Government casts Gotti as evil killer in new trial
NEW YORK — As his sister Victoria Gotti began a book tour like a celebrity author, John "Junior" Gotti sat in court, portrayed as a merciless killer by federal prosecutors who want to show he was far different from his entrepreneurial sister.
Last week, the government used its star witness — childhood friend John Alite — to convince a Manhattan jury that Gotti was as lethal a threat to society as anyone else in the Gambino crime family once led by his late father, John Gotti Sr.
Wait. A Gotti? A ruthless killer? That's unpossible! Next thing you know, they're going to tell us that Richard Daley is corrupt or George Bush is wishy-washy. What's the next amazing revelation to show up in the news - it gets cold in the winter and warm in the summer? Oh, right, that's called
It never ceases to amaze me that Hollywood and the media are surprised to find that mobsters are violent...
That is all.
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