[Mark17]

The FBI used to fight the mafia.

Now the FBI is the mafia.

I think the mafia are more honorable.

[Vigilanteman]

Among other things, the Mafia refused to get involved in drug dealing because they knew what it would do to kids. I knew a guy from a previous life who was a NYPD detective in the late 1950s/early 1960s who told me this.

Anyone who violated this rule might be found dangling from a lamp post early some foggy morning. The NYPD would always investigate whodunnit for show but never be able to find enough evidence to arrest anyone. In return for this community service, the NYPD would sometimes give the mafia a pass on some minor crime such as numbers running.