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Whitey Bulger arrested!!

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  • #32
    Orando Broom
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,351 ✭✭✭Orando Broom


    Sir Digby Chicken Caesar wrote: »
    how the hell was the the inspiration for a character in the departed? the departed is a rip off of a korean movie

    The Departed is based, loosely, on Battle Royale. both good films.

    I prefer Pale Rider or Transformers myself


  • #33
    ejmaztec
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,267 ✭✭✭✭ejmaztec


    It's quite annoying as I'd been keeping an eye out for him, and now some fuckwit in the States is going to get MY reward.:mad:


  • #34
    PinkFly
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,029 ✭✭✭PinkFly


    how could he afford to be travelling around the world for all those years?? :confused:


  • #35
    Biggins
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    PinkFly wrote: »
    how could he afford to be travelling around the world for all those years?? :confused:
    Well supposedly he'd been travelling to a lot of places.
    In all likelihood, he'd probably not been to them all.
    He also probably had quite a few quid stashed away over the years from his active thug period.
    He's obviously brainy to a certain extent and might have planned ahead for such eventualities.


  • #36
    ejmaztec
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,267 ✭✭✭✭ejmaztec


    Biggins wrote: »
    Well supposedly he'd been travelling to a lot of places.
    In all likelihood, he'd probably not been to them all.
    He also probably had quite a few quid stashed away over the years from his active thug period.
    He's obviously brainy to a certain extent and might have planned ahead for such eventualities.

    Exactly the same as our bankers and politicians, who coincidentally also fall into the gangster category.


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  • #37
    Biggins
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 34,567 ✭✭✭✭Biggins


    ejmaztec wrote: »
    Exactly the same as our bankers and politicians, who coincidentally also fall into the gangster category.

    Indeed. :(


  • #38
    CardBordWindow
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,205 ✭✭✭CardBordWindow


    Sir Digby Chicken Caesar wrote: »
    how the hell was the the inspiration for a character in the departed? the departed is a rip off of a korean movie
    The ruthless Boston gangster with Irish connections. Also, there were rumours that Whitey Bulger was an FBI informant before he went on the run.


  • #39
    hardCopy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,969 ✭✭✭hardCopy


    Orando Broom wrote: »
    The Departed is based, loosely, on Battle Royale. both good films.

    I prefer Pale Rider or Transformers myself

    If it's based on Battle Royale then something was definitely lost in translation.

    Maybe you meant Infernal Affairs


  • #40
    Abi
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22,058 ✭✭✭✭Abi


    ejmaztec wrote: »
    It's quite annoying as I'd been keeping an eye out for him, and now some fuckwit in the States is going to get MY reward.:mad:

    Pssshh.. sure I told thems where Bin Laden was...



    /counts monies


  • #41
    7sr2z3fely84g5
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,571 ✭✭✭7sr2z3fely84g5


    Bulger was very manipulate and clever,was big embarrassment for the fbi handlers as he used them for his advantage,whole thing was rotten to the core-

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Connolly_%28FBI%29

    Really great book about bulger is "brutal" by kevin weeks.


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  • #42
    mikemac
    Closed Accounts Posts: 19,968 ✭✭✭✭mikemac


    Just on the money, any chance his politician brother has been supporting him with money throughout the years?

    If I were an editor I'd hire a forensic accountant and an journalist and I'd have a cracking story for my paper.

    And if it proved there was no connection it'd still be a good story


  • #43
    Spread
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,876 ✭✭✭Spread


    I think I read years ago that he had dosh stashed in safe deposit boxes in major cities in Europe.


  • #44
    nxbyveromdwjpg
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,402 ✭✭✭nxbyveromdwjpg


    He even looks like a villain


  • #45
    Captain Darling
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,542 ✭✭✭Captain Darling


    Sir Digby Chicken Caesar wrote: »
    how the hell was the the inspiration for a character in the departed? the departed is a rip off of a korean movie

    Based on the infamous Korean career criminal Ho Chi Whitie.

    Awful fecker.


