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    One of these issues was the Mafia and its imposing pressure on parts of the country. To accomplish this President Kennedy made his brother‚ Robert Kennedy‚ the Attorney General. Robert Kennedy continued a valiant fight to take down the Mafia by any means necessary. Kaiser tracked the administration’s vendetta against organized crime and the numerous Kennedy-era assassination plots (Cook). The Mafia did not like anyone meddling in their business and had to find

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    Joseph D. Pistone served in the FBI for 28 years‚ including six years of undercover life in the New York Bonanno crime family‚ where he operated as a jewel thief under the name Donnie Brasco. Due to his undercover work‚ more than 200 members of the Mafia were put behind bars. Joseph D. Pistone was born in Pennsylvania‚ where he also spent his childhood. Then‚ he moved to New Jersey. In New Jersey‚ he graduated from high school and college‚ where he majored in social studies. Pistone always wanted

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    judge to allow King to become free. 3. Jack and Bobby Kennedy did create powerful enemies amongst the Mafia because Bobby Kennedy’s goal was to stop the Mafia all together instead of as single handly. It was risky because no one had tried this strategy. This created some people to be on their toes with gangs as well as the government. Kennedy’s father with evidence was seen to be paying the mafia so‚ he could get votes for JFK’s

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    Ethnic & Racist Gangs in American Society Gangs in America are incredibly widespread and continue to grow in size. Gangs are also known as Security Threat Groups (STG’s) in the correctional world. Both the outside world and prisons are affected by gangs daily. The threat of prison gangs seems to keep growing and shows no signs of coming to a halt. There are multiple types of gangs which include White‚ Black‚ Asian‚ and Hispanic. Many things can be done to stop Security Threat Groups and their

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    is the only piece that covers everything in the assassination and even if it covers all the knowns we can’t be quite sure if it covers even half of the unknowns in the whole mystery of Lee Harvey Oswald‚ Vice President Lyndon Johnson‚ the CIA‚ the mafia‚ and the president John Fitzgerald

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    After November 22‚ 1963‚ the date of the John Fitzgerald Kennedy assassination‚ a multitude of conspiracies rose up. There were a lot of conspiracies including Oswald acting alone and that Lyndon B. Johnson plan to killed J.F.K. With all of the conspiracies there are‚ none of them have been one hundred percent proven yet. People have all kinds of opinions on these conspiracies. Even though many people think J.F.K. was assassinated by Oswald acting alone‚ there is plenty of evidence showing there

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    ’Beggars should be abolished: for it is annoying to give to them and it is annoying not to give to them.’ Said Friedrich Nietzsche. In simple terms beggary is a state of extreme poverty but now a days it has become a profession for most of the people. Those 15 seconds‚ when you’re anxiously waiting for the red signal that is just about to turn green- a small child comes up to your car sticking his face in the window as hard as he can to make himself seen‚ or holding consumer goods‚ like tissue packets

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    and the need to cover up various scandals‚ masterminded Kennedy’s assassination with the help of his friend attorney Edwardo Clark. Mafia Theory- The mafia theory is where the mafia members were paid to have Kennedy killed. It is believed that it was organized by Carlos Marcello ‚ Santos Trafficante‚ and Jimmy Hoffa. This theory is based on the idea that the Mafia were angry with both John F. Kennedy and Robert Kennedy for their attempts to destroy organized crime. So to fix the problem they had

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    are six major prison gangs that are recognized nationally for their participation in organized crime and violence. They are as follows from largest to smallest in member size. There is the Neta‚ Aryan Brotherhood‚ Black Guerilla Family‚ Mexican Mafia‚ La Nuestra Familia‚ and the Texas Syndicate. By definition a gang is a group of people working together or a group of persons working to unlawful or antisocial ends; especially: a band of antisocial adolescents. The Association Neta has taken

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    beloved presidents of our time. One article of his death wrote‚ "The day the country cried". Unlike previous presidential assassinations‚ the JFK assassination is one that is filled the conspiracy theories. Such theories include a Government cover-up‚ Mafia influence and Cuban President Fidel Castro. The idea of a lone mind‚ Lee Harvey Oswald‚ plotting to kill President Kennedy is too simple. In the eyes of scholars there is simply no way that Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone. Even with the growing number

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