A Rat Tells The Meaning of Being A Rat

Yes, the trial of ex-FBI agent John Connolly has brought out the bizarre and the other day was no different when hitman John Martorano took the stand in Miami.


Kevin Cullen
Hitman John Martorano/CBS
Hitman John Martorano/CBS
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MIAMI – So there’s a murder trial going on down here, right? And it’s about an FBI agent named John Connolly who sold his badge to help the South Boston gangster Whitey Bulger whack guys, right?
But in the middle of all this, that noted humanitarian and etymologist, John Martorano, decided to get on the witness stand yesterday and give a seminar on the meaning of the word rat.You see, Johnny Martorano, murderer of many, has been ratting people out now for the last 10 years, giving their names to the authorities, testifying against them in court, and putting them in prison or serious legal jeopardy, sort of like the way he used to put them in trunks, with two in the cap. But now he’s using his words instead of his pistol, and, not for nothin’, that’s not ratting, according to Perfesser Martorano.
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