How Is Albert Anastasias Assassination Justified

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Albert Anastasia, The Fingerman The Albert Anastasia fatally murdered in a barber shop. His assassination, justified. On October 25, 1957 Albert Anastasia went to his barber shop with his bodyguard, however The bodyguard didn’t get his hair trimmed and styled but instead took a walk and left Albert, a claimed Cosa Nostra mobster, unattended. As he was sitting in The barber’s chair, two men burst through The doors with guns coming straight towards Anastasia. Anastasia supposedly saw them in the reflection of the mirror and immediately had a clue who they were, leading him to allegedly run towards the two gunman. But, instead shot down by the now hitmen. No one was charged for his murder. The information I read has led to the conclusion that his murder was very well justified. One reason to believe his case was justified was for his first known murder gang. After committing his first murder in 1921 due to a fight with a peer who worked alongside him then only having to serve 18 months in prison and given a retrial -that would soon never happen due to major witness(es) going missing or said to have left the country- Anastasia would soon …show more content…

the Government housed Albert for 18 months or less before he supposedly “beat the case” by having the major witness(es) disappear. The Government never had evidence of any murders said to be committed by him except for his first murder. And, the FBI had known of his lifestyle- such as been included in Murder Inc and what was called at the time, Mangano Crime Family. As stated in FBI Records: The Vault ‘Albert Anastasia’ on page 29, they’ve recorded him as a “ One-time Chief Executioner of Murder Inc.” and had him down for two counts of tax evasion. The Government tried very hard to tear down Albert Anastasia even attempting to revoke his citizenship on April 15, 1954. In the end, Anastasia would still end up roaming the streets after the court held its decision to revoke his