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THE RISE AND FALL OF NEW YORK'S MOST FEARED GANGSTER
By Seth Ferranti
Because even in the U.S., narco violence is very real.
When Howard “Pappy” Mason made bail, he formed an imaginary gun with his thumb and index finger, turned to the prosecutor and pulled the trigger. Which must have been worrisome, given that Pappy had just been freed by a hung jury in a murder trial in which he was accused of killing Lorenzo “Fat Cat” Nichols’ parole officer. The supposed motive? The parole officer had dared to send Nichols back to prison.
It was February 1988, and Pappy was ready to terrorize the streets of Queens again. But this time he would be out of jail for only 10 days — just long enough to orchestrate events that would shock the nation and kick the latest version of the war on drugs into gear.
Pappy Mason
SOURCE COURTESY OF GORILLA CONVICT
Drinking a beer on a South Jamaica street corner, Pappy was confronted by an NYPD cop. “Do me a favor,” the officer said, “don’t drink beer in front of me.” The stunned Pappy asked, “Do you know who I am?” “Yeah, the guy who’s going to put his beer in a paper bag,” the officer answered. “fukk you!” Pappy screamed, shoving the cop. After a brief melee, Pappy walked off in a rage, his beer spilled all over the sidewalk. “That cop has to die,” he muttered to himself, according to Cop Shot, by Mike McAlary. “He dissed me.”
A week later, Pappy was back at Rikers Island on a gun charge for the derringer he liked to keep in his boot. The cop he’d threatened was pulled off his beat after police received word that Pappy had instructed his underlings, members of a gang called the Bebos, to send a message to the NYPD. The announcement? That even from prison, Pappy was still giving the orders. He sent out a brief but chilling missive: “We lose one. They lose one.” Pappy wanted a cop hit, and his followers were more than willing to comply.
The Rise and Fall of New York's Most Feared Gangster
THE RISE AND FALL OF NEW YORK'S MOST FEARED GANGSTER
By Seth Ferranti
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Because even in the U.S., narco violence is very real.
When Howard “Pappy” Mason made bail, he formed an imaginary gun with his thumb and index finger, turned to the prosecutor and pulled the trigger. Which must have been worrisome, given that Pappy had just been freed by a hung jury in a murder trial in which he was accused of killing Lorenzo “Fat Cat” Nichols’ parole officer. The supposed motive? The parole officer had dared to send Nichols back to prison.
It was February 1988, and Pappy was ready to terrorize the streets of Queens again. But this time he would be out of jail for only 10 days — just long enough to orchestrate events that would shock the nation and kick the latest version of the war on drugs into gear.
Pappy Mason
SOURCE COURTESY OF GORILLA CONVICT
Drinking a beer on a South Jamaica street corner, Pappy was confronted by an NYPD cop. “Do me a favor,” the officer said, “don’t drink beer in front of me.” The stunned Pappy asked, “Do you know who I am?” “Yeah, the guy who’s going to put his beer in a paper bag,” the officer answered. “fukk you!” Pappy screamed, shoving the cop. After a brief melee, Pappy walked off in a rage, his beer spilled all over the sidewalk. “That cop has to die,” he muttered to himself, according to Cop Shot, by Mike McAlary. “He dissed me.”
A week later, Pappy was back at Rikers Island on a gun charge for the derringer he liked to keep in his boot. The cop he’d threatened was pulled off his beat after police received word that Pappy had instructed his underlings, members of a gang called the Bebos, to send a message to the NYPD. The announcement? That even from prison, Pappy was still giving the orders. He sent out a brief but chilling missive: “We lose one. They lose one.” Pappy wanted a cop hit, and his followers were more than willing to comply.
The Rise and Fall of New York's Most Feared Gangster
