Thomas "Tommy Karate" Pitera Studied Martial Arts and Became The Bonanno Family's Deadliest Enforcer

He spent years in Japan learning martial arts before returning to Brooklyn and applying that same discipline to a career as the most feared enforcer in the Bonanno family. Thomas Pitera is linked to at least 27 murders. Federal agents found dismembered body parts in a Staten Island wildlife refuge in 1989. This documentary covers his rise through the Bonannos, the specific murders he was charged with, and the 1992 federal trial that ended with six murder convictions and a life sentence without parole. #TrueCrime, #Mafia, #OrganizedCrime, #BonannoFamily, #MobHistory, #CrimeDocumentary, #TommyKarate, #AmericanMafia, #TrueCrimeDocumentary, #OutlawIcons, #DarkHistory, #MafiaStories, #LongFormTrueCrime, #CrimeForSleep