Ligmabi flipping this time around as opposed to the flowers thing in the late 80s are 2 different games. I have close family friends who were swept up in the 80s with scarfo and did 10+ years because of it.
When they talk about those days, they say it plain and simple: "you kept your mouth shut or they would kill you and your family". Scarfo and Philly LCN in the 80s were just as deadly and intimidating as any other gang in the US. It's the truth; look at the body count. And most of them were LCN family members.
Point is, Ligambi was all brand new when he got convicted of the flowers hit; that's what earned him his button. IF your around people all day long who have been in a crew for years and THEY are scared about getting whacked, AND at the same time you are watching these guys plot and scheme and kill; the way they hunt people down and kill em, you go directly to jail and shut the fuck up. IF not you worry when they are gonna get your daughter/grandkid/nephew; the one who chose to stay behind while the rest of you are in Nebraska.
Present day mob, this guy, along with the current administration in PHilly are almost encouraging flipping because bent finger and the rest have no repercussions. Who knows, maybe he wants to kill the rats and the other guys are saying NO WAY. If so, what the fucks he got to lose if he flips.
This is a highly speculative question, but one I want to get some opinions on. Say that, hypothetically, Nicodemo was granted bail before the murder trial he is now facing. Just like now, there is a chance he could go away for life, and possibly flip if that happens.
If he was out on the street, do you think the family is so worried about him that they would try to take him out? If it's true that he was in on, or knows about some of those past hits, he can potentially put a lot of people away. Wasn't DiPietro killed because they thought he was ratting somebody out?
