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Who is Zaza Pachulia? Zaza Pachulia is an NBA basketball player for the Golden State Warriors. Even though some may consider him to be a sports star he is still just like any other normal guy. Zaza Pachulia has played for many teams throughout his career. This is an informative essay about Zaza Pachulia’s personal life, his career, and his basketball statistics.

Valentine Day Massacre an effect to a cause Bugs put Capone in corner that called for an immediate call of his power as a player in the Chicago gangsters he showed how much of a player he could be with the tools he had. Word was given to Bugs about a shipment of boozes, Al Capone’s Booze, on February 13, 1929 that was to arrive the next day Bugs saw an opportunity so he took it. On the day of the massacre “ a Cadillac with two police officer drove up to the building at 10:50 am five men got out of the car two in police uniform and three in street clothes minutes later gunfire erupted near the building” (Cavendish). “Six men died that day five were members with an innocent bystander,” they all died at the hands of Al Capone under his orders to send the message he was not to be messed with even through with clear message Bugs “continued the turf war but to smaller extent” (World Library). Bugs Moran was a notorious mobster during his time and was one of the Northside gang’s longest running in command for a long time because of the way he thought and the criminal mastermind that he had as an enemy was his downfall and his lack of seeing the bigger

A colonizer and statesman, Manuel Lorenzo Justiniano de Zavala was one of the most talented and capable of the many native Mexicans involved in Texas ' struggle for independence from Mexico. He was born in the villiage of Tecoh in what is now the state of Yucatan, Mexico, on October 3, 1789. While still in his teens, de Zavala became an ardent advocate of democratic reforms. As a result of his political activism, he was imprisoned in 1814 for three years. When released, he re-entered politics and by 1820 represented Yucatan in the Spanish Cortes in Madrid.

The 1929 St. Valentine's Day Massacre led to general uneasyness about Thompson's alliance with Al Capone. The massacre was an attempt on killing Bugs Moran, the new leader of the North Siders. The killers had rented an apartment across the street from Moran's headquarters at 2122 North Clark Street, to monitor Moran's movements. On the morning of Thurday, 14. Ferbruary, 1929, Capone's men disguised their selves as police that were about to do a "raid".

“Never rat on your friends, and always keep your mouth shut” (Quotes from Goodfellas, n.d.). This quote from the 1990 critically acclaimed film Goodfellas encompasses some of the main foundations the American Mafia is built upon. And although this film was a major motion picture created in Hollywood, it was based on a true story and kept most of the key aspects of the Mafia’s culture. The role that family played in each individual sect across the country was unified in the sense that it was, by far, the most important to every member of the American Mafia. In the Mafia’s prime (approximately 1920-1985), it shared enough values with the dominant American culture, while maintaining a good amount of differences, to be considered a U.S. co-culture.

1929 was when he commit his most remembered crime now known as the Valentine’s Day Massacre where he and an elite group shot down seven of their rivals. They did not see it coming considering that they were disguised as policemen. This among other stunts was admired by residents and even police of Chicago. His reign in 1927 through 1931 made many view him as the self-crowned ruler of Chicago’s bootleg operations and prostitution

Capone was known to have a short temper and to be violent. Capone showed this violence such as when he was in the sixth grade; Capone was hit by teacher and he reacted by striking his teacher back, after that Capone never went back to school. Capone first joined a gang when he was 11 years old, he joined an adult gang four years later which was called "Five Points Gang" where he met the leader

He started his criminal career as a member of the "Five Points Gang", and later became the boss of the "Chicago Outfit", who made their money through gambling, prostitution, and bootlegging. Al Capone was famous for his corruption, his ability to evade law enforcement, and his violent tactics and murders. He is believed to be responsible for the St. Valentine's Day Massacre, as well as over 200 murders. After many years of crime, he was convicted in 1931 on charges of tax evasion and sentenced to 11 years, and after being released he died in 1947 of syphilis. During Al Capone's life, the United States was slowly recovering from World War I, and Prohibition had become a significant topic within the country.

He wasn't one of them who shoot, but he was probably the one who ordered them. The case never got solved, and no one was ever put in jail for it. Actually Capone never got charged for murder, because he payed the police and he always took care of witnesses. The first time he got arrested was in May in 1929, for carrying a concealed weapon (a hided weapon, that were illegal) in Philadelphia, and he carried illegal, because he had to get the gun checked and get confirmed as a legal gun.

He was also a prime suspect of a murder investigation, causing Yale to send him to Torrio and Giacomo “Big Jim” Colosimo in Chicago to be better protected. In 1924, Capone was successful in corrupting the government, he was able to rig the election of a new mayor and installed a puppet government (Alphonse Gabriel “Al” Capone – From Obscurity to Chicago Outfit Boss). Capone, along with Torrio, became the leaders of a powerful liquor business in Cicero during the Prohibition (Alphonse Gabriel “Al” Capone – From Obscurity to Chicago Outfit Boss). These two were competing with Dean O’Banion, the North Side liquor business leader.

It’s 1920, the Chicago lights gleam in the night. A dangerous night. A loud explosion is heard near Lakeshore Drive, followed by a fiery, red flame lighting up the dark, city night. Chunks of rubble make a loud splash as they are swallowed up by the waters of Lake Michigan. Al Capone’s associates have bombed another speakeasy, injuring many citizens in the process.

During the the Mafia including Torrio and Capone got stupid rich. Once Torrio had crazy money he eventually retired from the mafia in 1925 giving Prostitution, gambling, bootlegging and other illegal activities to the one and only Al Capone aka (scarface). This was the start of organized crime in the

Al Capone was a very powerful leader and an all around mastermind. Capone was raised around gangs in the city when he moved there from Naples and joined one in his teens called Johnny Torrio’s James Street Boys ran by Johnny Torrio. Later, he moved on to the Five Points Gang, which he graduated from. He got into a gang fight and someone cut his face with a razor hence the nickname “Scarface” (Grossman). When Torrio entered a brothel business he sent for Capone to be a bouncer at the saloon.

He made 100 million annually. Capone influence the United States by doing what he wanted, he influenced todays law system, and helped Chicago 's people through tough times. Capone did what he wanted First thing is Capone did some of his most well know activities for his church. Capone was Catholic, in the catholic religion the people take communion.

Section One: Luis Alfredo Garavito, of Colombia, definitely earned his nickname “the Beast,” after he admitted to the slaughter of 140 young boys; however, there are many indications that the actual number of murders is closer to 300. From 1994-1999, Garavito indulged in a killing spree. He used food, cash, and gifts in order to lure his young victims to him, all of which were boys between the ages of eight and sixteen. In addition, he would occasionally dress as a monk or street vendor in order to create the illusion that the kids were in a safe environment, before persuading them to go on a walk.