You see how they talk about Bloods? Like they can't run a organized crime operation.
From Marc Agnifilo, the former head of the gang unit in the United States attorney’s office in New Jersey:
“No self-respecting mobster would want anything to do with the Bloods or Crips because those gangs are the antithesis of the Mafia,” he said. “The mob is concerned with making money over the long haul, trying to appear respectable. But the Bloods are concerned with projecting their status, so they’re all, ‘I’m going to shoot up the block and wear a red bandanna.’”
Yet Mr. Agnifilo said that when he had prosecuted both organized crime and street gang cases between 1998 and 2003, he frequently heard members of the Bloods speak of Mafia members and customs with admiration.
“The Blood guys love mobsters because they’re the old-school gangsters,” he said. “A lot of my Mafia informants in prison would complain that they couldn’t get away from the Bloods’ always following them and fawning over them.”
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"I don't think the Luccheses in general would want to do business with the Bloods," he said. "I can't imagine that the Luccheses have declined to the point that they need the Bloods to make money."
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Jerry Capeci, a journalist who has covered the New York crime families for decades, runs the Mafia Web site ganglandnews.com. He said that while he has never before heard of the mob working with gangs like the Bloods, he is not surprised.
"Gangsters are equal-opportunity criminals," he said. "They will team up with whomever they can in order to make a buck." Capeci said he does not believe the mob's willingness to work with gang members suggests desperation. "The Luccheses are weakened, but they are still a viable New York City crime family," he said. "They still kill people when they have to."