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
Man Angelina is a drunken loser.
Think he spit on a cop when he got a DUI or something like that too.
Rat finger Lou was going to have him beat up and nobody did shit about it.
Doesnt seem well respected, I wonder if he was ever really underboss or how he got that title. He is a mess.
I think he is out of prison or will be released soon. I wonder where he will fit in.
