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Whitey Bulger

Zeke Cultural Visual: Whitey Bulger was an American organized crime boss based in South Boston, born in 1929. Whitey had been involved in the Boston organized crime scene from a young age “Whitey Bulger was first arrested when he was 14 years old, for stealing, and his criminal record continued to escalate from there” (Biography.com Editors). He slowly rose to power in the Winter Hill gang. He was one of six children, born from Roman Catholic, Irish-American parents, and raised with those values. South boston was in a poor economic state at the time of Whitey’s upbringing, and this reflected his character. Whitey was described as a troublemaker, and he even ran away from home when he was ten years old. He lived in a public housing project, his father working as a longshoreman. His troubled past is what took him into a life of crime. At the time that Whitey was heavily involved with organized crime, South Boston was gaining national attention for opposing the court mandated desegregation of schools through busing. South Boston’s state of turmoil pushed Whitey’s crime based motives even further.

Antonio Lamb Audience visual: The audience of Whitey Bulger was the residence of South Boston. He was a very well known person who people understand he was a dangerous man “His offenses grew increasingly large in scale, culminating in a string of bank robberies from Rhode Island to Indiana.”(Biography.com Editors). He was a large crime boss who was protected by the government. People knew about him and were most likely scared to think that this man was free and made people feel fear. He was more aimed towards the people of south boston because his crimes mostly affected them. He was high up in the crime as well as a rat who sold out the gang members. He had such an impact on the people who knew about him he got a movie all about him. He was the second most wanted person to strike fear in people as a huge crime leader. Everyone was afraid of him and he made the residence of South Boston into people who would talk about his escapades.

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4. Explanation: (What is the AIM of the term) the purpose Whitey Bulger’s sole purpose in life revolved around crime. In an article it states, “James "Whitey" Bulger embarked upon a life of crime at the age of 14 and had become a prominent figure in Boston's organized crime scene by the late 1970s”(Biography.com editors). For 16 years he was living life on the run from the FBI. He was even ranked number 2 on the FBI’s most wanted list at one point. The crimes he committed and were involved in were murder, racketeering, extortion, drug dealing, money laundering and conspiracy. Bulger’s whole life revolved around crime. He even was in the Air Force at one point and served in military prison for assault. He was an informant for the FBI for many years and told the FBI about a rival to his gang the winter hill gang. The rival gang was known as the Patriarcas. Bulgers has been a criminal for almost all of his life.

History: Lorenzo Sanchez Visual: Term: Whitey Bulger Explanation: James Joseph Bulger Jr. was born on September 3, 1968. His home town is Dorchester, Massachusetts. Bulger has six brothers and sisters and was raised in the Catholic church with Irish- American parents. In this biography from Biography.com says,”Whitey—a moniker he was given for his white-blond hair—grew up in a South Boston public-housing project. His father worked as a longshoreman. Bulger was a troublemaker as a child, and even lived out the childhood fantasy of running away with the circus when he was 10 years old”(Biography.com Editors). Whitey’s first ever arrest was when he was 14 for stealing but throughout his youth he was also arrested for larceny, forgery, assault and battery, and armed robbery and served five years in juvie. When he was released he joined the Air Force but went AWOL and received an honorable discharge in 1959. He was arrested in Boston but did his 25 years in jails from Rhode Island to Alcatraz. AFter getting out he returned to his crimes and worked for crime boss Donald Killeen. After Donald was killed Whitey joined the the Winter Hill Gang. Whity quickly rose up in the ranks and become a notorious mobster known for the killings he would plan out and other crimes. Whitey was an FBI informant to and was taking advantage of his brother William's status in the Massachusetts State Senate and childhood friendships that connected him to members of the police. Whitey's life on the run ended in June 2011 when he was caught and arrested in Santa Monica, California, after a 16-year manhunt. Whitey was 81 and when he went to court he faced two life sentences and five years in a federal prison.

Works Cited:

Biography.com Editors. "Whitey Bulger Organized Crime" (1929-). //Biography.com//, web. 5 jan. 2016

Escobedo, Tricia. " 6 surprising facts about Whitey Bulger". //CNN//, 2014. web. 5 jan. 2016