Posted on 03/25/2012 4:10:58 PM PDT by AtlasStalled
Gregory Scarpa Sr., the Colombo enforcer who did double-duty as an FBI informant, suggests that the mob was behind the 1971 hit on his boss Joe Colombo according to the Bureau's recently-released file on the Grim Reaper. Colombo was shot by Jerome Johnson, a black wannabe mobster, during the June 28, 1971 rally for the Italian American Civil Rights League which served as a public relations front for the mob boss. The investigation into the Colombo hit was little more than perfunctory, and law enforcement quickly concluded Johnson was a lone madman. However, Scarpa said that Johnson was not a "kook" but a regular fixture in the social clubs who would "'do anything' for a price."
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Is there anyone who ever really thought otherwise?
Some folks knew it was a mob hit a week BEFORE it happened
I knew the Ballisreri kids when I lived in Milwaukee. Benny was a stunner! But I avoided her. Her brother John is now chief. I wouldn’t get involved because I knew her Father’s famous quote:
“He insulted me. To my face. Now they can’t even find his skin”
Later and thanks for the post.
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