question.
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The American people want the Mob
and its associates
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brought to justice
and their power broken.
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BRUCE MOUW:
My name is Bruce Mouw.
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I was the FBI Supervisor
for approximately 20 years,
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responsible for
all investigations
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involving the Gambino
crime family.
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When I was first assigned
to our office in Queens,
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and we started
hearing informants
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reporting on this active crew
in Ozone Park
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called
the Bergin Hunt and Fish Crew,
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the captain being John Gotti.
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GABRIEL: That was his kind of
traditional, historic club.
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When he was running his crew,
that was his headquarters.
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MOUW: It was a very active crew.
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There were a lot of killers
in the crew,
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and so it was one of the biggest
targets for our squad.
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When you target the crew
of a crime family,
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you always look for weak links,
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and our informants told us that
a very weak link in the family
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was a guy named
Angelo "Quack Quack."
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He had a big mouth, he talked
a lot and he was a gossip.
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ALITE: Gotti's right‐hand man,
best friend,
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and known to be his cousin,
was Angelo.
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He was Gotti's personal
strong arm, henchman,
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intimidator, and moneymaker.
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Along with his brother,
Genie Gotti,
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these guys were the two biggest
earners for Gotti Senior
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in the heroin trade.
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MOUW: Our informants
told us that
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he's having meetings
in his house.
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The big house on Barnard Avenue,
Cedarhurst, Long Island.
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There was a little dining area
right outside his kitchen,
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and he's meeting other organized
crime members and associates.
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So we put a bug
in the little dining area,
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and we also put it
in the downstairs den.
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And after a while we start
picking up Gene Gotti
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showing up there,
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and they were talking about
major multi‐kilo heroin deals.
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RUGGIANO: Paul Castellano
was the boss at the time,
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and he didn't react too well.
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He wasn't happy.
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He wanted the tapes.
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He wanted the tapes, number one,
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just to make sure that
his name wasn't involved,
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that was the first thing,
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and the second thing was
that he knew that was the way
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to get rid of John and Genie,
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because the rule was
you can't sell heroin,
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and it still could be enforced
by a guy like Castellano.
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RUGGIANO: Once Paul started
sending for those tapes,
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and they weren't gonna
give them up,
255
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the (bleep) was gonna
hit the fan.
256
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I heard rumors.
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Somebody told me
on Mulberry Street
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that Paul was going around
telling people
259
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that he was gonna take care
of John after Christmas.
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You don't say that
about a guy like John.
261
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John didn't wait for Christmas,
262
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because John didn't give
a (bleep) about Christmas!
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♪ ♪
264
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RUGGIANO: After them tapes,
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after Paul wanted to listen
to them tapes,
266
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John knew, at that point,
267
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it was kill or be killed,
and basically we all knew that.
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♪ ♪
269
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KAREN GRAVANO: Sometimes I feel
like I talk too much,
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but that's a good thing, right?
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My name's Karen Gravano.
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I'm the daughter of Salvatore
"Sammy the Bull" Gravano.
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♪ ♪
274
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I was about nine years old
when I started to realize
275
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that my father had
a different type of lifestyle.
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He was a gangster and,
you know, whatever that meant.
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If you crossed him,
you had a problem.
278
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When he came home,
he wasn't a gangster at home.
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He was a father, he was
a friend, he was a protector.
280
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There's this one time,
when we were kids,
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like my father took us
to a duck pond,
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and I think we had
a couple of my cousins.
283
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So everybody was feeding the
duck, and the duck went crazy,
284
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and I think it bit me
or my cousin,
285
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and I remember my father
just, like,
286
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grabbing the duck by its neck
and choking him.
287
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Feathers were flying,
ducks, we're all screaming.
288
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Everybody was running.
289
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But, you know,
he was protective.
290
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I mean, I would choke a duck
if they attacked my daughters.
291
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And then it's just like
all of a sudden,
292
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John Gotti appeared in my life.
293
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He had come to my father
because John knew
294
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that he couldn't
make a move on Paul
295
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without including my father.
296
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My father felt like Paul wasn't
kicking down to his own family,
297
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he was making a lot of money,
298
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and he really wasn't
spreading the wealth.
299
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I don't want to sit here
and say, like,
300
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my father loved to do murder,
301
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because I don't think anybody
really likes that,
302
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but he was actually good at it.
303
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♪ ♪
304
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RUGGIANO: It's snowing out,
a little snow, white Christmas.
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♪ ♪
306
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ALITE: I know it's
gonna happen any day now.
307
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GABRIEL: So the plan
that they came up with
308
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was rather ingenious.
309
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They decide to take
Paul Castellano out
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by luring him to one
of his favorite restaurants
311
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with captains that
he absolutely trusted.
312
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Their scheme was
all the shooters,
313
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and they had many of them
314
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because they wanted to be able
to pull this off,
315
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were gonna be in trench coats,
Russian hats.
316
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You see that a lot in New York,
and it's just so nothing.
317
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No one's really going to
pay attention to anything.
318
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If anything, they'll focus on,
319
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"Well, there's a guy with
a trench coat and a Russian hat,
320
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I can't tell you
anything else about him."
