The Case Sonny Franzese Couldn't Beat
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- Опубликовано: 25 авг 2024
- John (Sonny) Franzese had beaten a dozen cases before. His supporters still say he was framed, but prosecutors say his guilt - and his proclivities for violence - were beyond dispute.
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The agent that says “he’s done far far worse” is the worst kind of agent. That’s him saying yes he was framed but it was justified. Law enforcement should never break the law to put someone in prison
Yup, that’s exactly what he meant by that.
No, it's him, the agent, responding to the reporter's question that isn't included in the video. The guy is giving his opinion. What idiot is going to say a murderer shouldn't be in jail? Michael 'My-Father-killed-60-to-80-people' Franzese ruined any sliver of perception that his dad was a guy that didn't belong in jail. Douchebag, conman, Michael left his father to rot in a crumby old folk's home while he made a career being the Italian Reverend Al Sharpton'
I’m glad I’m not the only one who noticed that. Why can’t he just answer the question..because he knows the truth.
Tbh franzese isn't a guy I'd feel bad about being taken illegally. Lol dude brought it on himself
@Tyler Smith : that’s not the point. The point is that these agencies at every level are circumventing and/or violating the United States Constitution. That’s dangerous for every American citizen.
a 50 year sentence for bank robbery is bout all ya need to understand that he indeed was framed .
@Ed Kelly Gtfoh. Sorry that flew over your head.
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All bank robberies get stiff sentences . Money is worth more than lives .
@@pooddescrewch8718 most get between 5 and 20 50 is indeed quite high
@@bigvinnie3 oh don’t forget he wasn’t even there smh
Done his 50 and lived to 103 what a legend.
In a weird way he had the last laugh 👍don't make men like this anymore
Agreed
@@uniquedude566 Agreed. You have to respect a man who lived according to a code. He lived his life the way he wanted. How many of us bow to authority on a daily basis? Even after our 30s. I think he was a boss at 30 and for the next 7 decades, he was a boss.
@@kumarg3598 yes very true bud, I dont agree with the life he lived but you have to take your hat off for his belief in that life because every other so called real mobster ended up ratting in someway 👍 I think the columbo family is the more interesting out of all 5 families 👍
@@uniquedude566 interesting for having 4 internal wars. If genovese are the ivy league, the Colombos have to be the Big ten
That agent saying the FBI never cut corners made me laugh. Whatever dude.
I know right? Lou Devecchio handling Greg Scarpa. John Connolly handling Whitey Bulger.
@@gabeko2044 Exactly. Just finished reading “Mafia Son” about Scarpa and Scarpa JR. Lin was a scumbag. Also, the FBI is completely out of control today. POS organization.
FBI is far worse than 150 Sonnys.
cough cough Whitey Bulger cough cough
@@HayastAnFedayi 💯
I love how the Agent says "we don't do 24 hour survalience on anyone" not even John Gotti.
As if they didn't have bugs in their cars, business, homes, phones, social clubs, etc.
Guys lying through his teeth
Even lip readers...
@?? back then they were illegally using wiretaps, so they had an idea of what was happening, but they couldn't use wire taps in court yet.
That's what they do.
Cops are the dirtiest players in the game.
No they don't. They do things for the greater good
There really is honor amongst thieves lol this guy denied everything, took his secrets to the grave and never told on anyone. Solid as fuck
Yea but he's in the minority. Most of em rat people out.
He may have been a murderer, but he WASN'T A RAT, OR A HYPOCRIT there may be reasons to kill someone, but there is NEVER a reason to be a rat or a hypocrit, HOW do you not RESPECT a guy like that???
@@larrybriglio44 You dont not respect him.....you have to respect him. Them's the rules!!
@@lemankurtz8950 I respect Mr.Franzese greatly! They don't make men like him anymore!!!
Solid as a diamond. The definition of gangster = Sonny.
3/4 of people in our government should be in prison!!!!
FACTS
Yeah dude my mail man sucks! Throw him in the gulags!
@Ellie5621 that's obviously not what he meant, but I think you know that.
Make that 1/2
💯 especially the Biden crime family. Hmm wonder how they all got rich...💸💸💸
One of the best jokes ever The FBI plays by the rules 😁😁😁
No shit, lol.
Fiction can be fun...
