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Peter King: “I mean, you and I are old enough to remember--I am older than you, but--that when they were going after the mafia in New…”

On the recordSeptember 20, 2016
I mean, you and I are old enough to remember--I am older than you, but--that when they were going after the mafia in New York, the FBI and the NYPD were in the Italian American community, not because they didn't trust Italian Americans; they knew that was where the threat was coming from.
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Peter King
Republican · New York

Editor's note · Context

Discussing historical law enforcement practices regarding organized crime.

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