Free Argumentative Essays: Where Was The Green Lantern?

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Where was the Green Lantern? In the city labeled by the U.S. Attorney General, Homer Cummings, “the poison spot of the nation, a haven for criminals, a citadel of crime”, where the police were as corrupt as the crooks, everyday citizens lived next door to the FBI’s most-wanted criminals such as: Baby Face Nelson, Alvin Creepy Karpis, Machine Gun Kelly, Ma Barker’s Gang and Public Enemy #1 John Dillinger;. It was in St. Paul Minnesota. St. Paul during the Prohibition Era was one of the largest criminal centers, and the evils of this city were based around Police Chief John J. O’Connor. In the early 1900s, O’Connor believed that it was his duty to protect his citizens, and by this belief he had the right to make up his own set of rules. He