My own cousin got shelved for over 2 years or so. They tortured his ass because he had spoken back and got a bit hot under the collar to his skipper over a beef they were having. Truth be told, the skipper was a half a mutt, while my cousin is a "piece of work and a half." But politics play into this shit like crazy and this asshole had become a captain.

So he complained to the top and next thing ya know my cuz is in limbo. He still ran his own little book and pushed money, etc., but he technically had no backup if a beef took place. But my cuz is a very savvy guy. Feared as well. So most everyone still respected him although they didn't interact during that period.

PS: he did have a few close goodfellas on the side (personal friends) who he used to represent his guys during a few beefs that did come up during that time period. He himself, could not sit down.