As long as there’s motorcycles, as long as there’s people want to ride them, we’re gonna have brothers. Now I could be dead and gone and this thing will still be here. Grub
I don’t need you. I don’t need society. Slow Joe, Florida Warlocks
Be a man. That’s all. Big John
The ATF saw the we could infiltrate by using long-term undercover operations with groups such as the Warlocks. Stephen Martin, ATF special agent, codename Easy Rider
While America reels in shock, in the Tampa Hotel where the President has spoken just four years earlier godfather Santo Trafficante reportedly toasts JFK’s death. Lamar Waldron believes Santo Trafficante along with Johnny Roselli and Carlos Marcello have pulled off the Mob’s most daring hit ever. Did the Mob Kill JFK? 2010
The Mafia didn’t have three different plans to kill JFK, they had one plan and they tried it in three different cities. The second city where they tried was four days before Dallas in Tampa Florida. Lamar Waldron
‘Taco really took the war to the Hell’s Angels.’ Gangsters: America’s Most Wanted: The Ultimate Outlaw s1e2: Harry Taco Bowman, expert, Bio 2012
For seventeen years the leader of this pack was one Harry Bowman. They called him Taco. The FBI called him a gangster ... indicted for murder, attempted murder and violent racketeering acts. ibid.
Each indictment led to cooperation from another Outlaw. ibid.
‘Very few women have risen to the levels of Griselda Blanco.’ Gangsters: America’s Most Evil s1e3: The Godmother, expert
‘If anybody deserves to be on death row it is Griselda Blanco.’ ibid. rozzer
Conspiring to import and distribute literally tons of cocaine into the United States. She’s accused of ordering dozens of murders. ibid.
She had been wanted in New York for more than a decade since Operation Banshee. ibid.
Augusto Falcon and Salvador Magluta: Los Muchachos 1984 ... ‘The real heyday for cocaine in south Florida.’ Gangsters: America’s Most Evil s3e4: Los Muchachos, Bio 2013
Importing 100,000 kilos of cocaine, and later tried for jury tampering, witness bribery and even murder. ibid.
My name’s McCloud. Frank McCloud. Key Largo 1948 starring Humphrey Bogart & Edward G Robinson & Lauren Bacall & Lionel Barrymore & Claire Trevor & Thomas Gomez & Harry Lewis & John Rodney & Marc Lawrence et al, director John Huston, Bogart
What I need is a drink. ibid. Johnny’s bird
I only care about me – me and mine. ibid. Bogart
We’re not going to be miserable. We’re getting out of here. Spring Breakers 2012 starring James Franco & Vanessa Hudgens & Selena Gomez & Ashley Benson & Rachel Korine & Gucci Mane & Heather Morris & Ash Lendzion & Jeff Jarett et al, director Harmony Korine, bird to others
This was my dream – I made it come true. This is the American dream. ibid. gangsta
Murderers are dumb shits. They always screw it up sooner or later. China Moon 1994 starring Ed Harris & Madeleine Stowe & Charles Dance & Benicio del Toro & Patricia Healy & Tim Powell & Pruitt Taylor Vince et al, director John Bailey, Harris
The amount of cocaine seized by customs in Florida rose by 61% in 2016. Dope s1e1: In This Business You Have No Friends Only Enemies
October 17 1931: The world’s most notorious gangster is sentenced to prison for income tax evasion. While there, his mental and physical health crumbles from neurosyphilis. A decade later, no longer deemed a threat, he is released to live in exile in Florida under government watch. This is the final year of his life. Capone 2020 starring Tom Hardy & Linda Cardellini & Matt Dillon & Al Sapienza & Kathrine Narducci & Noel Fisher & Gino Cafarelli & Mason Guccione & Jack Lowden & Kyle MacLachlan & Josn Trank & Neal Brennan et al, director Josh Trank, captions
In 1997 a federal task force uncovered a plot to sell a Soviet submarine to a Colombian drug cartel for $35 million. The Feds believed the mastermind was a Russian gangster known as Tarzan. They were wrong. Operation Odessa, 2018
In 1991 Tarzan used his earnings from New York to open a strip club in Miami. He named it after his favourite movie: Porky’s. ibid.
The wiretaps revealed Tarzan’s connection to Cuban drug trafficker Nelson ‘Tony’ Yester. ibid.
Special agent Alex Yasevich was sent in to bring down Tarzan. ibid.
