Public enemy

Public enemy is a term which was first widely used in the United States in the 1930s to describe individuals whose activities were seen as criminal and extremely damaging to society, though the phrase had been used for centuries to describe pirates and similar outlaws.

Origin and usage

The phrase originated in Roman times as the Latin hostis publicus ("enemy of the people"), typically translated into English as the "public enemy".

The modern use of the term was first popularized in April 1930 by Frank J. Loesch, then chairman of the Chicago Crime Commission, in an attempt to publicly denounce Al Capone and other organized crime gangsters.

In 1933, Loesch recounted the origin and purpose of the list:

All of those listed were reputed to be gangsters or racketeers and most were rum-running bootleggers. Although all were known to be consistent law breakers (most prominently in regard to the widely broken Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution banning alcohol) none of those named were fugitives or were actively wanted by the law. The list's purpose was clearly to shame those named and to encourage authorities to prosecute them.

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Public enemy (disambiguation)

The term public enemy was first widely used in the United States in the 1930s to describe individuals whose activities were seen as criminal and extremely damaging to society.

Public enemy or public enemies may also refer to:

In media and entertainment

In film

(Chronological)

  • The Public Enemy, a 1931 American film
  • Public Enemies (1941 film) aka Gangs of the City, a comedy crime film
  • Public Enemies (1996 film), a crime film about Ma Barker
  • Public Enemy (2002 film), a South Korean film
  • Public Enemies (2009 film), an American crime drama about John Dillinger directed by Michael Mann
  • Superman/Batman: Public Enemies (2009), the DC Universe Animated Original Movies adaptation of the comic book story of its same name

    • In literature and publications

  • Public Enemies (book), the fifth book of the "On the Run" series by American author Gordon Korman
  • Public Enemies: Dueling Writers Take On Each Other and the World, a book written by Bernard-Henri Lévy and Michel Houellebecq
  • Superman/Batman Public Enemies, the first story arc of the DC Comic book Superman/Batman comic book series
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    The Public Enemy (professional wrestling)

    The Public Enemy was a professional wrestling tag team consisting of Rocco Rock and Johnny Grunge. The duo competed in many promotions, including Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW), World Championship Wrestling (WCW), National Wrestling Alliance (NWA), and the World Wrestling Federation (WWF). They won the World Tag Team Championships in each company except WWF.

    Their name was taken from a black and white gangster film, and prior to becoming a team, Rocco Rock and Johnny Grunge had a long-standing feud on the independent circuit. In addition, the two wrestled each other under their former ring names the Cheetah Kid and Johnny Rotten in a dark match at the first TV tapings for WWF Monday Night Raw on January 11, 1993, eight months before they would debut as a tag team in ECW. In September 2002, Rocco Rock died after a heart attack. Johnny Grunge died almost four years later, in February 2006, from sleep apnea complications.

    History

    Eastern / Extreme Championship Wrestling (1993–1996)

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    Catch The Thrown

    by: Public Enemy

    Chorus:
    What you read is what you saw
    And what you keep is what you saw
    And what the people want to know
    Is who's gonna cast the thrown
    What you got is what they want
    And what they see they say they need
    And people bleeding from the...
    Now who's gonna cast the thrown?
    Thrown at, thrown under
    Throw to the side, thrown up the... we're throwing down
    Thrown under the bus drag and underground
    Power to the people salute the underground
    Against those standards and mansions
    Spitting down at us from up the higher ground
    See the people, strike the power, face the poor...
    In God we trust all money, this is slap in the face
    To the rest of all human race!
    Host hold your...
    Change your name, but you can't change race n the United States
    People say they're kings, but say they're queens
    If we all gonna eat, what does it all mean?
    We watch and listen, but I leave it alone
    But who's gonna catch the thrown?
    Chorus:
    What you read is what you saw
    And what you keep is what you saw
    And what the people want to know
    Is who's gonna cast the thrown
    What you got is what they want
    And what they see they say they need
    And people bleeding from the...
    Now who's gonna cast the thrown?
    Divide and conquer, the oldest trick in the game
    Is the war between the people who are really the same
    As the rich people get richer, the poor get bitchie
    The people keep kissing, the feds don't listen
    This recession seen a black depression
    Since your wasting in a nation heading for desperation
    No quarter back is sat on a couch
    Inside the black America is ouch!
    Government still love you and President the executions
    End up looking like some final solutions
    Murder is the institution backed up and hacked up
    Buy some hand written constitution.
    Do what you do! Buddhist, Christian, Hindu, Muslim and Hebrew
    You're all what you do, I'll be seeing human beings...
    Yet never have so many but screwed up some few!
    We watch the kings and queens and what they owe
    But who's gonna catch the thrown?
    (There's a man going round, take your...)
    ... designed to incriminate...
    Equality is a myth!
    They had me in jail for a crime I didn't even commit!
    The stereo type
    They feel every color is a failure right?
    Brothers who resist I consider a threat
    From Sitting Bull to Malcolm X
    In the land of free I suspect elections
    John Kennedy had the mob connections
    President Reagan sold guns to Iraq
    Yet they're trying to say the criminals are all black!
    What's up with these corrupt politicians?
    Them drugs they be shipping, but they never go to prison
    And a fucked up system that they never tried to back me
    Fuck gentlemen, guilty, clearly!
    Chorus:
    Cast the thrown, you gotta test the fire
    Is that the one per cent that you need, or...
    Cast the thrown, I gotta test the fire
    Is that the one per cent that you want?
    You gotta occupy!
    (There's a man going round, take your...)
    Free the... prisoners, they ain't listening
    ... but who is that whistling?
    Foes making the killing and juxtapose against those giving a living
    Give me something, cause... be official
    Is the need to... replace by the greed
    I ain't trying to yell at you or sell you
    ... they already...
    And I'll be... to you, did I mention?
    The cheapest price is to pay attention
    Now the chess is just being at your best
    Without you can hold your own
    Fuck! Who's gonna catch the thrown?
    Chorus:
    What you read is what you saw
    And what you keep is what you saw
    And what the people want to know




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