INTRODUCTION
American Gangster tells a story about how the emerge of drug traffic and trade was in the streets of Harlem, New York. Denzel Washington plays real life gangster- Frank Lucas back in the 70s that was originally from North Carolina.
Lucas moves to Harlem and is apprenticed under a notorious crime boss- Bumpy. Russell Crowe plays detective Richie Roberts a New York detective that has a task to bring the drug trafficking and corruption between the police department to heel. In the movie also plays Josh Brolin the sleazy cop, along with a host of celebrity actors and actresses.
What I found interesting of this movie was that Lucas was likable even as a terrible person who did awful things in the streets of Harlem and
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Lucas, more of a boutique operator, managed to bypass the Italians to establish the grisly but exceedingly "Cadaver Connection" correlation from Asia's "Golden Triangle" poppy growers straight to 116th Street, smuggling heroin known as "Blue Magic" inside the coffins of American soldiers killed in the Vietnam War.
Both Lucas and Roberts share a rigorous ethical code that sets them apart from their own colleagues, making them lone figures on opposite sides of the law. The destinies of these two men became intertwined as they approach a confrontation where only one of them can come out on top.
Conclusion
Lucas is later arrested along with many of his family members, on various criminal charges to include Conspiracy, Drug trafficking and other related crimes and sentenced in 1975 facing up to 70 years in prison. He quickly turned into a government informant, most notably against the then-corrupt Special Investigations Unit of the NYPD. Out of 70 SIU officers, 52 were eventually either jailed or indicted.
Lucas is now free and lives with his wife and eleven year old son in Newark NJ. Roberts and Lucas are now good friends after Roberts played Lucas's defense
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With Chicago’s government being weak and easily to extort, Capone and Torrio began a business together through bootlegging, gang violence, and gambling in houses called deuces. At the beginning of the 1920s, James Colosimo was in charge and making the most money. Colosimo effectively developed profound political associations, by becoming a precinct captain in the First Ward Aldermen Coughlin and Kenna, and later turning into the bagman (authority of illicit benefits and container of fixes) in the vice laden Levee District, which gave him political insurance from any prosecution. He and Torrio also ran a very successful group of racketeers. This gang would become a crime organization called the Outfit through Al Capone syndicate. According to the PowerPoint, Colosimo did not want to be a part of the bootlegging business. Torrio disagreed stating that it was his opportunity and wealth. When Colosimo returned from his honeymoon, he was shot and killed in his own café. Many were led to think Torrio paid Frankie Yale to get rid of Colosimo. Torrio became the head leader and created a huge criminal empire through bootlegging. He shaped a new gang cartel that allocated the bootlegging industry ensuring product stability and higher profits.
Donnie Brasco aka Joseph D. Pistone is a famous FBI agent for the infiltration of the Mafia family Bonanno. Getting his start by being transferred to new york to solve the truck hijacking problem that happened six times a week. The lead was that they thought it was tied to assorted mafia families. Joseph's undercover name was DOnnie Brasco, his cover a successful jewel thief.The operation was to get into the family earn their trust and arrest them red handed, the name for this operation was ¨sun apple¨. It was only supposed to last six months but due to circumstances it lasted for six years.Joseph or should I say Donnie waited in bars known to have mob members, and waited to talk to one. He eventually talked to man named Benjamin Ruggiero
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After the death of the man in charge Bumpy Johnson, Denzel Washington’s Character Frank Lucas struggles to find a better way to make money. He does not want to have to pay someone to sell drugs and cut his profit. He looks to find a way to cut off the middleman.
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The Gangs of New York was a movie based on a book written by Herbert Asbury. Five points
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