Originally Posted by The_Rooster
Why was Joe Todaro Jr. a "close confidant" of a teenager who was supposedly a gang member and union leader as well?

Why is the earth round, why do people get cancer, why, why, why....because Todaro was extremely close with their father and they were mature for their age

Mature for their age... Jesus Christ.

Originally Posted by The_Rooster

and Todaro wanted to take them under his wing and groom them, its what the mob does. Read the articles that Nicke posted, or are those articles not worthy?


I understand it's what the mob does. But not bosses. Bosses don't groom teenagers to commit street crimes. Anthony Spero is maybe the closest example I can think of. But even then, they were at least young adults. And they were certainly not "close associates" or "confidants" of Spero.

For a boss to take teenagers under his wing completely undermines the purpose of a chain-of-command. Vincent Gigante's entire downfall was caused when he began being direct with an associate.