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Mugshots: Bill Hanhardt - Crooked Chicago Cop

July 29, 2014 / 44:59

This episode covers the rise and fall of Bill Hanhardt, a former Chicago cop accused of running a jewelry theft ring while serving in law enforcement. Key topics include Hanhardt's legendary career, his connections to organized crime, and the federal indictment against him.

Bill Hanhardt, known as one of Chicago's toughest cops, began his career in 1953, quickly gaining a reputation for catching criminals and leading the Criminal Investigation Unit (CIU). His methods included cultivating relationships with informants, which some federal investigators viewed as crossing ethical lines.

The episode discusses Hanhardt's involvement in high-profile cases, including the tracking down of murderers and his role in a notorious shootout with armed robbers. Despite his successes, rumors of corruption and ties to organized crime followed him throughout his career.

In 2000, Hanhardt was indicted for allegedly orchestrating a sophisticated jewelry theft ring, which reportedly netted $5 million. The episode details how he allegedly used his police experience to execute these crimes, raising questions about the integrity of law enforcement in Chicago.

As Hanhardt faces trial, the episode highlights the division within the police community regarding his legacy and the implications of his actions on public trust in law enforcement.

TL;DR

Bill Hanhardt, a legendary Chicago cop, faces federal charges for allegedly running a jewelry theft ring while in law enforcement.

