Post by robeiae on Jul 23, 2019 8:48:45 GMT -5
www.thecut.com/2019/07/gambino-mob-boss-frank-cali-killing-everything-we-know.html
So the working theory is that Comello may have tried a "citizen's arrest" on Cali, then shot him when the latter refused the arrest.
And the defense appears ready to argue that Comello is not guilty because of a "mental defect," i.e. he ardently believes all of the Deep State conspiracy stuff.
The night of March 13, the New York Times reports that alleged boss of the Gambino crime family, 53-year-old Francesco Cali, was fatally shot outside his house in Todt Hill, Staten Island. Per surveillance footage, a pickup truck rammed into a vehicle and knocked off its license plate outside of Cali’s home, which compelled him to come out of his house. The suspect and Cali then approached each other, where the former handed Cali the detached license plate and then shot him 10 times.
Who is the suspect?
His name is Anthony Comello, and he’s a 24-year-old Staten Island native who lived with his parents, and who law officials say has no mafia ties.
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Here is where the narrative starts to get more peculiar. At a March 18 extradition hearing in New Jersey, during which Comello agreed to be tried for the murder, he drew on the palm of his hand “MAGA Forever,” as well as a number of phrases relating to right-wing conspiracy theory QAnon: a “Q,” “United We Stand,” and “Patriots in Charge.” (QAnon, which is pro-Trump, popular with 4chan and 8chan users, and incredibly convoluted, posits that there’s a “deep state” trying to take down Trump.
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Also, another detail worth noting: Per NYPD Deputy Commissioner John Miller and other police sources, Comello attempted to make a number of citizen’s arrests of politicians in the past year. On February 21, he showed up at a federal courthouse in lower Manhattan, asking to make a citizen’s arrest of California Democratic representatives Adam Schiff and Maxine Waters; the next day, he tried to do the same with Mayor Bill de Blasio.
Who is the suspect?
His name is Anthony Comello, and he’s a 24-year-old Staten Island native who lived with his parents, and who law officials say has no mafia ties.
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Here is where the narrative starts to get more peculiar. At a March 18 extradition hearing in New Jersey, during which Comello agreed to be tried for the murder, he drew on the palm of his hand “MAGA Forever,” as well as a number of phrases relating to right-wing conspiracy theory QAnon: a “Q,” “United We Stand,” and “Patriots in Charge.” (QAnon, which is pro-Trump, popular with 4chan and 8chan users, and incredibly convoluted, posits that there’s a “deep state” trying to take down Trump.
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Also, another detail worth noting: Per NYPD Deputy Commissioner John Miller and other police sources, Comello attempted to make a number of citizen’s arrests of politicians in the past year. On February 21, he showed up at a federal courthouse in lower Manhattan, asking to make a citizen’s arrest of California Democratic representatives Adam Schiff and Maxine Waters; the next day, he tried to do the same with Mayor Bill de Blasio.
And the defense appears ready to argue that Comello is not guilty because of a "mental defect," i.e. he ardently believes all of the Deep State conspiracy stuff.