Dude that comment by that clown FBI agent ruffled everyone feathers on here that saw this video and rightfully so at this point, b/c we all know it’s BS
They do play by the rules.....doesn't mean sonny was guilty.....but I guarantee you they thought he was guilty. They didn't frame him, they honestly thought he was guilty. Tunnel vision
Everyone knows they dont😂
“ he’s done things far far worse” well that says it all they don’t care if he was framed or not cause he did “ worse things” anyway. Which also means they wouldn’t mind framing him either
Nothing new. They got Capone the same way- tax evasion instead of murder and racketeering.... Honestly though, I can't blame them. I really can't. If I was a law enforcement agent and we kept losing our major trials and verdicts to ruthless criminals because they'd tinker with the jury or have some magical new witness show up at the last minute to confess to a new crime because he's already on death row or doing a life sentence, so a new charge doesn't matter to him anyway.... I can't say I wouldn't eventually decide to start playing dirty in return either if I believed it would've served the greater good.
It's not ideal by any means, but there comes a point where you can only take so much before you look around and notice all of society is beginning to go to shit as a result. You see kids looking up to thieves, extortionists, and murderers and Hollywood glamourizing it.... how much more could you really take?
Yeah I got onto that one too. He's done far worse things so does it matter that we framed him for this! That's the way that came across to me
They’re OC . Wdnt one then expect them to lie, cheat , steal and kill. That’s why they’re called OC. Law enforcement , Feds, etc are supposed to be better. That’s why they are NOT supposed to indulge in the same ways. If so what separates the two? Law enforcement has enough ammunition in the world to get ppl according to the law. If you frame a person bc you believe they have committed other crimes that cd not be proved in court, then what separates law enforcement from the criminals? Don’t become a cop if you hold the freedom of others lives in your hands and need to lie, cheat, and steal ones freedom in order to put them away. Get them with the tools you are given and ONLY those. Otherwise they are then like minded ppl and NOTHING separates the good from bad. You don’t do a frame up job as a person who is in law enforcement. That’s about the ego. Law enforcement is supposed to protect and serve. Not concoct a set up. Sorry. Don’t become a cop if you’re gonna play dirty. The Federal Government are the biggest criminals of all time. Wake up sheeple!!!!
One cant complain or play innocent when you get what you deserve
@@Britton_Thompson so where does it stop if the so called good guys can frame people for shit just because they think that they’ve gotten away with stuff in the past ✌️
One of the agents virtually admitted they framed him because of all the murders he allegedly committed
Basically says he doesn't feel sorry for him as he did far worse.
@@easygrin1127 perfect wording but that's fucked up😂 , they couldn't face him head on because he was too clever so they framed him. I would be mad too I have a very SMART mafia boss running doing whatever he wants to do without any punishment???? Lol that would get annoying, am stressing whiles this dude is getting laid. WOW😂
@@machibethell7687 but would you want a mass murderer to be in your streets? He was definitely going to kill more people if he didn’t go to prison
@@lightzraptor2172 that’s not the point. The point is that if that’s the standard then they can twist a story to send anyone to prison. Regardless of whether they are a criminal or not. Then you end up with Russia or China where you can’t criticize the government without being a criminal.
Finally a type of documentary about Sonny Franzese. I wish the A&E show Mobsters, would do an episode on him.
He got off on 12 cases. Each time the FBI became more desperate until they reached the point of framing him. In this case, it was 4 witnesses they could use while not having to prove this man’s involvement or whereabouts whatsoever.
Also, I think some job security issues for the Agents and DA probably played a part. They all failed at convicting him 12 TIMES before they framed him.
He was a disgusting psycho......
'Only threats i got were from the government'. Pretty much sums it up
Amazing journalism. Factual. Up front. No agenda. This is what a journalist should put out for public consumption. Like it or not, it’s all about the truth. If you are going to put someone away for any amount of time much less 30+ years, do it for something they actually did. Hard to watch but still very well done.
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I’m enjoying these videos about Sonny.
Watch videos about Ted bundy Too... Wonder if u would love videos about him too...
Watch " Sonny's Family Hates Me! On RUclips
@Jean Rhodes Please watch Sonny's Family Hates Me!
camron di rossi actually I have watched some videos on him. What’s your point ?
Jean Rhodes what are you on about?
Am I not allowed to watch these kind of videos ?
Since when does commenting on or liking a video make someone a troll?
I met Sonny the last time he was locked up and he was a up beat very respectful guy You got to hand it to him
Epic series on the Franzese family!! Loved every episode! First class news day!
“She was mad because she wanted what my wife had” 🤣😂 Gangsta.
