You don’t understand, we’re taking the fucking liquor store. Whitey: United States of America v James J Bulger, Bulger to owner to new liquor store, CBB 2014
After 16 years the FBI finally has its man. Boston mob boss James Whitey Bulger was captured in southern California. ibid. news
A man so dangerous he joined Osama bin Laden at the top of the FBI’s most wanted list. ibid.
Bulger routinely met with FBI agent John Connolly and gave him information. ibid. court transcript
Weeks was one of the government’s star witnesses. ibid. news
Everybody can be corrupted. ibid. Weeks
19 alleged murder victims. ibid. news
James Whitey Bulger is the most ruthless Kingpin ever to rule Boston. Kingpin s1e1: Whitey Bulger, History 2018
He controls his empire through fear and blood, killing anyone who stands in his way … A criminal becomes a kingpin. ibid.
Across the city the crime rate doubles in just five years. The chaos in Boston is an opportunity for the one industry where it’s still possible to make a living – the underworld – where drugs, prostitution and gambling fuel a business worth hundreds of millions a year, but in Boston no one crew runs it all. ibid.
The Killeens may do things by the book but their biggest rivals are an upstart crew that respects no code – the Mullens are disorganised crime. ibid.
He becomes a rat for the FBI. ibid.
By the time he was a teenager Pat [Nee] was a member of the Mullen’s gang. The Irish Mob s1e5, Netflix 2007
The Killeen’s gang: Within ten years Whitey Bulger would take over the Boston mob. ibid.
The Mullens and the Killeens waged war for control of the neighbourhood. ibid.
When Pat Nee was released from prison, Whitey Bulger’s treachery was only beginning to come to light … He had betrayed Pat Nee and the rest of the Irish mob. ibid.
For 20 years one man ran the city of Boston: he controlled the cops, the politicians and the criminals. His name was James Joseph Bulger. The Irish Mob s1e6
‘Anthony Shea went into a place armed, ready to kill and took as much cash as he could grab. Then he did it again.’ Gangsters: America’s Most Evil s1e8: Anthony Shea & The No-Name Gang, Gerald Posner investigative reporter
‘Men with ski masks and sweat suits approached the truck holding weapons.’ ibid. news
‘We knew they were from Charlestown.’ ibid. rozzer
‘When you commit a third violent crime you will be put away, and put away for good. Three strikes and you are out.’ ibid. Clinton
In 1928 Anthony Shea was twenty-eight years old and one of the most successful gangsters in the eastern seaboard. ibid.
By 1960 it was home to the fiercest Irish gang this side of Dublin – the Charlestown mob. ibid.
They were called the No Name Gang. All of them are from Charlestown ... They weren't the only armed robbers in Charlestown. ibid.
Charlestown’s code of silence came undone. ibid.
I don’t want to be a product of my environment. I want my environment to be a product of me. The Departed 2006 starring Jack Nicholson & Leonardo DiCaprio & Matt Damon & Ray Winstone & Martin Sheen & Mark Wahlberg & Vera Farmiga & Alec Baldwin & Anthony Anderson et al, director Martin Scorsese
Welcome to the Special Investigation Unit. ibid. Captain Queenan to Billy
Are you calling us cunts? ibid. Staff Sergeant Dignam
Do it again for me. ibid. Queenan to Billy
They’re gonna come back with some guys and kill you. ibid. Frank to Billy
We think Costello’s got a rat in the state police. ibid. Colin to rozzer
In this archdiocese God don’t run the bingo. ibid. Frank to priest
Quack: How did you know he was a cop?
Billy: Bad haircut. No dress sense. And a slight sense of scumbag entitlement. ibid.
There is no-one more full of shit than a cop. ibid. Billy to Quack
We think Costello’s got a spy inside the Special Investigation Unit. ibid. Staff Sergeant Dignam to Billy
I believe in public service. ibid. Quack to Colin
I got a feeling we got a cop on my crew. ibid. Frank to Colin
Costello is a protected FBI informant. ibid. gangsta to Billy
Ex-wife or girlfriend or stupid – that is what brings you down in this business. ibid. Frank to Billy
I am not the fucking rat. ibid. Billy to Frank
I have reason to believe Captain Queenan is Costello’s rat. ibid. Colin to rozzer
I gave you the wrong address, but you showed up at the right one, didn’t ya? ibid. shot gangsta to Billy
This is Sergeant Sullivan. I am taking over Queenan’s unit. ibid. Colin to Billy
Don’t laugh. This ain’t reality TV. ibid. Frank
Fucking rats. It’s wearing me thin. ibid. Frank
You’re an FBI informant. Are you kidding me? ibid. Colin to Frank
I just want my identity back. That’s all. ibid. Billy to Colin
Before we start I want you to know something: I’m not a rat. You understand? I want that on record before we start. Black Mass 2015 starring Johnny Depp & Joel Edgerton & Benedict Cumberbatch & Rory Cochran & Kevin Bacon & Jesse Plemons & Peter Sarsgaard & Dakota Johnson & Corey Stoll et al, director Scott Cooper, opening scene
Just like on the playground it wasn’t always easy to tell who’s who. ibid.
And the next thing you know he’s a goddamn kingpin? You know why? Because the FBI let it happen. ibid.
I’m making a deal with the Feds. An alliance. ibid. Jimmy
I swore if I made it home I’d never follow orders again. I left a soldier and came home an outlaw. I lived one robbery to the next. Live By Night 2016 starring Ben Affleck & Elle Fanning & Massi Furlan & Remo Girone & Brendan Gleeson & Robert Glenister & Matthew Maher & Chris Messina & Sienna Miller & Miguel Pimenthal & Zoe Saldana & Chris Cooper et al, director Ben Affleck, opening commentary
There was a war going on over rum. Albert White ran the Irish mob and Maso Pescatore ran the Italians. It was tit for tat. The deadliest year in the history of Boston. ibid.
So it no longer matters so much what you want. You’re in this life. And it can only end two ways. ibid. Pescatore
I realised it’s not enough to break the rules: you have to be strong enough to make your own. ibid. Joe
I got nothing against noble men. They just rarely live past forty. ibid.
Hey, progress not perfection. The Equalizer 2014 starring Denzel Washington & Chloe Grace Moretz & Marton Csokas & Melissa Leo & Bill Pullman & John Skourtis & Haley Bennett & David Harbur & Vladimir Kulich & David Meunier & Alex Veadov & James Wilcox et al, director Antoine Fuqua
You gotta be who you are in this world, right? No matter what. ibid. him to her
There are two kinds of pain in this world, pain that hurts and pain that alters. The Equalizer 2 2018 starring Denzel Washington & Pedro Pascal & Ashton Sanders & Bill Pullman & Melissa Leo & Sakina Jaffrey & Jonathan Scarfe & Adam Karst & Kazy Tauginas & Garrett Golden & Orson Bean et al, director Antoine Fuqua, McCall to baddy
When your job is to find people who are missing, it helps to know where they started. I find the people who started in the cracks and then fell through. Gone Baby Gone 2007 starring Casey Affleck & Michelle Monaghan & Morgan Freeman & Ed Harris & John Ashton & Amy Rian & Madeline O’Brien & Amy Madigan & Titus Welliver & Slaine et al, director
If we don’t catch the abductor by day one, only about 10% are ever solved. ibid. rozzer Doyle