Frank Tieri seems to have fit the description of a classy man and a gentleman. He was friends with people from all walks of life, gave a lot to charities and also owned many honest businesses without having any hint of scandal in those businesses. On top of that he was convicted on RICO and instead of cutting a deal by giving up others he went to prison where he knew he would die without a complaint.
Tieri never served 1 day, he was already dying by the time he was convicted. And it wasn't exactly "gentlemanly" on his part to have Angelo Bruno whacked and then blame it all on Caponigro and other accomplices.
Dwalin, that's the life Bruno, signed up for.
Bruno- had many of men whacked.
The way that these guys look at it is, they are just soliders and if they kill it's part of war.
Just the way an American soldier would kill a German in WW-2.
I am not saying I think it's right however, that's the mindset.
When Gravano, flipped at his first conversation he said " I want to switch Governments, meaning he looked at LCN, as his Government.
Good soldiers in LCN, are rewarded by LCN, the same way god American soldiers are awarded by their government.
Alot of people apply logic and common sense to the equation, you will never understand LCN if you try to evaluate from that angle.
The Mafia is Sicily at its origins was a Govt inside a Govt.
Thats what LCN, was set up to be.
