...Whitey the Mobster James Bulger was born on September 3, 1929, in Dorchester, Massachusetts. One of six children born to Catholic Irish parents, “Whitey” (so-named for his white-blond hair) grew up in a South Boston housing project. His father worked as a longshoreman. Bulger was a troublemaker and even lived out the childhood fantasy of running away with the circus when he was ten years old. “Whitey” Bulger was first arrested at age 14 for stealing, and his criminal record escalated from there. As a youth, he was arrested for larceny, forgery, assault and battery, and armed robbery and served five years in a juvenile reformatory. James had two brothers, Senator William "Billy" Bulger was a Korean War veteran and formerly an influential leader of the Democratic Party in Massachusetts. Senator Bulger rose to become President of the Massachusetts State Senate.his second brother Judge John "Jackie" Bulger, a retired Massachusetts court clerk magistrate who later was convicted of perjury. “Whitey” Bulger fathered one child that died at the age of 6 from Reye's syndrome after having a severe allergic reaction to an aspirin injection. Upon “Whitey’s” release from the reformatory, he joined the Air Force where he served time in military jail for assault before being arrested for going AWOL. James received an honorable discharge in 1952. James had a life of crime, being gang leader and being a fugitive. James Bulger returning to Boston after being discharged from the Air Force, embarked...
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...Black Mass is an exciting gangster driven film based on the infamous Boston kingpin Whitey Bulger played by the famous character actor Johnny Depp. In this film Johnny Depp takes on a role that he has not really taken before. He is a sick demented gangster who has no remorse in his actions. The film is based on the true story of Whitey Bulger and how he was a criminal who gave Intel to the FBI on rival games so in return the FBI looked over his actions. At the time Whitey was trying to build his empire of being a drug kingpin and this helped kill the competition. The FBI agent that was receiving Intel was a childhood friend of Whitey, and they had an agreement that whitey would give information for the arrests of the rival gangs. Whitey knew...
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...Black Mass and The God Father I chose to write about two crime movies. The first movie is Black Mass which was directed by Scott Cooper. And the main character was my favorite actor, Johnny Depp. It was released in 2014. As for The Godfather, it was directed by Francis Ford Coppola. The protagonist was Marlon Brando. And the movie was released in 1972. Whitey Bulger, the brother of a state senator named William Bulger or Billy. He is also a Boston famous figure. Whitey and John Connolly grew up together in Boston. After few years ago, they meet again. Meanwhile, Connolly was an FBI agent. Whereas Whitey become an Irish Mob godfather and they were secretly trading to take down the Italian mafia family in Boston. In addition, Whitey's brother was involved in this dirty deal. Which lead them to commit crimes such as, racketeering, murders, drug dealing, and other crimes that made them FBI's most wanted list (especially Whitey)....
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...not as talked about as the Italian mafia, the Irish Mob is just as violent and proficient in their ways. Taking place in South Boston, the departed depicts a fictitious, but only just, account of the struggle between the Massachusetts State Police and the Irish Mob. Leonardo Dicaprio’s character Billy Costigan is a new member of the MSP and is chosen to become an undercover officer because of his background. Costigan’s father was from South Boston, and Costigan spent time there as a child. He infiltrates the Irish Mob, headed by Jack Nicholson’s character Frank Costello. Frank is the violent head of the Irish Mob that seems to never really be convicted of his crimes. We later come to find out that is in part because of his status as an FBI informant. Costello has an informant in the MSP by way of Matt Damon’s character Colin Sullivan. Sullivan grew up in Costello’s neighborhood and Costello was almost a father figure to him. With his loyalty to Costello, Sullivan was convinced to join the MSP and feed information to Costello. As the movie progresses, both Sullivan and Costigan find out about each other as “rats”, but not necessarily each other’s identities until towards the end. Sullivan upon finding out who Costigan is, erases his file after the death of Captain Queenan at the hands of the Irish Mob and the dismissal of Sargent Dignam. In the end Barrigan, another one if Costello’s men on the inside, shoots Costigan and Sullivan’s partner, Trooper Brown. Sullivan then shoots...
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...attention, shelter, food and clothing” (Mahaney). “Popularly known as “The Rock”, Alcatraz served as an army disciplinary barracks until nineteen thirty three” (Mahaney). “As a federal penitentiary and from a total of one thousand thirty three prisoners, thirty-four men attempted to escape in fourteen separate attempts, of those, twenty-three were caught, six were shot and killed, and five are missing and assumed dead by prison authorities to have drowned” (“Escapes”). Frank Morris and brothers Clarence and John Anglin are the only men to escape from Alcatraz Island in San Francisco who are unaccounted for” (“Did Alcatraz”). “ Federal officials state ‘Not a single inmate ever successfully escaped from within its wall’ (“Did”). However, “ The FBI found a paddle and some personal items leaked to the men” (“Prisoners”). “ Most striking of all are a series of the three men - Morris and the two Anglin Brothers - looking significantly older than when they escaped” (Alexander). “Roderick said the photo offers solid proof that the brothers made it out of the water alive”(Nolan). “This attempt occurred during a bad storm and the bays currents were especially fast and strong - most people believe Roe and Cole were swept out to sea” (“Alcatraz”). “Despite an intense search effort the men were never found” (Morelle). “‘This is absolutely the best actionable lead we’ve had,’said Roderick who has continued investigation on his own, the San Francisco Chronicle noted ‘I truly believe we’re going...
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