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SUMMARY:"Blood and the Badge" with Michael Cannell
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a talk with Michael Cannell\, author of Blood and 
 the Badge: The Mafia\, Two Killer Cops\, and a Scandal that Shocked the 
 Nation.\n\nNo episode in NYPD history surpasses the depravities of Louis 
 Eppolito and Stephen Caracappa\, two decorated detectives who covertly 
 acted as mafia informants and paid assassins in 1980s Brooklyn.\n\nFor more 
 than ten years\, Eppolito and Caracappa moonlighted as the mob’s early 
 warning alert system\, leaking names of mobsters secretly cooperating with 
 the government and crippling investigations by sharing details of 
 surveillance\, phone taps and impending arrests. The Lucchese boss called 
 the two detectives his crystal ball: Whatever detectives knew\, the mafia 
 soon learned. Most grievously\, Eppolito and Caracappa earned bonuses by 
 staging eight mob hits\, pulling the trigger themselves at least 
 once.\n\nIncredibly\, when evidence of their wrongdoing arose in 1994\, FBI 
 officials failed to muster an indictment. The allegations lay dormant for a 
 decade and were only revisited due to relentless follow up by Tommy Dades\, 
 a cop determined to break the cold case before his retirement. Eppolito and 
 Caracappa were finally tried and then sentenced to life in prison in 2009\, 
 nearly thirty years after their crimes took place.\n\nCannell’s Blood and 
 the Badge is based on entirely new research and never-before-released 
 interviews with mobsters themselves\, including Sammy “the Bull” 
 Gravano. \n\nRegistration recommended to join us in person. Book signing 
 with Iconoclast Books to follow.\n\nTo watch online (no registration 
 needed) visit: https://vimeo.com/event/5130471. The recording will be 
 available to watch later on our Event Archive.\n\nMichael Cannell is the 
 author of A Brotherhood Betrayed: The Man Behind the Rise and Fall of 
 Murder\, Inc.\, and three other works of non-fiction. He has worked as an 
 editor at The New York Times and contributed to The New Yorker and many 
 other publications. He lives in New York City.
LOCATION:John A. and Carole O. Moran Lecture Hall\, The Community Library
ORGANIZER;CN="Martha Williams":MAILTO:mwilliams@comlib.org
CATEGORIES:Lectures & Conversations
CONTACT;CN="Martha Williams":MAILTO:mwilliams@comlib.org
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