I believe these guys are what the Australians call “standover men”.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,354380,00.html
It will be interesting to see what the backgrounds of these crooks are.
This goes on more than most realize. Just not on that big of scale.
Nothing really unusual about this to be honest. Back in the old neighborhood in Brooklyn this kind of stuff was all too common
It would seem to take extreme nerve (or stupidity) to pretend to be cops shaking down dealers in an area that is likely swarming with real cops. I guess it’s like robbing a bank, just hoping for the best.
maybe so, but they seem to have gotten away w/ it since 2003. They are all immigrants from the Dominican Republic - this must have been a crucial factor, not.