Glad this documentary has finally been released. This should give Micheal some peace that the story is now out there.
Lol “We play by the rules” lmao yea right
The mafia doesn't, why should we?
Dude every person who listened and watched that part all laughed out loud and said yeah right right after he said it bahaha
@@JohnSmith-cm4zy So you think it's normal to have LAW enforcement officers break the LAW?
@@bernardopkmDP178 .....Have you been living under a rock your whole life?
@@bernardopkmDP178 The MAFIA is criminal organization so they don’t hv to live by certain rules, but law enforcement should not break the law, because if they break the law to convict a bad guy they’ll break the law and convict innocent people.
Tragic story. Great documentary. Ive never seen so much interviews with some of the family like this. Sonny was a stand-up guy. even his enemies respected him.
Hmmmmm, bull
How man lifes did they do wrong.
Street stand up guy. Foolish man at life and a loser at life.
@Jean Rhodes I think you were the one who was bullied in school. That’s why you admire people like Sonny Francese. Just like those school shooters who worship other serial killers. The only guts they can muster is in their trigger finger
@@Casey-xv3gv get a life
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"He's done things that are far, far worse"
-Then you should convict the guy on these "far worse" things, instead of framing him
Can't get back 50 years that's tough. Sonny outlived that crazy sentence though LoL
He didn't serve any where near 50 years, with all of his convictions combined he didn't even do 20
Great piece of journalism. Bravo!!
Stand up man till the end. Last of his kind.
He was a horrible person! Give me a break
Judge not @FrankFranklin...judge not. Sonny was a lot of things, that’s for sure but in the world he came from he was / is a legend and stand up guy till the end #cutfromadifferentcloth #theydontmakethemlikehimanymore
@@crytpoknight8289 if u worship serial killers than go ahead. U must have posters of charles manson in ur room. Or jeffrey dahlmer
@The Crimson Diddler good for u!!! Lol
He wasn't a stand up guy! Their morals were twisted. They played God in deciding the lives of others. That they got him on something he didn't do is a par for the course when you continually associate with other horrible human beings. It was bound to happen. He destroyed his own family. That's the responsibility he needed to own up to but probably didn't because he was blaming others. The streets swallow up people in the streets.
After the last few years when I hear a FBI agent say we play by the rules I scoff.
He was totally framed! Its pretty messed up that the government couldn’t catch him the legal way so they framed him! The cops who sent Sonny to prison should be put in prison themselves! So messed up
Bro, you have no idea whatsoever if he was framed
“He’s done things that are far far worse” seems like something who has done bad things would say to justify their own actions
Did I just hear FBI(or any other agency of Law) agent say FBI follows the rules?😂😂
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Unless they have recording of Sonny giving the order, how can a jury tie in this bullcrap conspiracy? I think he was framed.
He was framed no doubt.
Kenneth Steiger, "We play by the rules." He definitely ain't talking about the US FBI.
Outstanding docu film series, hope you do more mob stuff. Amazing work. Thanks
This is a sad sad story. Lives destroyed by violence. No he may not have performed that robbery, but the consequences of his life, set all of these events in motion. Nothing good could have come of it.
This brought tears to my eyes. God bless them
This is hardly the 1st time the feds have been scummy. And who cares if he's done things way worse than this. We arent talking about that stuff, we are talking about this
One hell of greatest docuseries I’ve seen.
It gotta be true about sonny being framed. The FBI were hell bent locking him up but failed numerous times so did the shitty stunt and framed him. Imagine doing 50 years for something you didn't do. He never ratted anybody out for any crime. This man was the true GOODFELLOW
FBI- we play by the rules 😂😂Yeah ok buddy. Sonny was a stand up guy and they couldn’t get him fairly.
RIP Sonny 🕊🙏
Wouldn't rat at 93 years old!!! What more do ya need to know????
@Suesan Borts-Bredall yeah im glad others are catching that too they did it and they know they did
Rip sonny what a man 💪🏽
-2:41 "i couldn't do that.. because it's my principle.. what should i lie to people that people lie againts me.. i couldn't do that" You are really really true man, full respect!! may you RIP
Legend. True Cosa Nostra till the end. Even when he was framed he still didn't defend himself by saying nothing. He's an extremely rare one. As tough as they come.
Great 👍 documentary I really appreciate how it was put together
It hurts to see and learn about injustices with judiciary. They were frustrated because Michael's dad was not an informer even to the end. RIP Sonny Franzese.
