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But don't think Pete's memories from 'the Copa' would stop there... He goes on telling me about some other "incidents" that took place in the Club over the years.
Pete remembers; "Once, American Gangster, Frank Lucas and his posse were there.

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Some sailors had the balls to try and dance with some of his girls. A rumble started, over within a minute as I went out there along with Copa Security and took the sailors to the alley. There they got beaten within an inch of their lives.

The MOB always sided with other gangsters in those type of situations.

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A code of behavior was expected to be followed. The sailors failed to act properly, thus almost got murdered."
He goes on; "Another time, the famous WBLS radio jock Frankie Crooker came in with Frank Lucas (the biggest Heroin dealer in NYC, a movie was made about him starring Denzel Washington in 2007, called AMERICAN GANGSTER).

He wanted me to play a record by James Brown, I refused, it was lame. Frankie and