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44:59
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on mug shots tonight Bill hanhardt the
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most famous Chicago cop since the
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Untouchable Elliot Nest one of the
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toughest cops in Chicago brought more
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bad guys to the Justice shot more guys
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it was phenomenal just phenomenal he was
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that good and he was that strong and he
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was that powerful but the FBI is
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accusing bill hanhart of abusing his
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power and going from Big Time cop to Big
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Time crook hard to believe super cop
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could have been working with him I would
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have to describe him as Sinister he was
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just a person that was too deeply rooted
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uh with organized crime figures probably
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the highest ranking Chicago police
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officer to ever been indicted
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Chicago a tough rugged Midwestern town
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and this man is one of its most famous
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cops a man said to be as mean as the icy
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winds that blow off Lake Michigan a man
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whose legendary reputation has been
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challenged by a Federal indictment
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charging that he orchestrated a massive
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Jewel theft ring both while he was a cop
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and after his retirement in
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1986 the charges have left many in this
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city wondering what to make of his
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fabled
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career Bill hanhart became a police
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officer in 1953 and was soon proving
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himself by catching robbers and burglars
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Jewel thieves and stickup
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men hanhart shot up the ranks made
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detective and in just a few years was
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leading an Elite Squad called the
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criminal investigation unit or CIU the
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detectives that he uh handpicked to work
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in his unit were very good they could
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solve crimes they could not only solve
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crimes but often prevent them and in
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some instances they would be laying in
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wait uh for burglars and robbers to show
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up first time I heard of bill hanhart
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was prior to the time I was a police
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officer I was in college at the time
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there was a series of home invasions in
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1962 hanhart made the bus that would go
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a long way towards establishing his
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reputation a ruthless gang of robbers
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had pulled off more than two dozen
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heists in an upscale neighborhood on
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Chicago's north side those guys were
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tying up people in their sleep burning
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them with cigarette butts keeping them
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up all night asking where the money was
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you can't let that happen hanhart and
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his crew got information on which house
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the gang was going to strike next they
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set up an ambush and waited bill was
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going to pose as the person who lived
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there and answered the door you're
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dealing with vicious guys who would kill
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you in a heartbeat eventually the five
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heavily armed robbers made their way to
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the house one of them went for the door
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when bill went to open it it required
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more of a pool than one would be
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accustomed to and that tipped off the
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robber that something was up and that's
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when the shooting started it was a real
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shootout uh in the house down the street
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few blocks away chases and a couple of
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the offenders were killed two gang
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members were killed one was wounded and
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caught and two others escaped to
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Michigan only to be apprehended a few
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months later when asked about the
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shootout one of the two Nick gaido had
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this to say it was not a flight to avoid
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prosecution well what was it the flight
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to avoid Chicago Police
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bullets a corrupted police force the
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most corrupted police force in the world
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is in Chicago you think they wouldn't
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have given you a chance no never they
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would never give a man a
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chance gido may have criticized the cops
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but to the citizens of Chicago hanhart
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and his men were nothing but Heroes they
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lived it they worked it they uh they
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were an intelligence Community they knew
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they had informance all over the city of
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Chicago they knew when a score was going
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to go down before it went down so and it
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was a very crack unit not not all that
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you just couldn't get into that unit you
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had to you had to prove yourself before
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you got into that unit only the uh only
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the sharpest coppers were in CIU they
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weren't directing traffic and they
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weren't handling little Mickey Mouse gas
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stations cars they were they were you
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know grabbing the big guys I remember
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sitting in the office one time and a
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bank robbery took place out in the
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western suburbs and a phone call came in
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from one of our units out on the
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street uh giving uh giving us the
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information of the bank property taking
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place and a general description of a
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vehicle and as soon soon as he heard the
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description of the vehicle he says
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that's so and so's
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car that's the kind of information he
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had no computers in those they receiv it
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was all in his head it was phenomenal
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just phenomenal hanhardt got his
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information from working the street and
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over time he knew all the players and
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all the angles everybody knew how each
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other worked you'd make an investigation
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of a score and you knew right away who
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did it the guy's got the MMO how he cut
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the save the jewelry guy everybody had
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their own specialty here's a veteran
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policeman who's a cop cup StreetWise he
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came up the he know the street he knew
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the good guys he knew the bad guys
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because he associated with the people uh
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who were known to be criminals and
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underworld figures he was avoided by
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some federal investigators because they
