"Ettore Zappi had a piece of the Castro Convertible furniture store that Favara worked at as a manager, Favara approached him after he was assaulted while trying to apologize to the Gotti's. Zappi advised him to leave town or get a gun and kill John Gotti"
That does not sound like something a civilian would do. Plus he was close enough to Etore Zappi for them to have that conversation, he was no innocent civilian. I'm glad this thread continued, we learn more as we go along.
Yes, he was an innocent civilian. Being given advice does not make you guilty of anything. What a ridiculous thing to say.
He was a victim of circumstances due to a tragic accident. The mafia are bad people. It's not a difficult concept to grasp.
He could have gone to to the FBI if he was a civilian, hewn to a mafia member he worked for. It's not a difficult concept to grasp.