And to make it perfectly clear from my point of view - I don't disagree with a single word of what you said here. Of course the system is supposed to be fair and unbiased, I doubt if anyone will disagree on that.
I'm not well acquainted enough with this case in particular to comment with specifics as to whether Crea should have been charged, prosecuted, or found guilty - or not. Although if you've spent your life in service to the Lucchese family I'm sorry to say it's a predictable end for the man whether or not it was a fair one with respect to this particular charge.
FBI over-zealousness is a well known fact from the Mafia to Ruby Ridge to Waco. I'm no big fan of the government in general. Courts are not always fair. While I would agree that courts are sometimes biased in mob trials - or that prosecutors looking to make a name or get a bigger budget go after certain targets for the wrong reasons, likewise the Mafia has tampered with juries more than once over the years too. Neither side has a perfect record of commitment to "fair play" in a courtroom setting.
To make it clear - this is the other half of The New York Mafia - the only person I hero worship is my grandfather who was a World War II veteran.
However, what's being missed here in this conversation is the fact that we have a justice system in this country that is supposed to follow the rules of law which in many cases for many, many people aside from just people associated with organized crime is out of whack and not working the way it is supposed to work. You cannot convict someone based on the view that "they have victimized tens of thousands of people in the past century."
If a person is accused of whatever crime then that is the crime for which they are to face in a court of law. Not crimes that may or may have not been committed in the past. And this is with everyone.
So, my stance on this is a balanced, fair and impartial judicial process for everyone and for people to stick to the facts and not rumors and misinformation and gossip.
And just to reiterate the fact that because someone takes that stance and the person they are writing about happens to be someone with an OC label does not mean they are "worshipping" or "idolizing" anyone.
