Depends on the situation and what/who involves in the altercation. If its personal interactions with a regular joe I don't think it matters. Someone posted a incident with one of the NY mobsters getting attack by someone's family member.
I would say it's generally no difference from 100 years ago, if its personal incident with civilians then it doesn't matter if he's an "official" member or not.
I think you might me talking about the Marty Angelina domestic incident in Philly. But it was recently reported that he was also beaten up by a local gang member (The 10th and O Gang) earlier this year, and the guy who beat him up was merely forced to apologize. I don't know if it's true or not. But either way, things have certainly changed.
Here's the article:
http://citypaper.net/article.php?No-Fear-22540