To hear that FBI agent say he's never known anyone to cut corners to get a conviction is almost comical get real my guy
What a beast. What a life!!!! Respected mafioso, slept with the finest women ever, did a lot of time and lived till 103 without ratting on his friends. This guy is up there with Capone, Bonny & Clyde, Dillinger…a real outlaw till the end
Last man standing, sad to say he is in the wrong side of the society, but nevertheless hats off to you sir🙏
Junior Soprano told me Sonny Franzese had the makings of a varsity athlete..... :)
But He had small hands. :D
This made my day!
Funny, he told me the opposite.
The feds destroyed him and his family, what a shame.
lol he was an underboss in the fkn mafia, spare me 🙄
How many families did he destroy? Plenty
Sonny still lived by the code of omerta he will never admit to it even if he did do it.. in truth the world may never know, now that he’s gone...
Why do I feel like those agents are bold-face liars....not even half way through the vid
As the FBI guy said..we play by the rules..yea sure you do......
This was a great docu series
I think the Mob and the FBI had something to do with Sonny getting framed for his crime the whole mob been rats since the beginning... Thay look at it as business just so the feds wouldn't look at the other bosses thay sacrificed Sonny for there own gain cause he's was to powerful and there's was nthn thay could do it about it but frame him
He was 100% framed
You’re guys awesome in production.
I wonder if as much attention would be paid to the families of Sonny's victims? Sonny clipped a lot of wiseguys in his career.
The bank robbers get a 5 stretch, Sonny gets 50. WTF
He got 50yrs for his parole violation.
I don't care what anybody says. Society has proven time and time again. You take the father figure out of the picture the family falls apart.
Like they say.. you don't always get punished for what you do, sometimes it comes in the form of something you didn't do.. either way, you pay your dues. Nature has a way of creating balance.. He's not crying about it.. why is everyone else. He's not a hero, he is a murderer and wife beater.. a lot of families now have children, grand children and great grandchildren that never would have existed if he was out and killed more people. whole generations are alive bc he went to jail. maybe it was your family.. maybe the neighborhood butcher or clock maker, restaurant owner.. your great great grandparents.. if they were killed you wouldn't be here. Your family wouldn't exist, your children wouldn't exist.. there are thousands of people who don't exist bc he killed a person all those years ago. erased thousands of potential lives bc he felt like it. seriously.. who cares if he was framed.. it's not like he was some innocent person who this bad thing happened to.. do you think he was 'fair' to the people he killed.. or their children whose lives were ruined because they had to grow up without their father . He is dead.. let him finally live in peace and be at peace with him.
I think this is the best doc on sonny. This should of been done long ago
Sal Polisi’s book “The Sinatra club” is an excellent mob book
The agent that said the FBI played by the rules. I guess he never met agent lynn delvecchio and agent John connelly.... Lol. By the rules!!!!
Lol yup shit even the director of the fbi hoover was a scumbag
The rules let you burn out men women and children or kill a woman with a child in her arms?
Or the guy with scarpa before delvecchio,think his name was Anthony villonova or something like that.
The reality is that if that frame job didn’t stick, they were going to get him a decade later on RICO charges that carry life without parole. Frame job was the best outcome.
Never thought of that wow nobody ever say that
How many lives were saved putting Sonny behind bars. We'll never know but I'm sure there were some.
The neighbors even said they did 24 hour surveillance. They seen them.
No one can ever live up to this man
The judge made sonny a legend by not bending to reason.
I love how the police officers in the judges say things like he did a lot of other crimes like that's okay that he was framed did they ever prove that he got any of the money not every cop prosecutor and judge her boy scout that's for sure
Compartmentalization of the most extreme kind. The mind protects itself from a reality it cannot accept without doing damage to one's own psyche. That same character trait allows someone to brutally murder someone and then immediately thereafter sit at the dinner table and enjoy a meal with one's loved ones. Fascinating.....
Law enforcement pretending they are clean 100% 🤭
The life of this man shows you kinda how unmoblike gotti was ...
Gotti was as mob as it gets that's why he was the boss don't let the bullshit fool you
@@snakebite2529 like most say,even his direct righthand man said once... Gotti did everything what didn't stand for that life..the flashy sh..t,the expensive life,murdering at will. The only reason he became what he's been seen as was the celebrity don. You can name 10 bosses that were 200% more of that life then he ever was. And no show,movie or book changed that
Oh that's right y'all were Gambino wise guys and knew the man personally. Sorry
Gotti was hardcore to the end just like sonny. It’s guys like Sammy the bull and the other rats you should say that to
You people really think Gotti wasnt hardcore and a real mafioso?
