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On March 12, 1909, while on a secret mission in Palermo, Sicily, NYPD Lt. Det. Joe Petrosino was murdered by members of the island’s criminal underworld. Members of the NYPD top brass, New York City dignitaries and family members of Lt. Detective Giuseppe “Joe” Petrosino gathered at his grave in Calvary Cemetery in Queens on Tuesday to mark 115 yea...

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On the 110th anniversary of the fatal shooting of fabled NYPD  Lt. Det. Joseph Petrosino, a group of Long Islanders, NYPD officers and Italian dignitaries dedicated a plaque in his honor Tuesday near the spot in Palermo, Sicily, where he was gunned down. A trailblazing investigator who helped create the harbinger of the NYPD bomb squad, intelligenc...

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Leonardo DiCaprio will star in and executive produce a movie about an NYPD detective killed in the line of duty in Italy more than 100 years ago while on an undercover mission to fight the mafia in America.  Lt. Det. Joseph Petrosino, the first Italian-American of his rank in the NYPD, was also the first member of the department to be killed on dut...

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Talk about ethnic profiling. Early in the 20th century, the New York City Police Department’s highest-ranking Italian-American officer estimated that perhaps one-fifth of his fellow countrymen in Manhattan were involved in criminal activity. And no one was more determined to reform the image of his fellow immigrants than he. In “The Black Hand: The...

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The Italian American Museum in association with the Lt. Det. Joseph Petrosino Association in America, Inc. cordially invite you to attend a book presentation and signing for "The Black Hand. The Epic War Between a Brilliant Detective and the Deadliest Secret Society in American History" by Stephen Talty, and a screening of "Mysteries at the Museum:...

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The Italian American Museum, Its Board Members and President Dr. Joseph V. Scelsa congratulate Comm. Michael P. Ricatto on receiving the 2014 Lt. Det. Joseph Petrosino Association in America - Jack and Helen Como Entrepreneurial Award On Thursday, August 14th, the Lt. Det. Joseph Petrosino Association in Ame...

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Il triangolo Kenmare, Lafayette Street e Cleveland Place, nel cuore dell'antica Little Italy, è dedicato al Lt. Joseph Petrosino, in onore alla leggendaria figura del poliziotto originario di Padula impegnato nella lotta alla Mano Nera, ucciso a Palermo in un agguato nel 1909. Ieri si è svolta una cerimonia per la posa di due targhe commemorative...

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