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thought he was U his background and his
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activities were a little bit over the
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line for law enforcement however he
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would tell you that this was necessary
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to cultivate informance I've done it
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myself I I'd sit and talk to stickup
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guys and burglars and send over a drink
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and you know but you got to you got to
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draw the line how far you'll do you'll
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go with them you're not going to spend
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time at their houses you you're not
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going to go out you know with him but if
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you see him out in public you send him a
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drink you talk to him you know it's only
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business you're a cop they're a burglar
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it's only business she can't take it
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personal hanhart and his crew the
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criminal Investigation Unit were
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constantly buding heads with the crooks
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of Chicago and his Quick Draw mentality
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even earned him the nickname Wild Bill
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by the late 60s and early 70s hanhart
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was in his prime a real cops cop and the
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leader of a powerful law enforcement
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unit in a tough City in 1976 when fellow
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police officer Terren Loftus died of a
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gunshot wound while breaking up a fight
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on the Chicago Street Corner hanhart
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Tracked Down the Killer and in 1981 when
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Deputy superintendent James Rearden was
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shot and killed hanhart personally took
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charge of the case he was the best in
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the country and he understood the Ive
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work he understood what it was all about
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Canard has a tremendous following there
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are many policemen that just love this
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guy when I was on the street as a cop
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hanhardt had a hell of a reputation
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probably one of the toughest cops in
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Chicago bill hanhardt is a fair man he's
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a courageous man his tough guy persona
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inspired Fierce loyalty among his men
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and his arrest record was unparalleled
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but to the US attorney in Chicago he had
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a dark side that would ultimately lead
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to one of the the biggest scandals in
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the city's history when we return
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hanhart and the Chicago
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mob bill hanhart was born in Chicago he
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was a child of the Great Depression who
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hung out on the street corners and saw
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Mobsters driving around in their fancy
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cars and living the High Life the cops
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and theab in Chicago been very unique uh
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and it all started basically probably
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even before the days of Capone but
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Capone put a finishing touches to it uh
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he realized that he could not operate
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without police protection and he also
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knew he could not operate without the
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political figures under his control with
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prohibition gambling and prostitution as
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its main businesses the mob made
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millions of
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dollars meanwhile the public felt that
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the mob was just giving the people what
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they
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wanted pops panso an oldtime Chicago
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Thief recalls his days in the speak
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easys and the fierce competition Among
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The Gangs I was 15 14 years old I went
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across the street I bought a half a pine
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of whiskey I used to buy Up Bugs Moran
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on the South Side Al Capone had the
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north side said that's how the gang
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fight for the out started how come you
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don't come by no more over here you know
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I said I go bugs morand on the southide
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is cheaper there you know so that's how
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they have gun fight F taking our
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customers away it was the mob wars
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during prohibition that caused the St
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Valentine's Day Massacre when Capone
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took out most of his Rivals Capone was
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able to consolidate his power and
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Chicago has operated under one crime
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family ever since there's one family in
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Chicago so it's very easy for the mob to
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control who's operating in their town by
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the 1950s when hanhart became a cop the
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department was still struggling with
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corruption that was the oral of the
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1950s in Chicago that Chicago quote
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wasn't ready for reform that changed as
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the years went by you look back
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historically this uh Department this
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city fought reform tooth and nail
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whether it was in the political
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structure or in the uh law enforcement
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structure well back then before Civil
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Service came around uh you had to know
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somebody so you grabbed the hole of an
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alderman a PRI and Captain he may you
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know you always had to leave him an
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envelope somewhere and uh you had a you
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had a pull some strings uh you want to
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be in a police department worked for the
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city everybody had a guy you want to be
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a cop you want to be a fireman go see
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this guy and you know back in the 40s
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50s that's how guys came on a job when
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hannard joined the police department in
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1953 a lot of the people in the
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department their idea is you got to go
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on the take a little to get a little
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honest graph there was opportunities for
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police officer to grab things it was
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simply with f people said nothing wrong
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with honest graft as long as they're not
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involved in drugs give a break to a
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Tavern owner maybe they got a kid in
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their young the guy gambling everybody
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does it the guy's running Hooch after
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late hours don't worry about it so there
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was that or prostitution people want
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that one a police officer of the 1950s
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who led a life of crime gave a statement
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to the authorities that from his first
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day on the job he made $500 in
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gratuities I remember as a young agent
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working undercover in a uh in a gambling
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establishment which was a very large
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scale operation some police Lieutenant
