++ [ originally posted by Vinman ] ++
Believe me Nick, its not just the Italians that do that.....
Most of the "wiseguys" I've pulled over know me on a first name basis
When I was in the police academy, back some 7 years ago, we had a class on organized crime. The instructor, who was a detective, brought in slides of the Buffalo mafia from over the years. As he went thru the slides,he described each picture, and who the people were in the photo's. All of the sudden, my uncles store came up on a slide, so I yelled out "hey, thats my uncles store". The next slide showed 2 men conversing in front of the store, and then I yelled out "hey, thats my uncle "pee wee" !!! Whats he doing on these slides ??"
The class was silent...and so was the instructor !!! He wouldnt answer why my uncle was on the slides.... I knew, but never expected it to show up in a class on organized crime in the academy