  • #46
    aidan24326
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,925 ✭✭✭aidan24326


    Seachmall wrote: »
    How the fuck did he manage to get in and out of the country? I remember a few years ago there was CCTV of him in London, that article says he's been known to bounce around Europe too. I can't get through US customs without fingerprints and retinal scans yet this tit manages to avoid all that despite being one of the most wanted men in the US?!

    If you look at his FBI wanted poster it says he used multiple aliases and was known to alter his appearance through the use of disguises. Probably had a number of fake passports. They believe he 'travelled extensively throughout the US, Europe, Canada and Mexico'.

    From his wiki page:
    He had also set up safe deposit boxes, containing cash, jewelry, and passports, in locations across North America and Europe including Florida, Oklahoma, Montreal, Dublin, London, Birmingham and Venice.

    It's gas to think that at some point customs in the US may have searched or questioned him (just randomly as they do, or perhaps on suspicion of something) and had no idea they were talking to the most wanted fugitive in the country after Bin Laden.

    Anyway I wouldn't go having any sympathy for him just because he's an old man. He was a nasty piece of work in his time.


  • #47
    Captain Darling
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,542 ✭✭✭Captain Darling


    nm wrote: »
    He even looks like a villain

    He even had a slot on Sunday morning music TV for a while. ;)


  • #48
    ejmaztec
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,267 ✭✭✭✭ejmaztec


    Abi wrote: »
    Pssshh.. sure I told thems where Bin Laden was...



    /counts monies


    :(


  • #49
    Da Shins Kelly
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,047 ✭✭✭Da Shins Kelly


    Biggins wrote: »
    Cobblers - tell that to his many victims, their families who might have lost loved ones - and have never seen justice done - at least possibly till now.

    His "many victims" were mainly mafiosos like himself. Limited sympathy there. You live by the gun, you die by the gun.

    That being said, he should still be arrested and put on trial regardless. He's a major criminal.


  • #50
    Biggins
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    Da Shins Kelly wrote: »
    His "many victims" were mainly mafiosos like himself. Limited sympathy there. You live by the gun, you die by the gun.

    That being said, he should still be arrested and put on trial regardless. He's a major criminal.
    I fell less sorry for the Mafioso's themselves but they too still have wives and kids, who through what still is illegal and still murderous act, has deprived them of a possible loved member of their family, a husband, a father, a brother or sister.
    Its the families I sympathise with as I'm sure most of us do, probably including your good self. :).


  • #51
    R P McMurphy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,129 ✭✭✭R P McMurphy


    Biggins wrote: »
    I fell less sorry for the Mafioso's themselves but they too still have wives and kids, who through what still is illegal and still murderous act, has deprived them of a possible loved member of their family, a husband, a father, a brother or sister.
    Its the families I sympathise with as I'm sure most of us do, probably including your good self. :).

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ag_AFraxj-4


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  • #52
    JohnFalstaff
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 897 ✭✭✭JohnFalstaff


    Da Shins Kelly wrote: »
    His "many victims" were mainly mafiosos like himself. Limited sympathy there. You live by the gun, you die by the gun.

    That being said, he should still be arrested and put on trial regardless. He's a major criminal.

    Whitey Bulger is a sadistic serial killer who has been implicated in 19 murders including the murder of three women. One of these was Deborah Hussey - the step daughter of his henchman Steve Flemmi.

    Bulger strandled her in cold blood while Flemmi and Kevin Weeks looked on, so it's not true that all his victims were criminals like himself.


  • #53
    Da Shins Kelly
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,047 ✭✭✭Da Shins Kelly


    Biggins wrote: »
    I fell less sorry for the Mafioso's themselves but they too still have wives and kids, who through what still is illegal and still murderous act, has deprived them of a possible loved member of their family, a husband, a father, a brother or sister.
    Its the families I sympathise with as I'm sure most of us do, probably including your good self. :).

    I do of course have sympathy for families, particularly for children and wives. Any time I see or read anything about the Mafia, I always feel sorry for the wives. They put up with an awful lot, and it seems like the majority of them can't seem to escape that whole world once they get involved.

