The novel states after the McCluskey murder, police ignored the political muscle that protected gambling and vice and started cracking down. However, it goes on to state that this lack of protection did not hurt the Corleones as much as it did their enemies since the Corleones were mostly into gambling. That doesn't seem to make sense since i nthe previous paragrapgh Puzo told us that it was political protection that enabled gambling. Just more sloppy writing?

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