Word: mobbing
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Mercury, the third already mounted and in operation. Fanning out, Vecchio's men raided four other tobacco distributors, confiscated 50,000 cartons of cigarettes and arrested eleven men-including three major wholesalers and Murray Kessler, 52, identified by police as a high-ranking member of the Vito Genovese mob. But, says Vecchio, "it was only a drop in the bucket...
...Lodge freeways, descending on stalled cars like army ants to rob, beat and rape terrified motorists. They devised a game called "Russian," in which one punk would knock on the door of a home while his confederates hid in the bushes; when the door opened, the whole mob would storm in, smashing furniture, beating the occupants and stealing. In late June, while partygoers at the Pontchartrain Hotel watched a fireworks display, 20 hoodlums swarmed in, snatching purses and overturning tables...
...African priest described how a 16-year-old schoolboy was chased into his church by a band of Zulus who dragged the boy from the priest's arms and clubbed him to death. Before the fighting was over, 35 had been killed and perhaps 200 injured by mob violence and police gunfire...
...Mob. Rosolio has built a strong organization-too strong grumble some government officials. Says one: "At the end of 1976 the police will have more power than any other force in Israeli society. Add to that their conservative ideology and private intelligence service, and you have a danger to democracy." Rosolio, who calls himself a liberal (though he often slips into conservative rhetoric), laughs off such sniping. He insists that police face a demanding dilemma: how to fight increasing crime in the face of more tolerance, even sympathy, toward criminals...
...outlook may not be all that bleak. Last year Israel had only 1.4 murders per 100,000; the U.S. had 9.7 and France 2.0. Moreover, most Israeli criminals are freelancers; there is no "mob." Rosolio also likes to point to one of his most potent weapons: Israel's geography. "We are in effect an island," he says. "The criminal knows that he cannot escape...