    The men themselves however, no, I wouldn't feel too sorry for them. They chose to get involved in that world, they chose to get involved with someone like Bulger, and they paid the price. If you don't want to put yourself at risk, don't join the Mafia.


  • #54
    Da Shins Kelly
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,047 ✭✭✭Da Shins Kelly


    JohnFalstaff wrote: »
    Whitey Bulger is a sadistic serial killer who has been implicated in 19 murders including the murder of three women. One of these was Deborah Hussey - the step daughter of his henchman Steve Flemmi.

    Bulger strandled her in cold blood while Flemmi and Kevin Weeks looked on, so it's not true that all his victims were criminals like himself.

    That's why I said "mainly". I'm not arguing that he didn't kill anyone or what he shouldn't be arrested. All I'm saying is that I would have limited sympathy for the majority of the people he killed given they chose to get involved in the Mafia and lead criminal lifestyles, just like Bulger did. If you choose to get involved in organised crime, then you accept that you might be killed, and it's not like the majority of the people he killed were squeaky-clean people who were deceived into joining the criminal underworld. They chose to do it and I'm sure they were guilty of crimes too. That's the nature of organised crime.


  • #55
    JONJO THE MISER
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    Poor guy could they not let him enjoy his last years in peace, afterall he is one of our own stock.


  • #56
    Bosco boy
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    He's should be extradited back to Rosmuc and made serve out the rest of his time in the local pubs! Jail's to handy!


  • #57
    Mickeroo
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    Leftist wrote: »
    INNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNCorrect.

    It was a Hong Kong production and the character of Jack N was based loosely, oh so loosely on Mr Bulger.

    Indeed, and the corresponding character in Infernal Affairs wasn't nearly fleshed out as much or have anywhere near as much screen time.


  • #58
    ToniTuddle
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,964 ✭✭✭ToniTuddle


    Can't feicin believe he has finally been caught! Read about him in different books and heard stories when I was over in Boston.


  • #59
    ringadingding
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,010 ✭✭✭ringadingding


    I knew once bin laden was got, the other 9 on the list would go 'FFAAARRRRKKK
    they'll focus on us now'


  • #60
    Abraham
    Closed Accounts Posts: 254 ✭✭Abraham


    This guy has a clear propensity to help wherever help is needed.
    Therefore, I think he is a good candidate for community service. After all, with maturity has come a mending of his errant lifestyle. Seems that he has done nothing wrong for the past 15 years at least and that will have to count in his favour. A real and present danger he is not, anymore.

    He has helped out the FBI more than a little over the years and at considerable risk to himself, we can be absolutely certain of that and so deserves some recognition and reward for that too. In essence, after a shaky start, he sought to put things right by helping the forces of law and order even when some of the agents he had to work with were more crooked than himself., i.e. the official standard was lower than his own !
    "Father, forgive them for they know not what they do" & all that !

    At 81 years, he deserves a break. It's no fun living on the edge for the past 20 years. That torture went on for long enough, didn't it ?.....and the US Government will not want to be associated with torture now will they.......oh dear.......not do sure about that last bit.


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  • #61
    JONJO THE MISER
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 12,333 ✭✭✭✭JONJO THE MISER


    Abraham wrote: »
    This guy has a clear propensity to help wherever help is needed.
    Therefore, I think he is a good candidate for community service. After all, with maturity has come a mending of his errant lifestyle. Seems that he has done nothing wrong for the past 15 years at least and that will have to count in his favour. A real and present danger he is not, anymore.

    He has helped out the FBI more than a little over the years and at considerable risk to himself, we can be absolutely certain of that and so deserves some recognition and reward for that too. In essence, after a shaky start, he sought to put things right by helping the forces of law and order even when some of the agents he had to work with were more crooked than himself., i.e. the official standard was lower than his own !
    "Father, forgive them for they know not what they do" & all that !

    At 81 years, he deserves a break. It's no fun living on the edge for the past 20 years. That torture went on for long enough, didn't it ?.....and the US Government will not want to be associated with torture now will they.......oh dear.......not do sure about that last bit.

    If i need a lawyer i know who im gonna p.m.


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