Originally Posted By: GaryH
Originally Posted By: HairyKnuckles
I don´t know what happened to Rocky. The guy is a mystery. How exactly he was persuaded by Mirra to go along with his scam is beyond me


Mirra would have persuaded him the same way he persuaded everyone else! (fear)


Yeah. You are most probably right. Mirra had a fearsome reputation.

Originally Posted By: dixiemafia
Yea I agree there is no way Mirra could have whacked Brasco because he belonged to Lefty and Sonny Black. Actually in the book Brasco says himself he was closer to Sonny in the end than he was Lefty.

With Sonny being a captain and say Mirra clipped Brasco I'd imagine there would have been a huge problem in the family.


If you listen to the tapes, you can clearly hear the frustration in Pistone´s voice while speaking to Lefty. He even snaps at him a couple of times. In the book, Pistone says that he was sick and tired of Lefty and found Sonny Black a more pleasant guy to be around.

Keep also in mind that Sonny Black was not "only" a captain. He was extremely close to Massino and Rastelli, while Mirra was not. In fact, at one point, Sonny Black became a member of a ruling panel temporary heading the Family, indicating how powerful he was at the time.

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