Scorsese,

yep..more than likely a publicly legit guy....who is doing deals under the radar..

Guy in your article sounds what Stringer Bell was trying to become.

The stereotype of the 1980s nino brown type as the archetype Black criminal helps guys like the Baltimore dude move in silence.

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the comments that threads like this bring out of people are always interesting.
it's all crime...and most of the guys involved will spend years of their lives in cells....there's no pissing contest when it comes to this stuff