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Framing wise guys on murder charges for Whitey Bulger, looking the other way on a gangland hit by a BPD detective in Canton in 1976, the list of scandals is too great to even list them all.—Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 14 Jan. 2026 Police described the Oakland shooting as a gangland assassination, where three cars pulled up with four gunmen inside, who opened fire and killed 24-year-old Bert Brigham III.—Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 12 Jan. 2026 The twins, returning home after enriching themselves in gangland Chicago, open a juke joint and hire a young prodigy and an esteemed elder to perform there.—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 5 Dec. 2025 Described by Teixeira as a transvestite world gangland tale in the vein of Goodfellas, the film will shoot towards the end of the year.—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 28 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for gangland