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came in while was at the bar saying hey
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the are coming uh you know close
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everything down hanhart CIU detectives
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were allegedly taking protection money
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as well according to Pops panco they all
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shook me down I had to go out stealing
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for
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them they didn't make I to get this one
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hey you didn't see us for two weeks I
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had to give him my half on it all the
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time so I don't get pants pants go in in
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true Chicago ask him when you ask him
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his occupation he says I'm a thief
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what's the thief's obstacle the police
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now who else arrested panso only the CIU
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people only hand H hers people so now
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he's saying they're shaking him down 40
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years later in the old days some people
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may have questioned the cop's honesty
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but never their toughness if you're
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messing with tough guys you got to be a
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tough guy and you know you uh you got to
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break some necks and back in those days
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they were tuning up guys in in a police
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department they were they were whacking
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a few guys and you know but that's what
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you had to do back then now you can't
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get away with it now cops be going to
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jail for what they did back in the' 60s
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and 70s let's face reality those who are
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StreetWise cops will tell you hey look
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we're not dealing with clergymen we're
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not dealing with nuns we're dealing with
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scum we're dealing with underworld
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figures we're unscrupulous to get these
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people you have to bang higher at the
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body maybe sometimes have to bend the
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rules a little bit that's the only way
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you're going to get those guys to the
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bar of Justice you can't treat him with
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good gloves it can be law of the Jungle
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when you're dealing with people like
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that in the 60s Bill hanhart had more to
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deal with than just bad guys the entire
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city was coming apart at the seams
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[Music]
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[Music]
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[Music]
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hanhart CIU cops were the best in
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Chicago and they worked Around the Clock
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if you're going to be a good cop and a
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smart cop you got to hang on the street
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with the people you got to understand
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how they talk how they react what they
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say and those guys from ciou did that
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they were Rush Street guys they hung
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around they partied with with people but
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that's the only way you can do it you
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cannot do it from an ivory Tower
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somewhere and expect to get on the same
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level so you have a lot of friends that
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are burglars and stickup guys the line
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between cops and Crooks has always been
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thin according to
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[Music]
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[Applause]
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[Music]
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Rizzo cops and bad guys are basically
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the same only one guy's on the side of
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the law the other guy isn't but your
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mannerisms your speaking where you grew
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up it's the same
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every city in America has a neighborhood
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where the Wise Guys live work and play
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in New York it's Little
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Italy a mecca for Mobsters since the
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turn of the
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century and where John Gotti operated
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out of the ravenite social club in
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Philadelphia the mob controls South
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Philly and in Chicago it's a place
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called the
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patch the guys that came out of the
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patch are Taylor stre half of them
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became cops half became burglars well
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the patch of course is its own colorful
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history the patch seemed to be where all
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the organized crime leaders in Chicago
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were born uh where they were trained and
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where they went on to bigger and better
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things there were a lot of good honest
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policemen that came from the patch and
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uh I think it was just one of which how
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you moral values were that basically one
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went into crime the other one went into
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law enforcement you saw a good fellas
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and you saw a casino it's basically the
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same you grow up you you you start
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respecting the people around you that
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drive the nice cars and have the money
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and sooner or later you got to make a
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decision do you go left do you go right
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you know and uh some guys go left some
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guys go
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right hanhardt was able to cultivate
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sources in the patch and all over the
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city a lot of people were jealous of him
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he knew how to develop informational
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sources he knew how to develop
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performance it's the most difficult
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thing in the world to develop sources of
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information whether he intimidated
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somebody into becoming an informant
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because the way he looked at him or
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because of his Charming personality he
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had more knowledge than most Chicago
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policemen did about Jewel thieves about
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burglars and people like that on the
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other hand there was an element of
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people with the FBI and other federal
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law enforcement agencies particularly
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those who were involved in organized
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crime detection working with organized
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crime figures that took a dim review of
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Bill H's career they told me without any
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question and without any reservation
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keep an iron like the away from do was a
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person that was too deeply rooted with
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organized crime figures how involved was
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he with Mobsters coming up Han Ard and
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the Vegas
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connection Chicago is a city that has
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always operated in the shadow of larger
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than life mafia figures like Al Scarface
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Capone and Sam Momo ganana in the 1960s
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chanana ruled the Chicago mob also known
