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    The New York Times‏Verified account @nytimes 6 Sep 2017

    A man whose body was found tied to a cinder block and floating near a Brooklyn dock was the son of a Mafia associate http://nyti.ms/2gFC4QS 

    6:11 AM - 6 Sep 2017
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      1. Socialist‏ @davidbretto 6 Sep 2017
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        Man these guys stick to tradition when killing eh.

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      1. Heywood Banks‏ @Heywood_Banks 6 Sep 2017
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        How many times do I have to tell you! Its TWO cinderblocks!

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      1.  🍎Miss New York 🍎‏ @rhonlirob 6 Sep 2017
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        Tied to a cinder block, floating near a dock... Definitely a mafia style murder!pic.twitter.com/MpBW2R90aV

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      1. tom carlton‏ @tomtitleist 6 Sep 2017
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        What year is it? Insecure/old/white/racist dude is #potus and mafia guys dumped w "cinderblock shoes"!?!?

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      1. Ex SJW‏ @redpiIIjiII 6 Sep 2017
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        Probably pissed off the Clintons.

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      1. ncgazette‏ @ncgazette 6 Sep 2017
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        son of a Mafia associate and police don't know why he was killed? Just how stupid is the NYPD?

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      1. Pam Mason‏ @pmason03 6 Sep 2017
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        Wow, they still do this shit?

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      1. GreeceyBear  🐻 🦀‏ @GreeceyBear 6 Sep 2017
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        Bad at physics I guess

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      1. Zayn Amjad‏ @ZaynAmjad 6 Sep 2017
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        New term for Italian Mafia is Shariff Mafia , just coined recently in Pak SC 😜

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      1. Zayn Amjad‏ @ZaynAmjad 6 Sep 2017
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        Oh Mafia , Italian Mafia or US Mafia Or may Shariff Mafia theses days

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      1. Kyra Smith‏ @RaSubria 6 Sep 2017
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        The Mafia is still active. Don't let them tell you any different.

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      1. It's Pok!‏ @mastershalum 6 Sep 2017
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        Weird that I initially interpret "tied to..." in the figurative sense of being connected to it in some social or political way.

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      1. aderosco1‏ @aderosco1 6 Sep 2017
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        I thought the communion was to make bodies disappear?

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      1. Jason‏ @Supermarket_Ape 6 Sep 2017
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        Clearly it was suicide, especially if his hands were tied behind his back.

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      1. MsSassy55‏ @SushisArmy 6 Sep 2017
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        Were his hands tied too? #ittakes2

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      1. Brandon R Blades‏ @plqman 6 Sep 2017
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        You'd think that mafia would know you need more weight than that.What's happened to standards?

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      1. Mike Swartzentruber‏ @swartz86 6 Sep 2017
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        Guess they did not use enough cinder blocks

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