From what i remember of Colletti he was a desperate plumber never really a gangster but got tied up in it and John John was a glorified junkie and theif. not really tough but crazy and i actually know a few guys that lumped him up even after he was a made member. Now his brother Billy was one tough guy. He fought with his hands the biggest and badest guys but i do remember one night that a south paw probably the same size as him gave him a beatin around the park at 18th a johnson and he came back with agun and shot him in the stomach so thats what the guys brother told me, and i had arlready heard that on the street.
Colleti (from what ive read) was a very successful plumber and thus didnt need to be a mobster but obcourse was seduced by that lifestyle.
As for John Veasey, I remember what Anastasia and the FBI said about him "John Veasey was a South Philly toughguy through and through". He gave out beatings and also took some but was generally considered a psycho by everybody.
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