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Tiffani, Janelle, and Cady During the time of Organized Crime all of these things increased:
 * Arrests for drunkenness and disorderly conduct increased 41%
 * Arrests of drunken drivers increased 81%
 * Thefts and burglaries increased 9%
 * Homicides, Assault and battery increased 13%
 * Police funding increased 11.4 million
 * Arrests for prohibition violations increased 102+ %
 * Number of federal convicts increased 561%
 * Federal prison population increased 366%
 * Total Federal Expenditures on Penal Institutes increased 1,000%

The 18th Amendment of the Constitution in 1919, made the selling, creating, and moving of alcoholic beverages illegal in the U.S. People started looking for other ways to get alcohol. Some people made their own drinks made of wood alcohol, which caused blindness, paralysis, or death. Real alcohol was smuggled in from Mexico, Canada, and the West Indies. This is known as bootlegging, which was very profitable. People who worked for the law did not try to get rid of these problems because they were able to make money from it through bribes. Al Capone was one of the biggest bribers of the 1920's. He made $60 million by bootlegging and was never sent to jail for it.



The Valentine's Day Massacre, which took place on February 14, 1929, was Al Capone's attack on his biggest competition. He had his men dress in police uniforms and murder his competition. The police couldn't pin it on him because he was in Florida when it happened.

Organized Crime in the 1920's was the start of American violence. There was a large increase in crime in the 1920's and there are large cases of crimes in the United States today. 

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