They never really explained it that well.
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He said it was the Barracudas then later said he wasn't sure. I thought he was a moron, not a liar.
shareGus was trying to impress the guys by saying he got attacked by a gang. He was a moron and didn't think they'd all go through with staging an attack on the Barracudas.
shareSo then who really attacked him? Guess it doesn't matter.
"I really wish Gia and Claire had became Tanner" - Honeybeefine
That's what I like to know, who attacked him? Possibly somebody he pissed off in their neighborhood, it's possible.
shareIf Gus wasn't sure then it would make sense just to say the Barracudas.
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That's what I like to know, who attacked him? Possibly somebody he pissed off in their neighborhood, it's possible.
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My best guess is he was lipping off to someone and got his a-s kicked. He was probably embarrassed and rather than tell the truth made up the story that he got beat up by a gang to save face.
Brooklyn was a much different place in the 70s/80s and even 90s. Bay Ridge was an Italian and Greek neighborhood, much more Italian, in those eras. You seldom if ever saw blacks and Hispanics hanging out. The Hispanics lived in the Gowanus area which was miles away. He probably figure if he blamed the Barracudas, a Hispanic gang, he would never see them or face them and have to fight them with his friends. I doubt he ever expected his friends to go to their club and fight them on their turf.
My best guess is he was lipping off to someone and got his a-s kicked. He was probably embarrassed and rather than tell the truth made up the story that he got beat up by a gang to save face.
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He got a broken nose, busted ribs, a broken leg, and four teeth knocked out. That is a pretty savage beating. That type of beating doesn’t come from someone that was simply being lipped off to. He likely got jumped by a gang. He said it was probably the Barracudas because he thought it was and that was enough for his friends to hear. There were Hispanics living in Sunset Park which bordered Bay Ridge and was not miles away.
shareI think it was just a mix of stupidity and misunderstanding. Gus perhaps wasn't careful with his wording and didn't really stress it *might* have been the Barracudas, because he didn't think his friends would actually do anything about it.
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