Al Capone was the son of two poor Italian immigrants, which at that time in history meant you didn't matter, so he had to find guidance with the only people that took an interest in him but unfourtnally for him it was some of the biggest mob leaders in New York. Even with that kind of influence hard to believe that a once soft spoken, intelligent kid from a good family would grow up to run a major city with blood, bullets, and booze.
First, Capone's lack of tolerance for authority and people who didn't respect him was obvious from a young age. In sixth grade a female teacher called Capone a dago and slapped him during a argument in class, which angered Capone to the point were he punched the female teacher in the face breaking her nose (Al Capone:Scarface). After the incident the Capone family moved to a new neighborhood, where Capone would meet the man that would help change his life forever. Johnny Torrio was at the time the most successful and respected gangster in New York and his headquarters was located across the street from the Capone's new house (Bergreen pg. 26). Torrio instantly became Capone's new role model; Capone even got a job running small errands for Torrio and his crew. Capone spent every waking moment with the Torrio organization, which in way served as his new educational system, seeing as he no longer attended regular school. After a few years Torrio moved to Chicago but Capone would soon find a new influence to further his street education. Before moving Torrio got Capone a job as a bartender slash bouncer for Frankie Yale, which is where he would earn the nickname Scarface after a late night scuffle left him with three knife cuts on his face (Al Capone:Scarface). It didn't take long before Yale was impress...
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...ople thing that Al Capone just went around murdering and toreturing people for the hell of it but the truth is he only harmed people that tried to do harm to him or harm the people he cared about. I'm sure Al Capone could have found a happy life doing something else but from the very start of his life he was never given a fair deal so he took the only real education he ever got and made himself into an American legend
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Al Capone owned all sorts of businesses that gave oppurtinties to control his criminal activities with bootlegging and etc. Al's huge production and demand for alcohol pushed for alcohols legalization in what we have today where its commercialized and legal everywhere. These businesses of Al's helped fund the activities and the crime sprees that involved his crime organization. With the power and wealth Al had, he was able to further improve the crimes and organizations. These techniques of power and wealth are also used in gangs today and have been a reliable way for the gangs to control and commit crimes undetected. With the techniques used by Al to keep his criminal organization surviving, it also brought the ability for gangs to survive today also. His effects go all the way with legalization of marijauna, the same exact thing that happened with alcohol is happening with marijauna and possibly more drugs in the future. Big time Kingpins now requonize the importance of supply and demand with the abuse of money and power Al gained from it. Al effected the future of organized crime organizations and abundance of illegal drugs into the United States
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...s. Was Capone fully to blame for the violence that plagued his life? Or was he adapting to the times in which he lived? Maybe he was a man who believed in self-defense in a cruel time where he was just as likely to be killed by an opposing bootlegger. In several interviews, he spoke of peace. He asked for peace from other men that challenged him. Some might even call him generous. Whatever Al Capone was, there was one type of person that he believed to be truely evil. In the words of Capone, "There's one thing worse than a crook, I think...and that's a crooked man in a big political job. A man who pretends he is enforcing the law and is really making dough by breaking it. Even a self-respecting hoodlum hasn't any use for that kind of fella..he buys them like he'd buy any other article necessary to his trade. But he hates them in his heart," (Blumenthal 102).
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Al Capone was one of the most known of all of the gangsters. He was one of the biggest gangsters in the underworld of chicago. Al capone was a sharp dresser a classy gentleman. Capone was the best at what he did. capone originally liyed in naples which is in italy .
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