As a Federal Prosecutor who unsealed a devastating RICO indictment against The Westie’s from Hell’s Kitchen, Rudy Giuliani labelled the gang as “The most savage organization in the long history of New York.”
Giuliani managed to have Mickey Featherstone testify against his former gang members, his testimony was devastating, detailing murder, mayhem and dismemberment of bodies and put away all of his former gang members for decades, Jimmy Coonan received 75 years, Jimmy McElroy got 60 years “Mugsy” Ritter received 40 years.
Giuliani also used the RICO Laws to lock away 4 of the 5 bosses of the Five Families, Genovese, Lucchese, Bonanno & Colombo, while Paul Castellano of the Gambino Family was infamously murdered by John Gotti before he could make it to trial.
