Like many of you, I watched the January 6th events unfold live one year ago today. I saw thousands of people bum-rush the Capitol, steal and break shit, and take selfies. I saw drunk and inordinate geriatrics and young, eager people. What I did not see was anyone with a plan.
The media maintains this narrative that every single person there was instructed by some higher force on the plan for when they took over the US government, and that they were paid off and facilitated by political actors hoping to gain power once the government fell. Many people believe it was a serious coup attempt on the United States.
People like believing in conspiracies over the truth. People love to think there was a second shooter on the grassy knoll; or that Bush had advanced knowledge of 9/11; or that aliens and ghosts exist and the government is hiding them from us, but in most cases conspiracy is the outlier and mundanity is the general course of life. This situation is no different.
The media wants you to believe this was a deliberate GOP conspiracy to overthrow the US government but if you've watched any of the footage, did these people seriously look like they had a plan? They were dressed in costumes; minimally-equipped; and largely unhealthy. Two of them died of heart attacks. These didn't look to me like soldiers, but rather opportunistic rioters doing what rioters always do: trespass, break shit, and party in places where they shouldn't.
Did it look like they knew what they were going to do even if they had successfully occupied the Capitol? No. To me and many of you, they looked like a bunch of drunk rioters who showed up, milled around for awhile looking at the scenery, then went home. If the GOP or anyone else truly wanted to overthrow the government, I feel like they would've picked, you know, mercenaries, not your Uncle Ron and his drinking buddies from the 70s.
Granted, I will agree that by attacking the Capitol building they were committing treason, but it was more passive treason than an active coup attempt. They would've done the same - and many of them probably did do the same - in their home city's stadium.
Who took the control of cities like New Orleans,Cleveland,St Louis,KC after the Mob?
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allegedly Shooters : Blast, BiteDown (600) and King Von, T. Roy (O'Block)
Can anyone link some information on the town in Northeast PA regarding organized crime back in the 70s-90s? A friend of mine is from there was telling me that back in the day a crime family had influence in the area. A brief google search showed me that there were several firebombings of State Police and public officials homes and offices during the 70s as a scare tactic by the mob.
However I’m unsure who these mobsters are or who they were affiliated with. The article naming Hazleton “Mob City” was from the Philadelphia Inquirer I believe. So perhaps the Philly family had a capo or two there. There’s also the Bufalino family that’s not that far away from Hazleton, being based out of Pittston, about 45 mins away. Anybody have anymore information on the towns mafia past?
I’m trying to make a list of all relevant Gotham City gangsters/mob bosses, who are supporting characters rather than primary antagonists to Batman like Oswald Cobblepot or Roman Sionis.
The bad guys who make Gotham City evil and corrupt but not insane.
I’m a 80s/90s Batman fan, so here’s my list.
Please add any I have missed and provide a reference to the source if they are only featured in one movie/series/graphic novel, etc.
I’m primarily interested in old-fashioned 1930s and 40s style hollywood gabgsters or mafia.
My list:
Carl Grissom (Batman 1989)
Carmine Falcone
Sal Maroni
Rupert Thorne
Salvatore Valestra (Mask of the Phantasm)
Chuckie Sol (MotP)
Buzz Bronski (MotP)
