That goes to show how Fucked up law enforcement is. A civilian that they knew was killed bc of Gotti and they didn't give any pressure on getting informants to nail him. Instead they spent millions on putting him away but left the family without any closure. That poor family had to watch the guy win over and over again for crimes not even related to Favara. And they reward guys like Gravano a fresh start. They should've swooped up the Favara's and gave them a fresh start.
. That’s really on the FBI not the regular police department. I’ve been very open about how many(not all) in the FBI have done things incorrectly. For example a guy like Lin DeVecchio I feel just as bad as any mobster. They did pressure informants but it seems like it was a situation where the participants involved didn’t discuss it openly. From what we know Gotti, Angelo,Tony Roach, Redbird Gomes, and the Carneglia brothers were involved. We don’t know for sure if Willie Boy was but he was also an informant at the time so there was no way he would admit to killing an innocent civilian
The government couldn't afford to place everyone who was threatened by organised crime in the witness protection program. What should have happened was some detectives from the Organised Crime Bureau go down the Bergin and told Gotti that if anything happened to Favara, they were going to be so far up his asshole he wouldn't be able to fart in the 5 boros without them getting a whiff, all his rackets would come to a halt. Maybe then you could buy time for Favara to be able to safely move his family to a safe location.
