Eliot Ness is best known for his fight against organized crime in what city?

Correct answer: Chicago

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BellaBaws
BellaBaws
Kind of sad how his circumstances were so bad at the end when he was kind of the epitome of good for that era. 😔
P- Swivel Bitches
P- Swivel Bitches
all the crimes capone was commiting and in the end all they could get him on is tax evasion. LOL
soulangiana
soulangiana
Chicago could use another Elliot Ness.
Bulldogsmomma
Bulldogsmomma
BellaBaws, my understanding is Hoover didn’t like him getting all the glory. Very sad 😔
JimmyLovesQL
JimmyLovesQL
Funny how incorruptibility and integrity rate less notice than infamous criminality.
penawareof
penawareof
"The Untouchables" is a great depiction of this.
AmazingCop2962
AmazingCop2962
Shame, I can't believe the news did not carry his d
Cherokeeprincess3
Cherokeeprincess3
AmazingCop2962, Chicago has always been crooked.
Marverick
Marverick
melbee1961, Capone was taken down by syphilis
JDoe555
JDoe555
JimmyLovesQL, It seems like the media has always focused on the negative in society- just watch the news. I guess people in general would rather be appalled than inspired. :/
Dalia
Dalia
Elliot Ness was a hero...without him what would became Chicago? Bukele is like him and transform Saint Salvador in a secure place to visit we need more of this kind of men nowadays
Lou
Lou
Player #10628065, yep my hat is off to him
Lou
Lou
David Guild, yeah you need a Ness in Washington
Jean Louise
Jean Louise
That's sad!Seems we only cheer for heroes or a lone wolfs who, on principle, stands against the crowd in movies. Even then, it's the actor standing with an Oscar who portrays the hero or lone Wolf who gets the glory.
drjojo007
drjojo007
G Neus, He didn't ban booze, he just enforced the laws.
Dr.Strange
Dr.Strange
Marverick, Capone was killed by syphilis, he was taken down as boss of the chicago outfit by Elliot Ness and his Untouchables.
jazzy belle
jazzy belle
AMK, exactly what I thought about too when I saw name😊
Scott
Scott
Great movie with Kevin Costner.
David Guild
David Guild
so sad, so few people like him these days.
Heather
Heather
These things seem to follow on in every decade
Donna
Donna
Excellent movie 'The Untouchables'
Michael
Michael
ness went on to become public safety director for Cleveland. but couldn't solve the torso murders there.
Kaycee The Key04
Kaycee The Key04
the system doesn't work
Shelby Johnson
Shelby Johnson
Unfortunately in this world, bad this (whether it be accidents, tragedies, bad people doing bad things etc) get more attention and notoriety than good things & good people. It is nice that he is being recognized now for his achievements but I wish he could have been alive to see it.
Tur D'ferguson
Tur D'ferguson
JDoe555, who would read about a train rather than a trainwrexk
Tur D'ferguson
Tur D'ferguson
penawareof, what? sorry, it's a great Hollywierd production
K SOZE
K SOZE
UNTOUCHABLE, A VERY RARE TRAIT. 😎
Loc Cle
Loc Cle
Ness became the Safety Director in Cleveland OH, he even ran for mayor. He was buried here, in Lakeview Cemetery.
wileycoyote
wileycoyote
Was it Kevin Costner who played him in the movie "The Untouchables?"
AMK
AMK
Fugees - Ready or Not 🎶
Player #41081547
Player #41081547
Very sad to hear that his honest contribution to the society was ignored. Few good men on the planet.
joejoe
joejoe
melbee1961, actually it was the outlawing of booze that made Capone so powerful. It was an incredible revenue source for him, as people still wanted to drink regardless of prohibitionists.
HarlemzFlyGirl
HarlemzFlyGirl
Hollywood, depicted a completely different character, for him in the "Untouchables" Eliot Ness, the Untouchable agent who battled Al Capone, died a broke alcoholic at 55.
Player #25874027
Player #25874027
CyanJaguar62, Did anybody catch the murderer?
Player #13630226
Player #13630226
BellaBaws, kind of
TJ SISTER
TJ SISTER
There's a show that comes on. Called The Untouchables. I been watching it an it's good. Boy, to live in thaughs day's was ruff I'm telling ya!
Player #25234400
Player #25234400
Most grateful to him. Al Capone murdered my grandfather in 1930.
Player #23994087
Player #23994087
Ness’s reputation was damaged thanks to Edgar Hoover. Hoover didn’t like Ness’s popularity after bringing down Capone so instead of embracing it as an FBI team effort he went after Ness.
Uninitialized
Uninitialized
if I said FBI agent meant Mr. Ness was an Awesome Prohibition Agent ☺️