he was killing kids that had nothing to do with the mafia pecking order. 19 20 21 yr olds over who was selling more weed or coke. his claim to mafia fame is some colombo associates bf guerra and some guy russo who got made 08 and turned rat said they told him to shoot joe scopo and he did what they said. i wonder if in time the scopo family would have got the bosses to kill papa to appease them . scopo had alot of friends. the elder ralph scopo and carmine persico were close. thats why scopos 2 sons were made the same year carmine becomes boss 1980. but they surported orena so who knows. should have stayed loyal to persico