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hodlmybeer 10 points ago +11 / -1

I guarantee if the mafia still had its fingers in major cities, you would not have seen the rioting that we have had.

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HumblePig 8 points ago +8 / -0

Those "protection" fees actually came with a certain desire to see their local businesses succeed---if nothing else, so they could get their cut.

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FireannDireach 3 points ago +3 / -0

Nah. They wouldn't have done shit unless the riots went into their neighborhoods. The mob kept their distance in the 60's and 70's riots. And, the mob still have their fingers in major cities, you just won't ever hear much about it.

Ever since the Sopranos, everyone thinks they know the mob. I grew up around that shit, it's nothing like a tv show. If you think the mob would get involved with race riots, you watch too much tv.

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DrinkMoreWater 1 point ago +1 / -0

Well you know the mob don’t have much power in a particular eastern city anyone when the Christopher Columbus statue’s head is cut off right in their old stomping ground.

(No, not talking about Philly)