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as the outfit and feared no one as the
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head of CIU hanhart was supposed to be
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watching giancana's Street Crews but
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there were rumors within the department
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that some Mobsters had hanhart in their
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pocket when I first was going to attempt
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to make uh Bill hanhart a u Source I was
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surprised by Chicago Police intelligence
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unit to be aware of his background and
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that is the he was alleged by them to me
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to be a very close associate of high
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level organized crime figures if I did
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attempt to make a source of him that
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he'd be using the information that I
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would be exchanging with him to his
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advantage and going back to uh his uh
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Associates within organized crime let
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them know what I was doing hanhardt
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wasn't the only cop in ciou that may
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have been too close to Mobsters look at
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his partner uh the guy he was real close
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with John henchy a mob guy gets blown up
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and killed and he gets hundreds of
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thousands of dollars in this guy's will
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you know come on there's more to it than
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Mei speculation about hanh Hart's
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relationship to the Mob followed him
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throughout his career even as he
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ascended to the top echelons of the
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department while raising his seven
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children with his wife Angie when hanh
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hard retired uh there was a large party
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thrown for him at a Suburban banquet
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facility and a number of police
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officials who attended the retirement
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party were shocked uh to find known
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organized crime people occupying some of
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the tables at the retirement party but
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hanhart never seemed troubled by his
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image and his reputation as a top-notch
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detective always overshadowed the rumors
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of mob ties he became so famous in
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Chicago for catching burglars that
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Hollywood hired him as a consultant on
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the movie Thief hanhart was still on the
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police force when Michael man made a
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movie in Chicago about a thief that's
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being being manipulated by the mob and
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the police you've been putting down two
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three scores a month months in months
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out you want to put down contract scores
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all over the country working directly
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for me I am self-employed icy lice no
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Furs no coin collections no stock
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certificates no treasury bonds no
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nothing just diamonds of cash I'll make
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you a millionaire in four monthy in an
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ironic twist Man cast real cops as bad
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guys and real bad guys as cops don't you
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know you got to come up was amazed at
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that movie that they allowed this
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cracked Chicago Police Unit to be
00:19:07
photograph the story line was that they
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were running these Jewel thieves and
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taking a 10% uh Kickback from
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them we got a problem I come here to
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discuss a piece of business with you
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what are you going to do you going to
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tell me fairy
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tales what's wrong with you
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now whether it was Michael man's idea
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and the coppers went along with it to
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get parts in movies I don't know but in
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the movie everybody in there is a
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burglar or a cop the set of thief was a
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unique atmosphere the usual barriers
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separating cops and Crooks had been
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Stripped Away what's really amazing is
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back in the 60s and 70s the same guys
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that were shooting at each other killing
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each other cops and burglars are now
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making movies together and that that
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amazed the hell out of me come on every
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morning I walk in for 5 months say hi
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what the hell do you think that I do I'm
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a thief go and I think that movie Thief
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put cops and burglar together on a whole
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different level that they never were on
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before and I'm listening to guys in the
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bars here on Rush Street talking about
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what's your motivation what you know and
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cops telling burglar how to act and uh
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being Consultants on these films hey I'm
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talking to you hanh Hart's interaction
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with burglars as a consultant on the
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movie Thief is an eerie foreshadowing of
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the federal allegations against him
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today either life imitates the movies or
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movies imitate life because what they're
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now accusing Hanah har of is what the
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whole movie Thief was
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about Federal authorities have had their
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eye on hanhart for over two decades in
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1981 it was made public that the feds
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called hanhart before a grand jury
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investigators wanted to know who leaked
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sensitive information to Anthony Shola a
00:21:00
cop under investigation for ties to
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organized crime during a title 3 wire
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tap on Shola Shola says that the G is
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watching me the government the other
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person in F how do you know says H
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hanhardt told me he had a relationship
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with a man by the name of Irving Wier of
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Niles Illinois who was a baale bondsman
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Wier had a lot of ties and friends with
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outfit he was his name was also surfaced
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with the with the death of Ellen Dorfman
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alen dman was a insurance executive was
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convicted in 1982 along with some crime
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syndicate figures uh in federal court
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and was murdered in Gangland style in
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1983 Han ard's name apparently surfaced
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when investigators found his name in uh
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darman's address book friends of hannard
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will say why he had contacts like people
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with Dorfman or Wier was that they could
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be sources then there was the case when
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hanart testified at a Las Vegas trial of
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a man by the name of Anthony spalatro
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who allegedly looked after the Chicago
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mob's interest in the gambling Mecca he
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testified Under The credibility of a key
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government witness hanhart was subpoena