The reason why Neil Dellocroce even took him in was because he knew Gotti was as solid as it gets.
You people watch to many movies and listen to these rats to much
Gotti was true cosa nostra just like sonny don’t ever get it twisted
That FBI agent who said...." I've been in this business 44 years and NOT once have I've ever seen the FBI cut corners and say I can't get him on this but we'll make up something and get him on that". Buddy, that MAY be the old FBI not this one .
Still sharp at that age with his case info it burns inside him every day RIP
this is well done 👍nice job
Quality production!
FBI Agent: "We play by the rules."
LMFAO.
It speaks a lot for society when it's easier to believe the gangsters and not the police/lawyers
That was the best JF interview
Pure Definition of A Mans , Man SONNY WAS GANGSTER FROM HEAD TO TOE!!!!! Last of the Mohegans
This channel deserves more subs
Sonny "I never met any of these guys" Sonny "they only got one phone call on tape with me talking to these guys" 😂😂😂😂
FBI guy says they never tried to put some bs charges on someone that they couldn't catch. Al Capone.
Sonny was a mans man 100% and he owes nothing but Rip Sonny
“ she was mad because she wanted what my wife had”
Sounds about right.
Never heard of 24hr surveillance... lol
He probably was framed they had to find a way to get him, and guess that tactic worked, Seems alot in the American justice system its not always who is actually guilty but Who can sell it!
Amazing series
Dude said he never seen law enforcement lie or cut corners. That let's you know he's one of those that do just that. Being law enforcement has never stopped anyone from lying.
You never heard of 24 hour FBI surveillance. What a joke.
REQUIESCAT IN PACE Sonny Franzese. The last of the True Men. The most honorable man of the last two centuries.
Some of these prosecutors were excellent. Five years ago I held the FBI as the gold standard for truth. Today, I think the FBI leadership has grown political & just finds the man they want, and get him no matter what. Heck, in 2021 if you are a tax paying American male who loves his country, be careful. The rank & file agents are great, but leadership determines who they want and they order agents to go get them, regardless of right and wrong. Watching this, you see how leadership just decided that Sonny needed to go away and they made it happen.
There is no gold standard for truth. Were there is power there is corruption. See the movie, killed the messenger. It has real clips of how they traffic drugs to the USA
The FBI has always been political. All rungs of Law Enforcement for that matter. Whether Local, State or Fed level. Cops get orders from the politicians and go after the people they are told to go after.
@@jusliving7977 Yeah, great observation, no one that has been arrested, prosecuted and jailed by the FBI has ever committed a crime. There are close to 20k employees of the Fbi out there hunting down innocent political opponents all over the country. Can you name a "tax paying, American male who loves his country" that has been unlawfully arrested or prosecuted for a crime that they did not commit?? You throw it out there like it's happening everyday and it is only a matter of time before "they" come and get you so you must have example after example.....
Just to clarify, I'm not some thin blue line boot licker that thinks law enforcement is infallible. If anything untoward occurs during an investigation, there should be an investigation looking at anyone in LE who appears to have broken the law or acted unethically during an investigation, but to make absurd claims like this because you don't like or disagree with something done by the FBI in no way indicates that anyone who hasn't broken the law has anything to be concerned with. Again if you have examples I'm all ears, but if not, you should consider turning down the rhetoric or consider not parroting all of the talking points you hear.
Fbi were responsible for the deaths of many civil rights leaders.
No no no no no no no. That’s not how the legal system works. “He’s done things that are far worse”.
It’s better to set a guilty man free than send an innocent man to jail.
All the guys who worked on that case should be in prison themselves
It's so fucking bothersome the way they paint the FBI and Law Enforcement.. like they're so pure and good as if they have been washed down by God himself!
There definitely needs to be a proper movie made about sonny
He is a mans man no doubt about it
Unreal. Best doc ever seen
FBI plays by the rules? Lmao good one copper
The more I know about this man the more I love him
Watch Sonny's Family Hates Me on RUclips
he was a murderer who worked in a criminal organization that murders and ruins people's lives
What happened to all Sonny's money? Feds take it? Seems,so sad,Tina passed broke.
4:00 That must have been the last pay phone in Brooklyn
He got ratted out & then made a 50 year demonstration that person can except themself from doing that
I'm not sure exactly what you said in this post but he did not do 50 years in jail