321
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One of the busiest sections
of Midtown Manhattan,
322
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four o'clock in the afternoon,
around the holidays.
323
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RUGGIANO: So John Gotti was
in the car up the corner
324
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with Sammy the Bull.
325
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He hated Paul so much
326
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that he wanted to see him
laying in the street.
327
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♪ ♪
328
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ALITE: I happen to be
at another guy,
329
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I was at dinner at his house,
sitting at the kitchen table,
330
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and he had a little television
on the table.
331
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♪ ♪
332
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And while we're sitting eating,
333
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we get some 911 texts
on our beepers.
334
00:20:11,920 --> 00:20:14,120
Back in those day,
it was beepers.
335
00:20:16,480 --> 00:20:19,320
And I kept getting them,
911, 911.
336
00:20:19,320 --> 00:20:22,040
(siren)
337
00:20:22,040 --> 00:20:24,480
And behind the 911,
I'm getting 9‐8.
338
00:20:24,480 --> 00:20:27,720
That means come to the club
on 98th Street, the Bergin.
339
00:20:30,040 --> 00:20:32,360
So I know something happened.
340
00:20:32,360 --> 00:20:38,680
♪ ♪
341
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It's all over the news.
342
00:20:40,160 --> 00:20:41,680
It's flashed everywhere.
343
00:20:41,680 --> 00:20:45,520
That Paul Castellano was hit
in front of Sparks Steakhouse.
344
00:20:45,520 --> 00:20:46,880
REPORTER: Big Paul Castellano,
345
00:20:46,880 --> 00:20:49,120
reputed Godfather
of the Gambino family,
346
00:20:49,120 --> 00:20:51,440
was on his way to
a Manhattan steakhouse.
347
00:20:51,440 --> 00:20:53,360
As he stepped from
his black Lincoln,
348
00:20:53,360 --> 00:20:56,520
three men wearing fur hats and
trench coats suddenly appeared,
349
00:20:56,520 --> 00:20:59,760
pulled guns, pumped six bullets
into Castellano
350
00:20:59,760 --> 00:21:02,560
and six into his top capo,
Thomas Bilotti,
351
00:21:02,560 --> 00:21:04,680
and then calmly walked away.
352
00:21:07,080 --> 00:21:09,400
GRAVANO: I was upstairs in
my room, and all of a sudden
353
00:21:09,400 --> 00:21:13,520
on the news, I'm hearing,
you know, Paul Castellano,
354
00:21:13,520 --> 00:21:17,360
Mob boss, is killed
outside Sparks Steakhouse,
355
00:21:17,360 --> 00:21:20,000
and I'm thinking, like,
"Wow, who could have done this?"
356
00:21:22,720 --> 00:21:25,440
RUGGIANO: After the hit,
Sammy Gravano and John Gotti
357
00:21:25,440 --> 00:21:27,360
drove the car down the street
358
00:21:27,360 --> 00:21:30,920
and they slowed up and looked at
the bodies and kept on going.
359
00:21:30,920 --> 00:21:36,800
♪ ♪
360
00:21:36,800 --> 00:21:38,960
Because he was a gangster,
361
00:21:38,960 --> 00:21:42,360
and he wanted to be there
and see it for his own eyes.
362
00:21:42,360 --> 00:21:45,880
♪ ♪
363
00:21:45,880 --> 00:21:48,440
And then John was the boss.
364
00:21:48,440 --> 00:21:57,360
♪ ♪
365
00:21:57,360 --> 00:21:59,400
ANASTASIA: The old‐time
Mob bosses, you'd say, you know,
366
00:21:59,400 --> 00:22:02,960
they ruled with an iron fist,
covered with a velvet glove.
367
00:22:02,960 --> 00:22:04,840
Well, Gotti saw no need
for the glove,
368
00:22:04,840 --> 00:22:06,520
that's what it came down to.
369
00:22:06,520 --> 00:22:09,760
This was a hostile takeover
in every sense of the word.
370
00:22:12,280 --> 00:22:15,800
RUGGIANO: After he was killed
and John became the boss,
371
00:22:15,800 --> 00:22:18,200
all the heroin dealers
that were around John
372
00:22:18,200 --> 00:22:20,320
all got straightened out.
373
00:22:20,320 --> 00:22:31,400
♪ ♪
374
00:22:31,400 --> 00:22:35,360
ANASTASIA: Gotti was a boss
who reflected the times.
375
00:22:35,360 --> 00:22:38,320
He was always grabbing and
reaching for more and more.
376
00:22:38,320 --> 00:22:44,560
♪ ♪
377
00:22:44,560 --> 00:22:48,520
ALITE: So by the time that
we reach about 1986, 1987,
378
00:22:48,520 --> 00:22:52,280
we expand the heroin business
into the cocaine business.
379
00:22:54,800 --> 00:22:56,920
I have Colombian connections,
380
00:22:56,920 --> 00:22:59,920
so we're coming in
from Colombia.
381
00:22:59,920 --> 00:23:03,080
There's loads coming in
from Miami,
382
00:23:03,080 --> 00:23:05,280
coming in from Detroit.