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to testify at Tony spalatro trial
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because of Frank colada a former outfit
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member and spalatro friend who entered
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the witness protection program hanhart
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had known Cola and spilatro from their
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days as Chicago burglars I was brought
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up to hanh Hart's office he says sit
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down
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Frankie and I sat down and he said get
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him a cup of coffee you want a sweet
00:22:28
roll you want to anything I said yeah no
00:22:30
just coffee's good and he says you know
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he says uh I'm really
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shocked he says I couldn't believe my
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ears when I found out that you were on
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that score downtown the Big Jewel
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robbery so I looked at him and I said I
00:22:48
don't even know what score you're
00:22:49
talking about and he said oh you know he
00:22:51
everybody knows about that score he's
00:22:53
but not everybody knows who was on that
00:22:55
score he except me colada was surprised
00:22:58
by hanh Hart's inside information and
00:23:01
his high level of contacts within the
00:23:03
Chicago mob I come to find out later
00:23:05
that uh it came from Tony's boss uh who
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told him see because the diamonds that
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we robbed out of that jewelry score went
00:23:17
to the outfit and that's how we got our
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money theart and that crew were
00:23:21
constantly on spalatro he had a temper
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he had uh he was kind of crazy he uh
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little guy for some reason those little
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guys are always
00:23:30
tough spalatro toughness was the reason
00:23:33
the mob sent him to Las Vegas to ensure
00:23:36
they got their cut the power would come
00:23:38
out of Chicago and Tony would get these
00:23:42
messages and he would relay it to me
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what needed to be done in the casinos
00:23:48
there was the skimming there I didn't
00:23:50
have anything to do with that but I was
00:23:52
informed that the money was being
00:23:54
skimmed out of the casinos my presence
00:23:56
was known that if you were steal and you
00:23:59
worked in the casino you had a little
00:24:01
problems if you got caught spilatro
00:24:04
began to operate without approval from
00:24:06
Chicago and when the bosses got upset he
00:24:09
tried to blame colada Tony had put a
00:24:12
contract out on me he made it look like
00:24:15
I was the
00:24:17
maniac that was running around killing
00:24:20
people and everything and robbing
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everything in Vegas when in fact he was
00:24:25
the one that was directing all these
00:24:27
orders Cola turned government witness
00:24:30
and spalatro went on trial in
00:24:32
1986 his heavy-handed style had gotten
00:24:35
him in trouble and he relied on hanhart
00:24:38
to shoot down Kat's testimony hanhart
00:24:40
would argue that he was subpoena to
00:24:41
appear there he didn't have any choice I
00:24:43
didn't know until he was done
00:24:45
testifying that he was up there and he
00:24:48
testified on me and I got a laugh at and
00:24:49
I said this guy's nuts as he's fronting
00:24:52
himself off hanh heart's testimony may
00:24:55
have given spalatro a hung jury and a
00:24:57
second chance but the mob wanted to
00:24:59
cover their tracks and before there
00:25:01
would be another trial spilatro was
00:25:03
found beaten to death in an Indiana
00:25:11
cornfield next on Mugshots the feds Indi
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hanhart and Chicago's toughest cop faces
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his biggest case
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[Music]
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ever by 1986 Bill hanhart had done it
00:25:26
all he had risen from trollman to Deputy
00:25:29
superintendent and when Hollywood came
00:25:31
calling again he hung up his gun and his
00:25:33
badge and went to work on a TV series
00:25:36
about his life bill
00:25:38
hanhardt um and Michael man were fairly
00:25:41
close for a while Bill uh was a
00:25:45
consultant for Michael man on developing
00:25:49
scripts for uh Crime Story some of the
00:25:53
scripts that were developed were
00:25:55
developed based upon some cases that
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hand was personally involved Michael man
00:26:00
apparently bought most of the real cases
00:26:04
that the CIU handles then it's finina
00:26:07
who started it he was a CIU copper
00:26:10
finina played Hanah Hart's part cuz he
00:26:11
was the head of that unit but
00:26:14
um all of crime stories was basically
00:26:18
Chicago scores after a short stint as a
00:26:21
Hollywood consultant hanhart seemed to
00:26:23
have vanished but according to Federal
00:26:25
authorities he was far from inactive
00:26:30
Thursday October 19th 2000 Federal
00:26:33
authorities announced that they have
00:26:34
broken up one of the most sophisticated
00:26:36
and prolific jewelry theft rings in the
00:26:39
country operating for over a decade and
00:26:41
netting $5 million in Jewels the FED say
00:26:45
these criminals got the help of Chicago
00:26:47
policemen over the years the city has
00:26:50
struggled with corruption ranging from
00:26:52
street cops committing robberies to the
00:26:54
superintendent of police resigning from
00:26:56
the force in 1997 for close ties to
00:26:59
organized crime figures what shocked the
00:27:02
people of Chicago this time was that the
00:27:04
feds arrested Bill hanhardt the former
00:27:07
Chief of detectives and one of the
00:27:09
highest ranking cops ever to be indicted
00:27:11
in federal court in the Federal
00:27:13
indictment hanhart is described as the
00:27:15
ring leader of a daring and
00:27:17
sophisticated group of Thieves they
00:27:19
arrested Joseph bazinsky as his
00:27:21
Lieutenant Sam Deano who owned a
00:27:23
nightclub on Rush Street guy alello who
00:27:26
worked at a jewelry store in in the
00:27:28
suburbs of Chicago Paul Shiro was picked
00:27:31
up in Arizona and William Cherry no
00:27:34
Brown is still at large once you start
00:27:37
developing these friendships and start
00:27:39
sharing proceeds of crimes with people
00:27:42
then you've step way over that line it's
00:27:44
no longer law enforcement you're one of
00:27:46
the bad guys I have never known bill
00:27:49
hanhardt as a police officer to
00:27:52
compromise his Integrity or his
00:27:55
reputation for honesty as a police
00:27:57
officer that's what's so amazing about
00:28:00
uh this indictment hard to believe that
00:28:03
uh uh you know super cop could have been
00:28:06
working with
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[Music]
00:28:22
them4 let's go
00:28:25
with Bill hanhart Rose through the ranks
00:28:28
on his strength as a detective the feds
00:28:31
claim he switched sides and used his
00:28:33
experience at catching Crooks to become
00:28:35
one of the top Jewel thieves in the
00:28:37
country we covered stories involving
00:28:39
outfit burglars that were sophisticated
00:28:41
but I don't anything compared to this
00:28:43
each allegations that came out recently
00:28:45
the Hallmark of this jewelry theft ring
00:28:48
was its extreme sophistication and
00:28:51
planning this was a nationwide theft
00:28:53
ring that ranged not just in the midwest
00:28:56
we're talking about montere California
00:28:57
we're in occurred Columbus Ohio Dallas
00:29:00
Texas and so on and so forth in fact the
00:29:03
feds accuse hanhart of orchestrating
00:29:05
eight jewelry scores as far back as
00:29:08
1984 culminating in a daring Heist of
00:29:10
$1.5 million in jewels from hotel safety
00:29:13
deposit boxes during a jewelry
00:29:15
convention in
00:29:16
Ohio traveling jewelry salesmen were
00:29:19
hanh hard's targets according to the
00:29:21
feds the thieves pocketed $5 million in
00:29:25
stones and watches
00:29:28
they would also according to the
00:29:29
government now were able to put e
00:29:31
dropping devices in those Vehicles
00:29:33
transmitters they could follow those
00:29:36
cars they wiretap some of the
00:29:38
conversations involving these wholesale
00:29:40
jewelry salesmen they were able to
00:29:42
follow them they make duplicating key
00:29:45
equipment so keys that could make for
00:29:47
get their way into a car so it was a
00:29:48
widespread operation they would get
00:29:50
information about these fellows from the
00:29:52
law enforcement computers they would go
00:29:54
to trade shows that not normally aren't
00:29:56
open to the public get to know who who
00:29:58
some of these jewelry salesman were what
00:30:00
their travel patterns were things like
00:30:01
that and how much swag so to speak they
00:30:03
might be carrying with them well the
00:30:05
activities that that bill hanhart and
00:30:07
some of his associates are accused of at
00:30:09
this point it's not rocket science it's
00:30:12
not rocket science it's it's just
00:30:14
rudimentary thievery it's uh stealing uh
00:30:18
targeting people it's doing your
00:30:20
homework a little bit but there have
00:30:22
always been professional thieves and
00:30:24
this is a professional crew and I would
00:30:27
have to liking it to an organized crime
00:30:29
Crew That's the Way jewelry scores
00:30:31
usually go down watch a guy for a little
00:30:34
while uh sooner or later the jewelry
00:30:36
salesman is going to put the stuff in
00:30:37
his trunk uh go to get something to eat
00:30:40
stop somewhere else and you you hit the
00:30:42
trunk there's there's a million ways to
00:30:44
do it when you investigate things when
00:30:45
you're in law enforcement for 20 30
00:30:48
years you know how to do something like
00:30:50
that if you get to a point where you
00:30:51
want to turn into a thief you're going
00:30:53
to know how to do it the Federal
00:30:54
indictment against hanhart contains a
00:30:57
detailed account of the last Heist his
00:30:59
crew is accused of pulling in October of
00:31:03
1996 the salesman was followed prior to
00:31:05
the theft to get the car's vehicle
00:31:07
identification number with that a
00:31:10
duplicate key was
00:31:12
made then the salesman was followed on a
00:31:14
trip to
00:31:17
[Music]
00:31:20
Indiana what hanhart and his crew did
00:31:22
not know was that the entire scheme was
00:31:25
allegedly caught on camera by the FBI
00:31:30
[Music]
00:31:38
when the salesman stop to eat they set
00:31:41
up Lookouts
00:31:43
[Music]
00:31:59
and then they stole
00:32:00
$58,000 in
00:32:05
watches all under the watchful eye of an
00:32:08
FBI surveillance team according to Media
00:32:10
reports
00:32:16
[Music]
00:32:28
once the thieves saw how little there
00:32:29
was they returned the watches presumably
00:32:32
to wait for a better
00:32:35
score but there were no more scores the
00:32:38
FBI had been listening to hanh Hart's
00:32:40
phones since January of
00:32:42
1996 and the tap stayed active but the
00:32:45
action stopped according to the
00:32:47
indictment hanhart knew his phones were
