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    Al Capone

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    Al Capone Al Capone was a very dangerous Gangster. He had and ran many illegal businesses like bootlegging‚ prostitution‚ gambling and murders. Being highly known as this big gangster guy‚ knowing there was many gangs in the world Al Capone was at the top. Al Capone was the greatest gangster in the 1920s. Al Capone was a wealthy man because money was made fast and easy. Gambling was a business that paid off‚ there were tons of places to go gamble there were stations set up all over the

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    Just Walk On By Analysis

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    perceive things can play a major roll on how the world see it. If someone gives the perception that someone else is a theif the world will label them as a theif. Most black people are perceived as a "gangster" when they really aren’t. Some black people are actual gangsters and should only get labeled as a gangster because of their actions. In the story "Just Walk on By" the narrator started off the story with how he first started stalking women. Not haven read the story before; when he started it off with

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    their murder sites‚ he was startled to find gangster and the founding father of the right-wing paramilitary group Pemuda Pancasila‚ Anwar Congo‚ had a different reaction. “I’ve tried to forget all this with good music…dancing...feeling happy…a little alcohol…a little marijuana…a little…what do you call it? Estasy. [Ecstasy] Once I’d get drunk. I’d ‘fly’ and feel happy.”

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    From Italian gangsters to African American rebels you know name racial controversy and the Bronx tale has it all. The film takes place in the Fordham section of the Bronx in the 1960’s. Calogero Anello is a 9 year italian boy living in the Bronx‚ where they were notorious for gangster bars‚ racist people and an aggressive nature. Calogero witnesses a shooting in the street involving local gangster‚ Sonny‚ but refuses to betray him to the police. Sonny grows fond of the boy and begins to teach him

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    It begins with two gangsters leaving a café‚ discussing their plans to attend a meeting involving the countries major crime bosses. One gangster goes back in the café to get a toothpick and at the same time the other gangster is killed from a drive-by shooting. The movie’s plot is based upon the surviving gangster seeking out a psychiatrist to help with his emotional distress and out of control lifestyle. Throughout the movie the relationship between doctor and gangster represent an example

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    good company. * Do not allow them to visit discos‚ snooker and gaming centres. * Do a spot-check on the place your child frequents. * Keep your children away from gambling dens‚ and places that gangsters frequent. Gangsters are a threat to society and you can be considered a gangster if you are involved in any of these activities: * Extort money from shop owners‚ hawkers and the like. * Receive payment for threatening others or to beat someone up. * Protect/cover-up gambling

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    at the top. Al Capone was the most infamous gangster in the 1920’s. Being a highly know and revered gangster was a big business. Money was made fast and very easily. Bootlegging alcohol was by far the most profitable in the 1920’s; this was because of the prohibition of alcohol. Gambling was another business that paid off; stations sanctioned for gambling were set up all over cities. Prostitution and murders were also crimes that made gangsters quick and easy money. Alphonse Capone was

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    Prohibition Fast Facts

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    It was not as successful in practice as it looked on paper. Organized crime rose‚ and bootleggers and speakeasies  became popular‚ serving up cocktails‚ beer‚ moonshine and bathtub gin.  Chicago‚ interestingly enough‚ was a major center of Prohibition‚ complete with notorious gangsters and  speakeasies.  Prohibition in Chicago - Fun Facts ● A few speakeasies and ​ mob hangouts​ ‚ like John Barleycorn’s and the Green Mill Cocktail Lounge‚ are still in  business today.  ●

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    stereotypical‚ whilst challenge stereotypes. Set in the 1920’s during prohibition‚ Nucky is a corrupt Republican politician and gangster‚ who has risen to his position through bribery‚ corruption‚ and murder. The series begins as prohibition begins‚ with Nucky toasting the government who ban alcohol; “…to those beautiful ignorant bastards in Washington”. As a gangster‚ Nucky knows he can make millions by supplying illegal alcohol to the public and is portrayed as a businessman‚ making money for

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    and they even wrote books about it for others to enjoy. In today’s media we see celebrities “shunned” all the time whether it’s something as small as a bad wardrobe or bad habits they have to their crimes like one of the most notorious American gangsters known as Al Capone. As the scandals and shunning today are different today the media still does stories and writes articles of the person and tells the whole world of what they did and disgraces the person and shows them as a lesser individual.

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