383
00:23:05,280 --> 00:23:10,400
♪ ♪
384
00:23:10,400 --> 00:23:14,480
GABRIEL: The allure was money,
and very easy money.
385
00:23:14,480 --> 00:23:17,560
If you've got the connections,
it's about the logistics.
386
00:23:17,560 --> 00:23:19,800
It was money.
387
00:23:19,800 --> 00:23:21,800
ALITE: So we go out to
the Hamptons, Fire Island.
388
00:23:21,800 --> 00:23:24,440
Party, drink, broads,
389
00:23:24,440 --> 00:23:27,480
champagne flowing from
the morning till night.
390
00:23:27,480 --> 00:23:32,200
Listen, when you have keys to
the city, like John Gotti did,
391
00:23:32,200 --> 00:23:36,280
he was arrogant, he didn't care
that he broke every rule.
392
00:23:36,280 --> 00:23:37,240
ANASTASIA: You know,
this was supposed to be
393
00:23:37,240 --> 00:23:39,000
Cosa Nostra, "our thing."
394
00:23:39,000 --> 00:23:41,240
When John Gotti took over,
395
00:23:41,240 --> 00:23:44,920
it was no longer "our thing,"
it was "my thing."
396
00:23:46,520 --> 00:23:48,760
RUGGIANO: His transformation
was like a caterpillar
397
00:23:48,760 --> 00:23:51,440
turning into a butterfly.
398
00:23:51,440 --> 00:23:54,080
All of a sudden,
he's wearing $3,000 ties,
399
00:23:54,080 --> 00:23:57,080
and the cocoon opens
and out comes the Dapper Don.
400
00:23:57,080 --> 00:23:58,240
ANASTASIA: He's out and about.
401
00:23:58,240 --> 00:24:00,680
He's good with a quip
and a sound bite.
402
00:24:00,680 --> 00:24:02,040
JOHN GOTTI: Why don't you
just behave yourself?
403
00:24:02,040 --> 00:24:03,240
MAN: I'm behaving myself.
404
00:24:03,240 --> 00:24:04,600
GOTTI:
You're not behaving yourself.
405
00:24:04,600 --> 00:24:06,400
ANASTASIA: John Gotti changes
the whole dynamic
406
00:24:06,400 --> 00:24:07,680
of organized crime.
407
00:24:07,680 --> 00:24:09,920
No longer the old
Sicilian‐style,
408
00:24:09,920 --> 00:24:12,240
"make money not headlines,
stay in the shadows."
409
00:24:12,240 --> 00:24:13,760
The idea was, what's the point
of being a gangster
410
00:24:13,760 --> 00:24:15,800
if nobody knows who you are?
411
00:24:15,800 --> 00:24:18,560
REPORTER: Every Fourth of July
he throws a free fireworks bash
412
00:24:18,560 --> 00:24:21,040
for the neighborhood.
413
00:24:21,040 --> 00:24:22,760
When police had
tried to stop it,
414
00:24:22,760 --> 00:24:24,480
the crowds have
driven them back.
415
00:24:24,480 --> 00:24:28,440
Gotti is somewhat
of a local hero here.
416
00:24:28,440 --> 00:24:30,760
GABRIEL: Ironically,
the neighborhood thinks
417
00:24:30,760 --> 00:24:34,080
John Gotti's keeping
the drug dealers out of here.
418
00:24:34,080 --> 00:24:36,320
Yet John Gotti's a drug dealer,
419
00:24:36,320 --> 00:24:39,160
but he's not the guy pedaling it
on the street, right?
420
00:24:39,160 --> 00:24:40,600
So it's the perception.
421
00:24:40,600 --> 00:24:42,280
He's saving us
from drug dealers.
422
00:24:42,280 --> 00:24:43,840
No, he's not.
423
00:24:46,720 --> 00:24:49,440
ANASTASIA: Gotti was every day,
in your face, look at me,
424
00:24:49,440 --> 00:24:55,040
I'm a gangster doing this,
and that drives law enforcement.
425
00:24:55,040 --> 00:24:56,960
You're in my face,
you're doing this?
426
00:24:56,960 --> 00:24:58,200
I'm coming to get you.
427
00:24:58,200 --> 00:25:12,760
♪ ♪
428
00:25:12,760 --> 00:25:15,280
RUGGIANO: He was such the boss.
429
00:25:15,280 --> 00:25:17,800
He says, "And the worst
I'll ever wind up with,"
430
00:25:17,800 --> 00:25:21,160
he said, "is a hung jury,
because the public loves me."
431
00:25:21,160 --> 00:25:23,960
And he was convinced
that the public loved him,
432
00:25:23,960 --> 00:25:27,080
that they would never
convict him at a trial.
433
00:25:27,080 --> 00:25:33,000
♪ ♪
434
00:25:33,000 --> 00:25:35,920
ALITE: Every time there was a
trial against John Gotti Senior,
435
00:25:35,920 --> 00:25:39,880
we were ordered to intimidate,
hurt, or bribe the juries.
436
00:25:39,880 --> 00:25:41,960
Get them not to give
a guilty plea,
437
00:25:41,960 --> 00:25:44,320
and we'll take care of you
and a family member.
