Grim Reaper Suggests The Mob Hit Joe Colombo

Friends of Ours ^ | 03/24/12 | Friends of Ours

[AtlasStalled]

Gregory Scarpa Sr., the Colombo enforcer who did double-duty as an FBI informant, suggests that the mob was behind the 1971 hit on his boss Joe Colombo according to the Bureau's recently-released file on the Grim Reaper. Colombo was shot by Jerome Johnson, a black wannabe mobster, during the June 28, 1971 rally for the Italian American Civil Rights League which served as a public relations front for the mob boss. The investigation into the Colombo hit was little more than perfunctory, and law enforcement quickly concluded Johnson was a lone madman. However, Scarpa said that Johnson was not a "kook" but a regular fixture in the social clubs who would "'do anything' for a price."

[JoeDetweiler]

Is there anyone who ever really thought otherwise?

[The Wizard]

Some folks knew it was a mob hit a week BEFORE it happened

[Dr. Bogus Pachysandra]

I knew the Ballisreri kids when I lived in Milwaukee. Benny was a stunner! But I avoided her. Her brother John is now chief. I wouldn’t get involved because I knew her Father’s famous quote:
“He insulted me. To my face. Now they can’t even find his skin”

[mmanager]

Later and thanks for the post.

[Kid Shelleen]

Carlo Gambino was not alone in his increasing discomfort with Joe Colombo's use of the Italian American Civil Rights League as a public relations front in his personal battle against the FBI

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