Yes, i wasn't there to see the presentations on Monday but i did learn a lot about my person who was George Kelly Barnes. He committed a lot of crimes and got infamous from many especially for kidnappings. This man grew up from a wealthy family so you would think he would of ended off on the right foot, but instead he took a wrong turn. He even dropped out of college and thats when he got involved with the wrong people and the wrong business. But, apart from that, he was just a person like all of us. His mother died, got divorced, events happened just like it would for all of us. But he eventually got what was coming for him. He got arrested plenty times, and honestly thats where he belonged. I believe many people like him got involved because the 18th amendment passed and it was a fast and easy way to get money because many people wanted to drink alcohol and gangsters provided it.
This is what led to gangsters like Machine Gun Kelly.
The Prohibition laws on alcohol led to the organized crimes. All because of this law, crime rates shot up. Arrests for being drunk, Homicides, assault, and battery increased like crazy. Gangster's started to develop for example Al Capone. Al Capone ran many illegal businesses including bootlegging, gambling, prostitution and murder. A lot of people didn't have jobs and they needed to provide their families. Gangsterism was dangerous but it was a fast and easy way to make the money they need. The government thought passing Amendment 18 would curb crime and violence, Prohibition did not achieve it's goals. It lead more toward crime rates and violence with many people dead or sent to jail. Also, now with the gangsters in business and selling illegal alcohol SPEAK EASY's (illegal bars) were pretty much out of business. I guess Amendment 18 didn't go as well as they planned due to the organized crimes.
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