438
00:25:44,320 --> 00:25:45,600
If you can't get to them,
439
00:25:45,600 --> 00:25:47,720
tell them we'll take of you's
a different way.
440
00:25:47,720 --> 00:25:50,120
In other words,
we'll hurt you or kill you.
441
00:25:50,120 --> 00:25:52,480
JUROR: We find him not guilty.
442
00:25:52,480 --> 00:25:53,920
(cheering)
443
00:25:53,920 --> 00:25:55,280
REPORTER: Are you happy?
444
00:25:55,280 --> 00:25:56,480
MAN: Well, for sure.
445
00:25:56,480 --> 00:25:58,280
MAN: We're all happy.
MAN: We're all happy.
446
00:25:58,280 --> 00:26:00,000
MAN: We got a good decision.
447
00:26:00,000 --> 00:26:02,440
MAN: The whole city
should be happy.
448
00:26:02,440 --> 00:26:10,320
♪ ♪
449
00:26:10,320 --> 00:26:12,120
GABRIEL: By the time
he beats the third one,
450
00:26:12,120 --> 00:26:14,440
the public is convinced,
the media's convinced,
451
00:26:14,440 --> 00:26:16,600
law enforcement
can't put him in jail.
452
00:26:16,600 --> 00:26:18,880
The charges just don't stick.
453
00:26:18,880 --> 00:26:22,760
He starts developing
the nickname the Teflon Don.
454
00:26:22,760 --> 00:26:31,360
♪ ♪
455
00:26:31,360 --> 00:26:33,640
ALITE: Brooklyn, Queens,
Bushwick, East New York,
456
00:26:33,640 --> 00:26:35,600
South Jamaica, jails.
457
00:26:35,600 --> 00:26:38,640
If we seen a business that
we like, we'd step into it,
458
00:26:38,640 --> 00:26:41,640
and there was nobody
was gonna stop us.
459
00:26:41,640 --> 00:26:43,160
RUGGIANO: Well, without a doubt
he felt invincible,
460
00:26:43,160 --> 00:26:44,680
and he put it in their faces.
461
00:26:44,680 --> 00:26:46,360
And plus, he was an egomaniac.
462
00:26:46,360 --> 00:26:48,920
So, yeah, it was unheard of.
It was unprecedented.
463
00:26:48,920 --> 00:26:51,880
Everybody knew in their heart
that we were headed for trouble.
464
00:26:56,240 --> 00:26:57,280
(train horn blows)
465
00:26:57,280 --> 00:27:10,040
♪ ♪
466
00:27:24,800 --> 00:27:33,080
♪ ♪
467
00:27:50,840 --> 00:28:05,160
♪ ♪
468
00:28:18,320 --> 00:28:27,200
♪ ♪
469
00:28:43,240 --> 00:28:48,160
♪ ♪
470
00:28:55,160 --> 00:29:02,240
♪ ♪
471
00:29:02,240 --> 00:29:03,640
ALITE: We're moving it
through Rikers Island,
472
00:29:03,640 --> 00:29:06,760
through guards that are
giving it to inmates.
473
00:29:06,760 --> 00:29:09,600
The easy connection is they're
from our neighborhoods.
474
00:29:09,600 --> 00:29:11,480
These guys grew up
in our neighborhoods,
475
00:29:11,480 --> 00:29:13,280
they grew up in poverty.
476
00:29:13,280 --> 00:29:18,560
We have connections to them
through people, family members.
477
00:29:18,560 --> 00:29:20,960
So one of the guys that I was
doing business with in heroin,
478
00:29:20,960 --> 00:29:23,400
he was a sergeant
at Rikers Island.
479
00:29:23,400 --> 00:29:28,120
His brother actually worked
for me in the cocaine business.
480
00:29:28,120 --> 00:29:31,160
We use him to get me the other
connections of the other guards,
481
00:29:31,160 --> 00:29:35,720
guys that he trusts,
guys that he knows for years.
482
00:29:35,720 --> 00:29:39,240
You just had to have a half of
a brain, a little bit of balls,
483
00:29:39,240 --> 00:29:43,440
and with the power structure
behind me and other guys,
484
00:29:43,440 --> 00:29:48,680
the city was ours, and the way
we made money was ours.
485
00:29:48,680 --> 00:29:50,480
GABRIEL: John's style was
completely different
486
00:29:50,480 --> 00:29:51,960
than Paul's.
487
00:29:51,960 --> 00:29:56,600
Paul ran the Gambino family
within La Cosa Nostra rules,
488
00:29:56,600 --> 00:29:58,440
like a business.
489
00:29:58,440 --> 00:30:02,800
There were protocols to how you,
to how things are gonna happen.
490
00:30:02,800 --> 00:30:05,440
ANASTASIA: Gotti ran the
organization like it was a gang.
491
00:30:05,440 --> 00:30:07,680
I mean, that's what he knew,
that's what he came up with.
492
00:30:07,680 --> 00:30:10,960
You had guys dealing drugs,
you had guys doing scams,
493
00:30:10,960 --> 00:30:13,120
you had guys out doing this,
that and the other thing,
494
00:30:13,120 --> 00:30:16,960
and so he brought that same gang
mentality to his leadership.
