Hi 74Transam
I'm not the expert on the subject that most are here, but I can tell you that these "street punks" are not "organized crime". IMO, they are just street punks.
Organized crime, I would think is just that.."Organized". Suit and tie businessmen actually, although in an illegal business granted. I don't know as much about today's organized crime, but I know it's not what it use to be.
However judging from the past "Crime Lords", many were smart and planned out each and every move carefully, which would explain why there are those who were never prosecuted or weren't
"nailed" until years later; and like with Al Capone, on lesser charges.
As idiotic as it sounds, I do think they had more finesse, tact and business sense (not condoning organized crime mind you
), then todays organized crime figures and certainly more than the "street punks". Although I know Rico (sp) had a part in changing the crime world to an extent, so that could be part of it.
Hey, but that's just one dummy's opinion. Let's let the others join in and see what they say.
TIS