00:32:50
tapped before the FBI told them before
00:32:55
the FBI sent out the inventories to
00:32:58
people like me whose conversations with
00:33:01
him were
00:33:03
overheard he knew that ahead of time
00:33:05
they never would have put this thing
00:33:06
together I really don't think they had
00:33:09
the Smoking Gun uh in this case I mean
00:33:11
for 5
00:33:13
years uh apparently there was leaks that
00:33:15
there was going to be an indictment in
00:33:16
this case and statue of limitation
00:33:19
almost ran out down the last couple of
00:33:23
weeks so I think it was a Do or Die
00:33:25
situation Ernie Rizzo was working
00:33:27
working a divorce case that eventually
00:33:29
gave the feds everything they needed Sam
00:33:32
Deano an alleged member of hanh heart's
00:33:35
crew and nephew of a notorious outfit
00:33:37
member was getting a divorce from his
00:33:39
wife Karen we started looking for assets
00:33:43
which uh led us to safe deposit box her
00:33:47
attorney suggest that we open a safe
00:33:49
deposit box uh photograph everything in
00:33:52
the Box um we wound up uh going to the
00:33:57
safe deposit boxes photographing uh a
00:34:00
lot of jewelry that were in the boxes uh
00:34:03
some ID um apparently phony ID and uh
00:34:08
some wir tap equipment and um um car
00:34:13
bugging devices but no one reported it
00:34:16
uh I knew about it for two years and you
00:34:19
know it's not my job to help the FBI put
00:34:21
their case together so we just left it
00:34:23
in the safe deposit box and it stayed
00:34:25
there it came to light when Sam's
00:34:28
attorney uh started filing motions in
00:34:31
his divorce proceeding demanding the
00:34:34
jewelry back if you've got a client uh
00:34:37
that the FBI has been looking at for 5
00:34:39
years looking for jewelry and evidence
00:34:42
it's really kind of a silly move to keep
00:34:44
mentioning these names in open court and
00:34:46
talking about jewelry and safe deposit
00:34:48
boxes and apparently a couple months ago
00:34:52
fell on the years of the
00:34:53
FBI um C case was a couple weeks ago FBI
00:34:58
grabbed her put her in protective
00:35:00
custody gave me a grand jury subpoena to
00:35:02
turn over anything that I may have taken
00:35:03
out of the box and confiscated all the
00:35:06
jewelry in a box coming up have the feds
00:35:09
built a solid case or did they make the
00:35:11
evidence fit the crime to settle a
00:35:13
grudge against
00:35:15
hanhart in 1998 the FBI tried to
00:35:19
jumpstart the investigation against
00:35:21
hanhart by tipping the media the story
00:35:23
first broke in the spring of 1998 when
00:35:25
it was revealed that the Federal Bureau
00:35:27
of investigation other federal agents
00:35:29
had put a wiretap on the Suburban home
00:35:31
of Bill hanhart wir Taps Are Not Unusual
00:35:34
many wir Taps being conducted at all
00:35:36
times but this was one of the longest
00:35:37
the wire tab on Han ard's house
00:35:39
according to Federal documents ran for
00:35:42
almost a year prior to that wiretap a
00:35:44
former burglar who was well known in
00:35:46
outfit Circles by the name of Bobby De
00:35:48
Beek seagull had been cooperating with
00:35:51
Federal authorities he and possibly some
00:35:53
others that they were using now in the
00:35:55
witness protection program begin quot to
00:35:57
speak spilling the beans according to
00:35:59
Media reports seagull was in prison for
00:36:02
pulling a heist in Florida where he shot
00:36:04
up a sheriff's car while making his
00:36:05
getaway he approached the FBI with
00:36:07
information on a corrupt Chicago cop if
00:36:10
Bobby to be seagull is saying
00:36:13
anything uh against hanhardt I
00:36:16
personally think it's concocted and it's
00:36:18
retaliatory and keep in mind that
00:36:20
seagull is part of a network of thugs
00:36:23
and hoodlums in a Penitentiary that over
00:36:25
the years hanhart has put there some of
00:36:28
the men arrested with hanhart had
00:36:30
low-level connections to organized crime
00:36:33
and criminal records according to the
00:36:34
Chicago crime commission bazinsky the
00:36:37
man accused of being hanh Hart's
00:36:38
Lieutenant had been on the crime
00:36:40
commission's radar in the past but it
00:36:42
was his bizarre behavior after his
00:36:45
indictment that Drew headlines bazinsky
00:36:47
is known for his in taxic for his
00:36:51
disregard for all the mandates set forth
00:36:54
by the court thank God they finally
00:36:56
locked them up I think it was ludicrous
00:36:58
all the chances he was given repeatedly
00:37:01
leaving home confinement to go to a
00:37:03
Tavern near his house groping women
00:37:05
there hitting his girlfriend this guy
00:37:07
really needs a good slap himself to
00:37:09
shake him out of it he's he sounds like
00:37:11
a real goof hanhart was arraigned with
00:37:13
his alleged cohorts but was bailed out
00:37:16
by family members who found the charges
00:37:18
hard to believe if he uh was involved in
00:37:22
a jewelry ring why is he broke I mean he
00:37:24
had to borrow in his house to pay for
00:37:26
the attorney 's friend Richard breik
00:37:29
also could not comprehend the
00:37:30
allegations I knew of binski because he
00:37:33
doesn't live that far away from here uh
00:37:36
I do not know the other people at all in
00:37:39
fact there are people in that indictment
00:37:41
that bill hanhardt does not know the
00:37:44
picture of Bill hanhart that the feds
00:37:46
have shown to the public is far
00:37:48
different from the modest yet proud man
00:37:50
Richard breik knows as a friend and
00:37:52
former colleague his home is comfortable
00:37:55
people are always welcome there they
00:37:57
treated very special when they come
00:37:59
there by his wife and himself bill is
00:38:02
nothing more
00:38:04
than a husband a father a
00:38:08
grandfather and a retired cop with a
00:38:13
great reputation breik feels that the
00:38:16
feds have a history of making the facts
00:38:18
fit the theory and that playing hard
00:38:19
ball is a routine part of their practice
00:38:22
in the parking lot of Lake Forest
00:38:24
Hospital he uh was grabed so to speak by
00:38:30
three FBI
00:38:32
agents and uh not inconsistent with the
00:38:37
history of the
00:38:39
FBI uh they lied to him they said they
00:38:41
had a warrant for his
00:38:43
arrest they had no warrant for his
00:38:45
arrest it will take more than the words
00:38:47
of convicted felons and reports of wir
00:38:50
TAPS to convince breik that the feds got
00:38:53
the right man that someone who has
00:38:56
spent is entire life
00:39:00
putting notorious bad people in
00:39:05
jail would cross over the
00:39:09
line is
00:39:11
somewhat ludicrous for astounding I
00:39:14
think if you're a cop you should that's
00:39:16
your feel that's what you you should
00:39:18
stay in you shouldn't try to play Both
00:39:20
Sides uh I don't think it's right but I
00:39:23
just can't believe how a guy would go so
00:39:24
many years straight up and never catch
00:39:27
any heat and years afterwards what is it
00:39:31
70s now that you'd get involved in
00:39:33
something as silly as uh you know
00:39:35
popping trunks I don't think he was
00:39:37
surprised that they came after
00:39:39
him uh there are certain people in the
00:39:42
federal government whove made a career
00:39:45
trying to get hand
00:39:47
hurt the government doesn't basically go
00:39:50
after anybody until information is
00:39:52
obtained uh or given to them by somebody
00:39:55
they just don't run out in the street
00:39:57
why and spent all day long harassing
00:40:00
somebody because they don't like him uh
00:40:02
I never had a case in which uh we would
00:40:04
quote went after somebody whether this
00:40:06
is an open and shut case or the feds
00:40:08
have overreached in their effort to get
00:40:10
bill hanhardt will be determined by a
00:40:12
jury in federal court what is for
00:40:15
certain is the indictment of Bill
00:40:17
hanhart shows that there is still a
00:40:19
suspicion in Chicago that the cops and
00:40:21
the mob are just too
00:40:24
cozy next on mug shots Bill H hanhart
00:40:27
takes on the federal
00:40:32
government bill hanhart is not used to
00:40:34
being the underdog after a lifetime of
00:40:37
chasing Crooks the hunter has become the
00:40:39
hunted he was once surrounded by friends
00:40:42
colleagues and admirers but now stands
00:40:45
alone to face his accusers and it will
00:40:47
take all his determination to see him
00:40:49
through this most important fight of his
00:40:52
life he's been keeping a low profile at
00:40:55
his home in the Chicago suburbs helping
00:40:57
his lawyers prepare a defense and while
00:41:00
everyone awaits the outcome of his trial
00:41:02
the charges have created a Chasm among
00:41:05
law enforcement I think anybody who
00:41:07
betrays the trust of his fellow officers
00:41:10
anybody who betrays the badge given to
00:41:12
him to uh protect honor and serve the
00:41:15
citizens is a judice it's just resisting
00:41:19
that urge and it's not stepping over
00:41:21
that line that
00:41:23
99.9% of all policemen are able to do
00:41:27
the first lesson that he's learned is
00:41:29
who his real friends are what's
00:41:31
important to bill
00:41:34
today is his wife Angie of 50 plus
00:41:39
years his six daughters and one
00:41:42
son and his 17
00:41:45
grandchildren and his handful of friends
00:41:48
he was such a dynamic figure such a
00:41:51
successful police officer as a detective
00:41:53
and a detective chief that often he was
00:41:56
given a free reign
00:41:57
uh there was not necessarily the sort of
00:42:00
review that other officials in the
00:42:02
department might have been subjected to
00:42:05
he was that good and he was that strong
00:42:07
and he was that powerful he was a man he
00:42:09
was the type of guy that uh he would put
00:42:12
the gun on the side the badge on the
00:42:14
side and go Toe to Toe with you at this
00:42:17
point and in looking at the things that
00:42:19
I've heard over the years and the things
00:42:21
that have been brought forth by the
00:42:22
federal government I would I would have
00:42:25
to describe him as sinister
00:42:28
I would consider his behavior as a
00:42:31
betrayal to true law enforcement
00:42:34
professionals the newspaper Clips don't
00:42:36
tell me anything talk about some some
00:42:40
Interstate Nationwide jewelry ring I
00:42:44
know the defendants are not talking to
00:42:46
the newspapers I know the defense
00:42:48
attorneys are not talking to the
00:42:49
newspapers so this is the government
00:42:52
story in the
00:42:54
newspaper bill hanhardt and his attorney
00:42:56
have declined comment in fact most of
00:42:59
his former colleagues have chosen not to
00:43:02
talk hanhardt and his legal team have
00:43:05
decided to lay out his story in court
00:43:07
before a jury of Chicagoans have a good
00:43:10
day I look at indictments whether it be
00:43:13
hanh hard or others the success rate is
00:43:16
going to be high and chances are that
00:43:18
he's going to be convicted they usually
00:43:20
won't take it a trial unless they have a
00:43:22
solid
00:43:23
case uh I would imagine they have a lot
00:43:26
on them
00:43:27
and uh and if they do I imagine he's
00:43:31
going to go to jail for quite a while
00:43:33
when reporters followed bill hanhart out
00:43:36
of federal court you could see how he
00:43:38
tried to maintain his dignity at 72 he
00:43:41
is suffering from prostate cancer and
00:43:43
while he awaits a trial postponed by his
00:43:46
defense team Chicago awaits an answer I
00:43:49
think very few people in Chicago believe
00:43:51
it because H's always had a hell
00:43:54
reputation Tough Cop toughest cop so
00:43:57
when it came down everybody you know
00:43:59
really in in a days wondering could this
00:44:02
really have happened
00:44:04
[Music]
00:44:23
[Music]
00:44:27
sh
00:44:31
[Music]

