Whitey: United States of America v. James J. Bulger Page #3

I'd never look at him.

Now I can't wait to look him

right in the eyes.

Reporter on radio: It's day one of one of

the most anticipated trials in decades.

Reporter 2:
Cameras should've been

allowed in the courtroom.

Obviously, in federal court,

they are not allowed.

Female reporter:
For the people of

Boston, this case is about justice.

It is about redemption,

it is about retribution.

Opening statements in the trial

of James Whitey Bulger.

Reporter 3:
The Assistant US Attorney,

Brian Kelly, telling jurors.

Kelly:
"He did the dirty work himself,

because he was a hands-on killer

who ran amok in the city of Boston

for almost 30 years.

Bulger was deeply involved

in the distribution of drugs

in the South Boston area.

Bulger was one of the biggest

informants in Boston.

Bulger routinely met

with FBI agent John Connolly

and gave him information

to protect himself,

or get the competitive edge

that he wanted."

Reporter 3:
He then showed the jury

pictures of each

of the 19 people

investigators say Bulger killed.

Woman:
They described victims,

former friends, associates,

girlfriends, all killed

and buried in secret graves.

Some relatives in court listening

choked up when they heard that.

Woman 2:
The government,

ending its opening statements

by slowly, dramatically,

reading off the names

of the 19 alleged murder victims.

Man:
Bucky Barrett, Roger Wheeler,

Brian Halloran, Michael Donahue,

John Callahan, Deborah Davis,

and Deborah Hussey.

Kelly:
This is not

a traditional murder case.

It's a racketeering charge.

And within the racketeering charge,

there are multiple predicate crimes

that we have to prove.

We have to prove at least two of them.

And Bulger is charged with 33

separate predicate crimes.

19 separate murders,

multiple extortions,

drug dealing, gambling.

And of those,

we have to prove at least two

beyond a reasonable doubt,

and we have to prove

that Bulger was part of

this criminal enterprise

that was committing

all these crimes for 30 years.

Man:
Defense attorney J.W. Carney

stunned the courtroom, admitting

for the first time that Bulger was

involved in drug trafficking.

Carney:
James Bulger was involved

in drug dealing. He was involved in

bookmaking, loan sharking.

These crimes are what he did.

Man:
But he poked holes

in government witnesses.

Woman:
Carney tried to paint

a picture of Bulger associates

turned government witnesses,

John Martorano, Kevin Weeks,

and Steven Flemmi

as the real murderers

who just pinned their crimes

on his client.

Boeri:
The defense said, all those three

witnesses' testimony was purchased.

They were murderous thugs

whose testimony

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