495
00:30:16,960 --> 00:30:20,320
(siren)
496
00:30:20,320 --> 00:30:28,520
♪ ♪
497
00:30:28,520 --> 00:30:31,960
GRAVANO: I believe it was 1986
my father became the underboss.
498
00:30:31,960 --> 00:30:34,040
My father was basically
his pit bull, his friend,
499
00:30:34,040 --> 00:30:37,840
his confidant, and someone
that Gotti can trust.
500
00:30:37,840 --> 00:30:50,880
♪ ♪
501
00:30:50,880 --> 00:30:54,120
John's motto was,
"Let's put it out there, Sammy.
502
00:30:54,120 --> 00:30:56,560
Let's put it on Front Street."
503
00:30:58,720 --> 00:31:00,920
RUGGIANO: He was the boss.
504
00:31:00,920 --> 00:31:02,960
He had everybody
standing at attention.
505
00:31:02,960 --> 00:31:05,200
He had everybody
coming to see him.
506
00:31:05,200 --> 00:31:07,680
GRAVANO:
Like, he would basically
call meetings every night
507
00:31:07,680 --> 00:31:09,800
that they had to be
on Mulberry Street
508
00:31:09,800 --> 00:31:13,080
at the Ravenite Social Club
at 6:00 PM,
509
00:31:13,080 --> 00:31:15,640
and that's not
what gangsters do.
510
00:31:15,640 --> 00:31:17,600
Cosa Nostra is a secret society,
511
00:31:17,600 --> 00:31:20,480
you're not supposed to show
people what you are,
512
00:31:20,480 --> 00:31:24,760
and that became a strain
between my father and John.
513
00:31:27,280 --> 00:31:48,120
♪ ♪
514
00:31:48,120 --> 00:31:49,600
GABRIEL: I mean,
we could never figure out
515
00:31:49,600 --> 00:31:53,080
who these guys were
under Paul Castellano.
516
00:31:53,080 --> 00:31:55,480
There were 250 members
in this family.
517
00:31:55,480 --> 00:31:59,320
John made 60%, 70% of them
at some point
518
00:31:59,320 --> 00:32:03,360
show up at the Ravenite Club
to pay homage to him.
519
00:32:03,360 --> 00:32:09,800
♪ ♪
520
00:32:09,800 --> 00:32:14,400
We were able to identify
a huge number of members
521
00:32:14,400 --> 00:32:18,360
of that family, associate them
with their vehicles,
522
00:32:18,360 --> 00:32:20,840
associate them with their crews.
523
00:32:20,840 --> 00:32:23,360
That's important
and vital information.
524
00:32:26,400 --> 00:32:29,280
John handed it to us.
525
00:32:29,280 --> 00:32:46,240
♪ ♪
526
00:32:46,240 --> 00:32:50,040
So the strategy was
we got to bug this guy
527
00:32:50,040 --> 00:32:53,200
anyplace he's potentially
doing business.
528
00:32:53,200 --> 00:32:56,560
The trick was finding
the right places to put bugs.
529
00:33:00,960 --> 00:33:03,880
So the first place we knew
John was going every day
530
00:33:03,880 --> 00:33:05,840
was back to
the Bergin Hunt and Fish Club,
531
00:33:05,840 --> 00:33:07,560
which was in Queens.
532
00:33:07,560 --> 00:33:12,320
♪ ♪
533
00:33:12,320 --> 00:33:14,880
Then we knew every night
he was going to the Ravenite,
534
00:33:14,880 --> 00:33:17,480
so that would be the next place
to try and bug.
535
00:33:19,840 --> 00:33:23,080
And sources tell us that
he's now using this apartment
536
00:33:23,080 --> 00:33:26,600
two stories up to have
his very important meetings.
537
00:33:28,640 --> 00:33:30,280
MOUW: We had a widow
living there.
538
00:33:30,280 --> 00:33:35,480
Our tech guys went in, they put
the bug into her apartment.
539
00:33:35,480 --> 00:33:37,240
GABRIEL: We're all excited.
540
00:33:37,240 --> 00:33:40,160
So we're sitting there waiting
for that first conversation
541
00:33:40,160 --> 00:33:41,960
and, you know,
day one goes, nothing.
542
00:33:41,960 --> 00:33:44,200
Day two, nothing.
Day three, nothing.
543
00:33:52,200 --> 00:33:55,280
MOUW: But a few days later
we hear the back door open.
544
00:33:55,280 --> 00:33:56,600
We heard him walking
through the hallway,
545
00:33:56,600 --> 00:33:59,400
going up these wooden steps
upstairs.
546
00:33:59,400 --> 00:34:02,120
We activated the apartment mic,
547
00:34:02,120 --> 00:34:03,760
and we also hear
the apartment open up,
548
00:34:03,760 --> 00:34:05,960
and we hear three guys come in.
549
00:34:05,960 --> 00:34:09,280
GABRIEL: And I'm home, you know,
and I get a phone call,
550
00:34:09,280 --> 00:34:12,040
and all they told me was,
"He's in the apartment.