Badges

This episode stands out for the following:

  • 70
    Most shocking
  • 70
    Most unpredictable
  • 70
    Most controversial
  • 65
    Most intense

Episode Highlights

  • Bill Hanhart: The Untouchable Cop
    Bill Hanhart, one of Chicago's toughest cops, is accused of corruption and ties to organized crime.
    “Hard to believe a super cop could have been working with him.”
    @ 00m 27s
    July 29, 2014
  • The Legendary CIU
    Hanhart led the Criminal Investigation Unit, known for their exceptional crime-solving skills.
    “Only the sharpest coppers were in CIU.”
    @ 04m 30s
    July 29, 2014
  • The Thin Line Between Cops and Crooks
    The blurred boundaries between law enforcement and organized crime in Chicago's history.
    “The line between cops and crooks has always been thin.”
    @ 13m 35s
    July 29, 2014
  • Bill Hanardt's Grand Jury Testimony
    Hanardt's testimony at a Las Vegas trial raises eyebrows about his connections to organized crime.
    “I was brought up to Hanardt's office...”
    @ 22m 19s
    July 29, 2014
  • The Indictment of a Super Cop
    Former Chief of Detectives Bill Hanardt is arrested, shocking the city of Chicago.
    “What shocked the people of Chicago this time was that the feds arrested Bill Hanardt.”
    @ 27m 02s
    July 29, 2014
  • From Cop to Jewel Thief
    Hanardt allegedly orchestrated a sophisticated jewelry theft ring while serving as a police officer.
    “The feds claim he switched sides and used his experience at catching crooks.”
    @ 28m 33s
    July 29, 2014
  • Bill Hanhardt's Legal Battle
    Bill Hanhardt and his attorney have chosen to present their case in court, facing serious charges.
    “They usually won't take it to trial unless they have a solid case.”
    @ 43m 20s
    July 29, 2014
  • Chicago's Skepticism
    The community is doubtful about Hanhardt's innocence, given his tough reputation.
    “Very few people in Chicago believe it.”
    @ 43m 49s
    July 29, 2014

Episode Quotes

  • The most corrupted police force in the world is in Chicago.
    Mugshots: Bill Hanhardt - Crooked Chicago Cop
  • You have to bang higher at the body.
    Mugshots: Bill Hanhardt - Crooked Chicago Cop
  • I couldn’t believe my ears when I found out you were on that score.
    Mugshots: Bill Hanhardt - Crooked Chicago Cop
  • It’s hard to believe that a super cop could have been working with them.
    Mugshots: Bill Hanhardt - Crooked Chicago Cop
  • The hunter has become the hunted.
    Mugshots: Bill Hanhardt - Crooked Chicago Cop
  • He’s going to go to jail for quite a while.
    Mugshots: Bill Hanhardt - Crooked Chicago Cop

Key Moments

  • Corruption Allegations00:21
  • Super Cop00:27
  • Blurred Lines13:35
  • Grand Jury Testimony20:52
  • Indictment Shock27:02
  • From Cop to Criminal28:33
  • Health Struggles43:41
  • Public Doubt43:49

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