Im not saying he didnt do stupid things, he did. Every mob boss since 1980 did stupid things. How do i know this? They all died in prison. If the FBI knows you are a boss, you are done. Its actually quite amazing Gotti was on the street for 6 years.

My point is this. Every single informant bashes Gotti but all of them worshipped him when he was on the street. Gravano is also full of shit, he did whatever Gotti said and so did every other powerful capo. Why didnt anyone make a move on Gotti? No one ever did a thing. The Gambino’s had huge construction rackets in the 1980’s and no other family tried to step in and take it away from him. Why was that? Gotti could of easily been killed. That whole notion that he was purposely high profile so no one would clip him in front of law enforcement is bull shit. They killed Castellano at rush hour on a busy NY street. Its nonsense.
Why did the family continue to acknowledge him as boss while he was doing life in a supermaxx?
Bobby Manna was planning to kill gotti and the fbi told gotti about it. What did he do? He said “ gee thanks” and slammed the door?.
Why did all those so called tough guy capo’ s pay Jr Gotti tribute money and let him be acting boss? Why did they let Peter Gotti become acting boss?
Lots of rats such as gravano and john alite try to make it sound like they were loyal gangsters who honored the sacred rules. Bullshit. Gravano had 2 of his own friends killed just to steal their rackets. Alite used drugs, sold drugs, and robbed drug dealers. He also sexually brutalized his contractor.