551
00:34:12,040 --> 00:34:14,560
He's been up here
for an hour plus.
552
00:34:14,560 --> 00:34:16,760
We could hear everything great.
553
00:34:16,760 --> 00:34:17,920
I think you're
going to be happy.
554
00:34:17,920 --> 00:34:19,240
It sounds like they were
talking about murder."
555
00:34:29,480 --> 00:34:30,880
GABRIEL: I can't wait to get
in the office the next day,
556
00:34:30,880 --> 00:34:33,800
because I have
to listen to this.
557
00:34:33,800 --> 00:34:37,120
We put the tape on to review it,
558
00:34:37,120 --> 00:34:41,000
and not only is it
great conversation,
559
00:34:41,000 --> 00:34:45,200
and it's John and Sammy,
560
00:34:45,200 --> 00:34:47,440
and the first
conversation we get,
561
00:34:47,440 --> 00:34:50,880
in the one place we were hopeful
to get good conversations,
562
00:34:50,880 --> 00:34:53,360
is on why they killed
Paul Castellano.
563
00:34:55,480 --> 00:34:57,920
I mean, you couldn't have
scripted that for Hollywood,
564
00:34:57,920 --> 00:35:00,560
to make stuff like that
fall out.
565
00:35:00,560 --> 00:35:01,960
It was incredible.
566
00:35:04,120 --> 00:35:07,840
The plan was we wanted the
impact of arresting all of them
567
00:35:07,840 --> 00:35:09,520
at the Ravenite together.
568
00:35:13,200 --> 00:35:16,440
We're just waiting
for Sammy, number two.
569
00:35:16,440 --> 00:35:18,240
So once Bruce told me
we had them,
570
00:35:18,240 --> 00:35:20,360
I just had to get down there
as fast as I could.
571
00:35:20,360 --> 00:35:26,200
(siren)
572
00:35:26,200 --> 00:35:27,840
I'm the lead car.
573
00:35:27,840 --> 00:35:33,000
We go, I mean, I'm, once I'm
going, nothing is stopping me.
574
00:35:33,000 --> 00:35:37,440
Bust through traffic, go up
Mulberry Street the wrong way,
575
00:35:37,440 --> 00:35:38,920
block off the street.
576
00:35:38,920 --> 00:35:40,760
Jump out of the car.
577
00:35:40,760 --> 00:35:42,720
Run into the Ravenite.
578
00:35:42,720 --> 00:35:45,080
You know, kind of make
my entrance,
579
00:35:45,080 --> 00:35:48,720
say, "Alright, everybody,
know who I am.
580
00:35:48,720 --> 00:35:52,720
You know why I'm here.
I want you to be cooperative.
581
00:35:52,720 --> 00:35:56,120
The guys behind me are
gonna deal with you."
582
00:35:56,120 --> 00:35:57,920
And one of the guys
looks at me and says,
583
00:35:57,920 --> 00:36:00,000
"What guys behind you?" (laughs)
584
00:36:00,000 --> 00:36:02,160
And I turn around
and I was like,
585
00:36:02,160 --> 00:36:05,400
"Well, there will be guys
behind me any minute now.
586
00:36:05,400 --> 00:36:07,800
I'm not sure where
the heck they are."
587
00:36:07,800 --> 00:36:09,680
John was drinking coffee.
588
00:36:09,680 --> 00:36:11,800
You know, and John, you know,
typical arrogant self,
589
00:36:11,800 --> 00:36:14,920
"I knew you were coming."
590
00:36:14,920 --> 00:36:17,360
"Well, I'm glad you knew
I was coming."
591
00:36:17,360 --> 00:36:19,880
Says, "Oh, let me just
finish my coffee."
592
00:36:19,880 --> 00:36:21,440
ALITE: The one thing about John,
593
00:36:21,440 --> 00:36:26,560
he didn't buckle under, under
the pressure of the FBI or Mob.
594
00:36:28,000 --> 00:36:30,760
REPORTER: Mr. Gotti. Thank you.
595
00:36:30,760 --> 00:36:31,920
REPORTER: Mr. Gotti, please.
596
00:36:31,920 --> 00:36:35,400
MAN: That stuff's in the way.
MAN: I know.
597
00:36:35,400 --> 00:36:47,240
♪ ♪
598
00:36:47,240 --> 00:36:49,560
GRAVANO: Everything started
going fast, you know?
599
00:36:49,560 --> 00:36:52,800
It just all started to
come together in my head.
600
00:36:52,800 --> 00:36:55,680
So I realized that
my father's in trouble.
601
00:36:55,680 --> 00:36:57,680
Like this is something big.
602
00:36:57,680 --> 00:37:03,280
♪ ♪
603
00:37:03,280 --> 00:37:05,320
MOUW: A few days after that
we had the remand hearing
604
00:37:05,320 --> 00:37:06,840
where the judge decides
605
00:37:06,840 --> 00:37:09,160
whether they're going to be
released on bail or not.
