Posted on 07/21/2019 5:23:28 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
According to court documents filed in New York on Friday, the March shooting death of prominent Gambino crime family boss Francesco 'Franky Boy' Cali was not a mob hit at all, as had previously been assumed.
Cali was allegedly shot by 24-year-old Anthony Comello in the Todt Hill section of Staten Island on March 13 this year, but Comello was not acting on the orders of one of the five major New York crime families. In fact, Comello seemed simply to be a man who lived with his parents and was obsessed with President Trump and a far-right conspiracy theory group called "QAnon," according to documents filed by Comello's lawyer.
Comello arrived at Cali's home in March with the simple intention to arrest the mafioso, as he reportedly believed he was ordered to do by Trump. When Cali resisted an attempted citizen's arrest, Comello allegedly shot him and left him to die in the street. He was arrested three days later at his parent's home on Staten Island.
Because of the high-profile nature of Cali's murder, police initially believed that the shooting could mean the start of a major war among the crime families, something they had not seen in decades. Despite evidence to the contrary upon Comello's arrest, police were initially skeptical that the accused could truly carry out such a crime with no ties to the mafia.
Comello's lawyer Robert C. Gottlieb stated, "He ardently believed that Francesco Cali, a boss in the Gambino crime family, was a prominent member of the deep state, and, accordingly, an appropriate target for a citizen’s arrest." Gottlieb further stated, "Mr. Comello’s support for ‘QAnon’ went beyond mere participation in a radical political organization. It evolved into a delusional obsession."
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Trump made me whistle at a girl on the playground when I was in the Fifth Grade!
Nope, this is too cute. "Trump's voice" told him to?
Yeah. Sure. Unh huh...
Am surprised the standards for whacking a made guy have slipped so far. I'll bet he even kept the gun. Can't get good help, any more.
Jury selection for the defense should be interesting and quick, they just need Trump haters....
Defense attorney: “Madam, do you regularly watch CNN or MSNBC?”
Potential juror: “Why yes I do”.
Defense attorney: “She’ll do your honor!”
He’s making me hit the whiskey tonight instead of hitting the gym :/
Why does Camillo’s lawyer sound so accusatory towards his own client?
That’s a lot!!
Sorry. I will throw some prayers your way.
Being that it’s a New York, New York court I’ll take this with a huge grain of pinko sea salt.
>>Because of the high-profile nature of Cali’s murder, police initially believed that the shooting could mean the start of a major war among the crime families, something they had not seen in decades.
The law enforcers know who the criminals are and permit them to operate so long as “things don’t escalate”
>>Maybe he is afraid that the mob has hitmen on the inside of state prisons... So he wouldn’t last to long anyways
Recall the mobster who was whacked during a prison transfer. Corrupt government or security figures had to leak details of the transfer and permit the hit.
Everybody has an Uncle who knows.....
That was how the mob worked, even non mobsters, aka relatives were informants who would give info that would be valuable...
Seriously. Italian guy kills mob boss. Trump blamed.
Headline: Trump associate kills prominent community organizer.
It’s how liberals operate they never change.
Gotta give his lawyers props for his creative defense...
I’m curious how Qanon’ers will respond to this. The mob has turned more to IT and online finance white collar crime in recent years. This killing may have struck more a deeper nerve than it first appears. Deep staters could be drawn out by immobilizing their mid level enablers...the peeps that do the “chores” for them. Dox the doxxers for example.
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