This Week In Gang Land
The New Italian American Civil Rights League Wants To Trump A Sammy Bull Gravano TV Show
Joe
Colombo's long-defunct Italian American Civil Rights League (IACRL)
is back in business, Gang Land has learned. And it's got a plan of action
that the late Colombo crime family patriarch would have loved. For starters,
the group seeks to block FX Network from airing a weekly TV show
about Salvatore (Sammy Bull) Gravano. How come? Because it glorifies the
life of a vicious mobster responsible for 19 brutal murders and perpetuates
"harmful stereotypes" about Italian Americans.
Things are much different than they were 53 years ago when Colombo was able to keep Marlon Brando and the entire cast in The Godfather from using the word "Mafia" in the classic 1972 mob film. But the revived IACRL, which calls Prez-elect Trump a "modern day Columbus," has some political juice of its own: Longtime Trump ally and dark-arts advisor Roger Stone is a major player in the League.
The IACRL's 300 dues-paying members are gearing up to use New York's Son of Sam Law in federal court to eliminate Gravano's profit motive. They also plan to use the bully pulpit of the IACRL in the court of public opinion to get FX to change its mind about airing the "Sammy The Bull Gravano" show, says attorney Gerard Marrone, the vice president of the IACRL
Gambinos Tap An Octogenarian Wiseguy As Acting Consigliere
Two
decades ago, the Gambino crime family plotted to kill Salvatore (Sammy Bull)
Gravano for his mortal sin of cooperating against John Gotti. Two mobsters,
including Gotti brother and then acting boss Peter Gotti, were convicted and
jailed for that crime. The family had it in for Gravano, but it has not held
a grudge against Louis (Big Lou) Vallario, an old wiseguy pal of the
turncoat underboss, Gang Land has learned.
State Organized Crime Task Force Tries To Make Hay Where The Feds Failed Twice
Since
Gambino wiseguy Daniel Fama was released from prison back in 2009 after 17
years behind bars, the Manhattan U.S. Attorney's Office has twice failed to
nail him on federal charges. Now, Gang Land has learned, New York State's
Organized Crime Task Force has joined the hunt with hopes that this third
effort to bag him will be the charm.
