U.S. politics are life and death for some.

"FBI: Hate crimes against Muslims up by 67 percent in 2015"

http://www.sfchronicle.com/news/crime/ar...nt-10613004.php

"...the successful annihilation of organized crime's subculture in America would rock the 'legitimate' world's foundation, which would ultimately force fundamental social changes and redistributions of wealth and power in this country. Meyer Lansky's dream was to bond the two worlds together so that one could not survive without the other." - Dan E. Moldea