Talk:Roy DeMeo
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This page seems to have an obvious point of view that does not take into account testimonials of close friends and family of Roy Demeo. It would be helpful to read his sons book For the Sins of My Father when editing this article. Cleanup can be done on this article to make it comply with wikipedia standards relating to Point of View.
Counter-Point to above: Keep in mind however, the son of Roy DeMeo would not be a fair viewpoint, especially considering he gets facts about his own father's status in the mafia wrong a number of times in his book. An example of this is his numerous remarks of his father being a mafia 'capo', when in fact Roy DeMeo was never an official capo, his highest rank achieved was soldier. While it is difficult to trust Jerry Capeci to be 100% neutral in the telling of Roy DeMeo's life, it is even more difficult to expect the son to be completely honest (or even know much about) the darker side of his father's life.
It should also be noted that, aside from Roy's immediate family, a number of sources used in the book Murder Machine were in fact DeMeo's close friends and family, such as his uncle Albert, who was a famous prosecutor in New York. None of the people interviewed were given any payment for their help.
Posted by Dugrad: I am removing the NPOV tag on the article. Put it back in if you still feel the article is not neutral, however keep in mind Albert DeMeo's book contains factual errors and has just as much, if not moreso of an agenda than the book Murder Machine. Also keep in mind that a good deal of the information used for Murder Machine was taken directly from old neighborhood friends, business associates, as well as relatives of DeMeo, none of whom were paid for the information they provided. Also keep in mind that much of the information used was taken directly from court records, police files and testimony from witnesses who worked with DeMeo for years. There are rewrites underway in this article with the intention to eliminate many errors as well as to add more information.
[edit] Roy Demeo's birth year
Roy was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1942. It clearly states this on the first page of For the Sins of my Father. He was not born in 1940. Where is this 1940 number coming from? Who keeps writing that?
[edit] Roy Albert DeMeo
According to the Cemetery, in Middle Village, Queens, where DeMeo is buried his middle name was Albert.
