• msmc101@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    she’s right though, like historically, gangs are a source of community organization in neighborhoods that the government has written off, this is the time for them to shine and really help their communities

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      The mob has always taken pride in these roots. Let us hope they understand ICE are just disposable street enforcer fodder for billionaires and politicians.

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      I mean the Navy did ask for the mafias help monitoring the fishing routes and docks up the east coast during world war 2 to monitor for German vessels bringing fuel back to submarines and such. Believe they asked Jewish gangs for help as well to break up NAZI sympathizer groups and monitor worker unions. Hard to say what may have actually been happening though. We can say for sure they commuted a Mafia members sentence and deported him back to Italy right after the war ended.

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      I mean sort of. I’m not sure gangs are a healthy way for neighborhoods to organize though.

      I mean I don’t care if they take action against ICE but there’s a reason they’re not, and it’s because gangs exist to look after their own interests first. They don’t want to start a war with the feds for obvious reasons.