606
00:37:11,760 --> 00:37:14,360
GABRIEL: I'm sitting opposite
the three defendants,
607
00:37:14,360 --> 00:37:15,840
and it was going to be
the first time
608
00:37:15,840 --> 00:37:19,040
they were going to hear
a little bit of what we had.
609
00:37:41,480 --> 00:37:44,120
GABRIEL: As this was all being
played, I'm looking at John,
610
00:37:44,120 --> 00:37:48,520
like, I told you it was good,
and he's just kind of staring,
611
00:37:48,520 --> 00:37:53,320
like, yeah, I don't know what
I'm going to do about this.
612
00:37:53,320 --> 00:38:07,240
♪ ♪
613
00:38:07,240 --> 00:38:08,800
ANASTASIA: Sammy Gravano's
a very shrewd guy
614
00:38:08,800 --> 00:38:10,320
and a very intelligent guy,
615
00:38:10,320 --> 00:38:12,760
and Sammy Gravano looks
at the lay of the land,
616
00:38:12,760 --> 00:38:14,600
and on some of the tapes,
617
00:38:14,600 --> 00:38:18,320
Gotti is not saying very nice
things about Gravano.
618
00:38:18,320 --> 00:38:20,360
GABRIEL: He implicates Sammy
in a bunch of murders
619
00:38:20,360 --> 00:38:23,160
that are going to put Sammy
in jail for life.
620
00:38:23,160 --> 00:38:24,560
ANASTASIA: I mean, somebody
described it as
621
00:38:24,560 --> 00:38:27,520
Gotti was being what they call
a dry snitch.
622
00:38:27,520 --> 00:38:30,520
He's talking about murders
and blaming Gravano
623
00:38:30,520 --> 00:38:32,840
in case anybody's listening,
624
00:38:32,840 --> 00:38:35,200
and Gravano interprets
all of that
625
00:38:35,200 --> 00:38:37,920
as this guy was ready
to throw me under the bus,
626
00:38:37,920 --> 00:38:40,880
or this guy is throwing me
under the bus.
627
00:38:40,880 --> 00:38:42,040
GRAVANO: He felt betrayed,
628
00:38:42,040 --> 00:38:44,520
and the Feds were
actually smart enough,
629
00:38:44,520 --> 00:38:46,200
because they used this tape
630
00:38:46,200 --> 00:38:48,840
as the wedge between
my father and Gotti.
631
00:38:48,840 --> 00:38:50,280
GABRIEL: It's the old saying,
632
00:38:50,280 --> 00:38:52,280
there's no loyalty
amongst thieves.
633
00:38:52,280 --> 00:38:54,400
You do what you got to do.
634
00:38:54,400 --> 00:38:55,680
It's the name of the game.
635
00:39:01,080 --> 00:39:16,200
♪ ♪
636
00:39:16,200 --> 00:39:17,720
GRAVANO: This particular time
when I went on a visit,
637
00:39:17,720 --> 00:39:21,800
I could tell that
something was different.
638
00:39:21,800 --> 00:39:25,840
And he came over, he sat down,
639
00:39:25,840 --> 00:39:27,960
he was like, "I'm going
to tell you something
640
00:39:27,960 --> 00:39:30,800
that goes against
everything I believe in,
641
00:39:30,800 --> 00:39:33,120
and everything I've ever
taught you to believe in."
642
00:39:35,680 --> 00:39:39,320
"I'm going to cooperate
with the government."
643
00:39:39,320 --> 00:39:41,520
And it was like, I couldn't
even believe that those words
644
00:39:41,520 --> 00:39:42,720
came out of his mouth.
645
00:39:42,720 --> 00:39:46,720
Like I never could
imagine him doing that.
646
00:39:46,720 --> 00:39:48,240
Everything that he ever
taught me as a kid,
647
00:39:48,240 --> 00:39:50,040
like, he was so against that.
648
00:39:50,040 --> 00:39:53,240
That he's actually saying this
to me right now,
649
00:39:53,240 --> 00:39:55,040
it just broke my heart.
650
00:39:58,880 --> 00:40:00,680
GABRIEL: So when we were
making the decision
651
00:40:00,680 --> 00:40:02,760
whether or not to make
the deal with Sammy,
652
00:40:02,760 --> 00:40:04,000
with that came concerns
653
00:40:04,000 --> 00:40:08,360
as to how he could adversely
affect our trial.
654
00:40:08,360 --> 00:40:12,080
I now had somebody
the defense could beat up,
655
00:40:12,080 --> 00:40:13,640
they could cross examine.
656
00:40:13,640 --> 00:40:15,960
The jury can hate this guy.
657
00:40:15,960 --> 00:40:18,440
That's all a problem to my case.
658
00:40:18,440 --> 00:40:20,360
It was a risk.
659
00:40:20,360 --> 00:40:37,400
♪ ♪
660
00:40:37,400 --> 00:40:38,960
REPORTER:
The guy dressed like Fonzi
661
00:40:38,960 --> 00:40:41,200
is the prosecutor's
star witness.
662
00:40:41,200 --> 00:40:43,640
He was Gotti's number two man.
663
00:40:43,640 --> 00:40:47,160
"Sammy the Bull" Gravano
was Gotti's underboss,
664
00:40:47,160 --> 00:40:49,880
and now he's going to tell
the jury all about it.