Tony flew to France and picked up two duffel bags filled with cartel cash. Instead of going to Russia to buy a submarine, he stole the money and went on the run. ibid.
Federal agents today launched a massive manhunt for missing union leader Joseph Diaz, who rose from the ranks to become president of Miami longshoremen’s local 308. Absence of Malice 1981 starring Paul Newman & Sally Field & Bob Balaban & Melinda Dillon & Luther Adler & Barry Primus & Josef Sommer & Don Hood & Wilford Brimley et al, director Sydney Pollack, news teletext
Are you getting off on gangsters now, Megan? ibid. rozzer
Miami liquor wholesaler Michael Gallagher, 47 year-old son of bootlegger Tommy Gallagher, is under investigation in connection with the six-month old disappearance of longshoreman Joey Diaz. ibid. news teletext
Somebody broke the finger off a Hare Krishna, and somebody’s died. Miami Blues 1990 starring Jennifer Jason Leigh & Alec Baldwin & Fred Ward & Nora Dunn & Charles Napier & Obba Babatunde & Jose Perez et al, director George Armitage, rozzer
He’s crazy. He has emotional anger issue problems. Bad Boys II 2003 starring Martin Lawrence & Will Smith & Jordi Molla & Grabrielle Union & Peter Stormare & Theresa Randle & Joe Pantoliano & Ivelin Giro & Dee Bradley Baker et al, director Michael Bay, Marcus
Bad Boys for life. ibid. Smith
It’s cruising night, man, on South Beach. Smoke n Lightnin’ 1995 starring Christopher Atkins & Kristoffer Ryan Winters & Sabryn Genet & Catherine Nagan & Rand McClain & Alfie Wise & Michael Linstroth et al, director Mike Kirton, dude to dude
Miami starts to look like an occupied zone. America’s War on Drugs II: Cocaine, Cartels & Crackdowns, 2017
In May 1980 Fidel Castro opened the harbor at Mariel, Cuba, with the apparent intention of letting some of his people join their relatives in the United States. Within seventy-two hours 3,000 US boats were headed to Cuba. It soon became apparent that Castro was forcing the boat owners to carry back with them not only their relatives, but the dregs of his jails. Of the 125,000 refugees that landed in Florida, an estimated 25,000 had criminal records. Scarface 1983 ***** starring Al Pacino & Michelle Pfeiffer & Steven Bauer & Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio & Robert Loggia & Miria Colon & F Murray Abraham et al, director Brian de Palma, opening caption
I’m Tony Montana from Cuba, a political prisoner. ibid.
Miami, Florida, August 11, 1980 (UPI) ... Hundreds of Cuban refugees began rioting this morning at a detention center situated under Interstate 95 in north Miami, burning tents and attacking immigration and naturalization guards with pipes, sticks and rocks. ibid. caption
This is paradise. This is paradise, I’m tellin’ you. This town’s like a great big pussy just waitin’ to get fucked. I'm tellin’ you. I shoulda come here 10 years ago. I’d have been a millionaire by this time. By this time, I’d have had my own boat, my own car, my own golf course. ibid. Tony
A little coke money doesn’t hurt nobody. ibid. Chico to Tony
Lesson #1: Don’t underestimate the other guy’s greed. ibid. Frank to Tony at table
Lesson #2: Don’t get high on your own supply. ibid. Pfeiffer at table
I want what’s coming to me: the world, Chico, and everything in it. ibid. Tony in car
This country you gotta make a da money first. Then when you get the money you get the power. Then when you get the money, then you get the woman. ibid. Tony to Chico
Don’t get confused, Tony. I don’t fuck around with the help. ibid. Pfeiffer to Pacino in car
It’s Cubans like you who are giving a bad name to our people. ibid. Tony’s mum to Tony, with Gina
All I have in this world is my balls and my word. ibid. Tony to Sosa
I only tell you one time – don’t fuck me, Tony. ibid. Sosa
I bury those cocker-roaches. ibid. Tony to Frank
You know what I’m talking about, you fucking cocker-roach. ibid. Tony to Frank
The World Is Yours. ibid. message on hot-air balloon
You know what capitalism is? Getting’ fucked. ibid. Tony in bath
My life is not all it’s cracked up to be. ibid. Chico to Tony
Is this it? Is this what it’s all about, man? Eating, drinking, fucking, sucking, snorting, then what? ... Is this what it’s all about? Is this what I work for? ibid. Tony at table