Originally Posted By: PolicyKing
Genovese took over the interest that Schultz had which was most of Harlem, but Bumpy and a few others remained independent of Mafia control. The Genovese however began to loose control more and more the Black racketeers starting paying less and less up to the Mafia in the 80's it was down to 1o percent and this was eventually phased out and under the threat of violence the Genovese were push out


Not sure where you're getting this revisionist history. Bumpy was not independent. He had to use the Mafia's numbers banks in order to avoid getting wiped out on a big winning number. And the Genovese pushed out under the threat of violence? Did you dream this or something?


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