665
00:40:49,880 --> 00:40:51,520
EDWARD MCDONALD: I'd have to say
that he's the most significant
666
00:40:51,520 --> 00:40:55,080
organized crime figure ever to
cooperate with the government.
667
00:40:55,080 --> 00:40:58,080
GABRIEL: On the witness stand,
I mean, even the first time
668
00:40:58,080 --> 00:41:01,400
he came out having to face
and square off against John,
669
00:41:01,400 --> 00:41:03,240
and the two of them lock eyes,
670
00:41:03,240 --> 00:41:05,320
and John's kind of giving him
that stare‐down,
671
00:41:05,320 --> 00:41:09,120
and Sammy's like, I'm here
because of this (bleep).
672
00:41:09,120 --> 00:41:14,120
Once that moment ended, it's
like, under control, got this.
673
00:41:14,120 --> 00:41:15,560
Not a problem.
674
00:41:15,560 --> 00:41:17,800
They couldn't get
under his skin.
675
00:41:17,800 --> 00:41:19,200
They played the rat card.
676
00:41:19,200 --> 00:41:21,000
They did everything.
677
00:41:21,000 --> 00:41:25,000
This guy was one
of the best witnesses
678
00:41:25,000 --> 00:41:26,640
I've ever seen testify.
679
00:41:26,640 --> 00:41:29,040
Better than some cops
I've ever seen testify.
680
00:41:29,040 --> 00:41:31,320
He was unflappable.
681
00:41:31,320 --> 00:41:38,840
♪ ♪
682
00:41:38,840 --> 00:41:40,800
JAMES FOX: The Teflon is gone.
683
00:41:40,800 --> 00:41:42,600
The Don is covered with Velcro,
684
00:41:42,600 --> 00:41:45,520
and every charge
in the indictment stuck.
685
00:41:45,520 --> 00:41:47,320
MOUW: That's when it finally
hit me, I almost teared up,
686
00:41:47,320 --> 00:41:49,080
knowing all this hard work
for years and years
687
00:41:49,080 --> 00:41:51,760
had finally come to fruition.
688
00:41:54,800 --> 00:41:55,600
GABRIEL: We did something
that nobody thought
689
00:41:55,600 --> 00:41:57,400
was gonna happen, right?
690
00:41:57,400 --> 00:41:59,200
Nobody thought this guy
was gonna go to jail,
691
00:41:59,200 --> 00:42:01,400
and we slammed the doors on him.
692
00:42:01,400 --> 00:42:03,800
REPORTER: Gotti's friends had
organized a rally of supporters
693
00:42:03,800 --> 00:42:06,720
from Gotti's neighborhood
to come and protest the trial,
694
00:42:06,720 --> 00:42:09,600
which they claim was unfair.
695
00:42:09,600 --> 00:42:11,880
The swelled to the front
of the courthouse,
696
00:42:11,880 --> 00:42:16,360
overturned U. S. Marshals' cars
and clashed with police.
697
00:42:16,360 --> 00:42:18,800
ANASTASIA: Gotti was a boss,
the celebrity gangster.
698
00:42:18,800 --> 00:42:21,840
Gotti was the boss who grabbed
with both fists
699
00:42:21,840 --> 00:42:24,280
his whole way up the Mob ladder.
700
00:42:24,280 --> 00:42:26,480
There was a lot of money
to be made dealing drugs,
701
00:42:26,480 --> 00:42:29,680
whether it's coke, marijuana,
heroin, meth, whatever,
702
00:42:29,680 --> 00:42:32,720
but reality was the way
he managed this organization
703
00:42:32,720 --> 00:42:34,200
drove it into the ground.
704
00:42:34,200 --> 00:42:35,680
RUGGIANO: He felt
the public loved him,
705
00:42:35,680 --> 00:42:37,520
and those were his words:
706
00:42:37,520 --> 00:42:40,840
"They love me and the worst
I'll ever get is a hung jury."
707
00:42:40,840 --> 00:42:43,480
And that's what he thought.
708
00:42:43,480 --> 00:42:45,360
And that's what he believed.
709
00:42:45,360 --> 00:42:47,480
But at the end of the day,
he was wrong.
710
00:42:51,640 --> 00:43:45,880
♪ ♪
711
00:43:45,880 --> 00:43:48,440
I don't hurt nobody.
I don't rob nobody.
712
00:43:48,440 --> 00:43:53,040
I don't lie to nobody,
but sometimes I miss the action.
713
00:43:53,040 --> 00:43:54,880
I miss the money.
714
00:43:54,880 --> 00:43:56,520
My life was all about greed.
715
00:43:56,520 --> 00:43:57,800
I never had enough.
716
00:43:57,800 --> 00:43:59,000
You know, greed is the gasoline
717
00:43:59,000 --> 00:44:01,400
that feeds the engine
in the Mob.
718
00:44:01,400 --> 00:44:03,760
At the end of the day,
it's all about the dollar.
719
00:44:03,760 --> 00:44:07,000
It's all about the dollar.
720
00:44:07,000 --> 00:44:08,680
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