Three 6 Mafia

The St. Valentine’s Day Massacre marked the beginning of the end of bootlegging. To understand its importance and its purpose in marking the end of famed crime lords such as Al Capone and the widespread criminality of smuggling alcohol itself, we must look at the background. Al Capone, Chicago’s most powerful gangster, became a crime lord in 1925 at the age of 26. He participated in several crime rings such as bootlegging, along with prostitution and gambling. For years, a large…

The Chicago mob was one of the most notorious criminal organizations in U.S history during the early twentieth century (Lyman & Potter, 2015 p.88). You had bosses such as William “Big Bob” Thompson and Mont Tennes who changed the history of Chicago. But it was Al Capone who made Chicago one of the most ruthless and crime ridden towns in the nation (Lyman & Potter, 2015 p. 88). Capone started off in New York City, but after he was suspected of committing two murders, he had two options; to…

The impact of Prohibition was meant to lower crime and corruption by banning high alcoholic content drinks, have a favourable impact of family life, and to reduce crime and turn America into a more civilized society. Many people appeared to believe that the quality of goods would increase because people would focus on work rather than on alcohol.However prohibition led to an increase of crime and social divisions. Many sources suggest that the most significant impact of prohibition was an…

Purple Gang, the The Purple Gang was a loosely-bound Jewish criminal gang in prohibition-era Detroit, MI. It began as a group of children of Eastern European immigrants from Detroit’s lower east side who were taken under the wing by mobsters. As the children grew up, they progressed from petty crimes to armed robbery and extortion. After The Damon Act of 1916 prohibited the sale of alcohol in Michigan, the burgeoning Purple Gang focused on hijacking shipments of bootlegged Canadian whisky; when…

Another widely known fact is that an individual can only join one of the gangs which fit his ethnicity and background. Six of the biggest gangs, in which most inmates belong to, in California 's prisons are, "Nuestra Familia, the Mexican Mafia, the Aryan Brotherhood, the Black Guerrilla Family, the Northern Structure, or the Nazi Lowriders," the last two mentioned are branches of Nuestra Familia and the Aryan Brotherhood, respectively (10). Gang violence is so extreme that prison guards…

After the ratification of the Eighteenth Amendment in 1820, banning the selling and use of alcohol, bands of criminals across the country rose to satisfy many Americans' need for alcohol and much more. This was the catalyst that ignited a spark of crime that burned in America for decades to come. These criminals hid behind the bustle of everyday life, simply doing their job of organized crime. Whether it be bootlegging, laundering, stealing, or murdering this heterogeneous mix of criminals were…

Aside from the twelve million a week, men working under Luciano would make about two hundred dollars a week, equivalent to two thousand dollars today, while an average store clerk would only make twenty five dollars a week which is equivalent to three hundred dollars in today’s…

committed petty crimes such as stealing, but nothing as serious as what Capone eventually did. He worked in Brooklyn with Yale until he moved to Chicago at Torrio’s request. When Torrio was finally caught, Capone as his protégé inherited the whole mafia in Chicago and became the most powerful and feared man of the…

last scene at the end when the mob members are chasing Joe and Jerry in high heels through the hotel and cannot catch them. In reality that would not happened, but it was comedy and people wanted to laugh. During some scenes, it reminded me of the three stooges especially, when there was a chase involve. I believe comedy changes with time. What was found funny at one point of time might not be seen as funny during different times. Comedy had to adapt with the new era and continue to…

Born on October 27, 1940, in the South Bronx, New York, John Gotti would face run-ins with the law several times, including a four-year prison term for manslaughter, before becoming head of the Gambino crime family. Nicknamed "Teflon Don" for his ability to remain free, Gotti was eventually convicted on multiple criminal counts and sentenced to life in prison. He died on June 10, 2002. (1940-2002) A major crime was in May of 1973, while Gotti was captain of Fatico's crew. He committed his…