Heh

A threesome of former NJ cops were complaining that the recent Denzel Washington film American Gangster twisted history so that it appeared in the movie that all of their work in busting Frank Lucas was done by Assistant Prosecutor Richie Roberts. Roberts seems apologetic. But I don’t know, or really care, which one of these four did the work of busting Lucas - or if it was the NY cops, FBI or Martians.

What amused me was the comment from the criminal himself:

Lucas, who spent time on the New York movie set last year, said his conviction came not from information gathered in the 1975 raid, but from investigations that followed it.

“I’m not going to credit them with getting me,” said Lucas, who became an informant under Roberts’ prodding.

“Those three cops couldn’t catch a cold.”