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#OTD (July 05)
Events in U.S. organized crime #history.

#Kennedy #Hoffa #Cleveland #JerseyCityNJ #Brooklyn #NewOrleans #NewYork #Mafia #MafiaHistory #Histodons @mafiahistory

#OTD (Dec 11) in 1975, Stephen #Andretta of the #NewJersey #Teamsters is granted immunity for testimony before a #Detroit federal grand jury investigating the disappearance of former Teamsters President James #Hoffa (shown).

#MafiaHistory #Histodons @mafiahistory

Salvatore "Sally Bugs" #Briguglio was murdered in Manhattan's Little Italy #OTD in 1978. A Teamsters official, Briguglio was suspected of involvement in the disappeance of Jimmy #Hoffa.

Read more:
https://www.writersofwrongs.com/2019/03/sally-bugs-killed-to-ensure-silence.html

#NYC #MafiaHistory #Histodons @mafiahistory

#OTD in 1988: #NewJersey labor racketeer "Tony Pro" #Provenzano dies while in federal custody. He had been both ally and foe of Jimmy #Hoffa.

Read about him:
https://www.writersofwrongs.com/2019/12/exit-of-hoffa-foe-tony-pro-provenzano.html

#MafiaHistory #Histodons

Crime/Drama movies released in 1992…pick your favorite.

#ReservoirDogs
#Hoffa
#Sneakers
#BasicInstinct

#Movies #Cinemastodon #Cinema #Filmastodon #CrimeDramaMovies

#OTD in 1988: 71-year-old Anthony "Tony Pro" #Provenzano, longtime #NewJersey labor racketeer and member of the #Genovese Crime Family, died serving a federal racketeering conspiracy sentence in California. Tony Pro, once a close ally of #Teamsters leader Jimmy #Hoffa, became an enemy of Hoffa later in life. #MafiaHistory #Histodons
https://www.writersofwrongs.com/2019/12/exit-of-hoffa-foe-tony-pro-provenzano.html

#film #movie #theirisman #mafia #hoffa
Watched the Netflix movie, The Irishman. Was quite excellent. Recommended viewing.