Paul Lieberman
The true story behind the movie of the same name. A secretive police unit waged an anything-goes war to drive Mickey Cohen and other hoodlums from Los Angeles after WWII. In 1946, the LAPD launched the Gangster Squad with eight men who met covertly on street corners and slept with Tommy guns under their beds. ,Sgt Jack Oâ€™Mara was a square-jawed church usher, Sgt Jerry Wooters a cynical maverick. About all they had in common was their obsession. Oâ€™Mara set a trap to prove Mickey was a killer. And Wooters formed an alliance with Mickeyâ€™s budding rival, Jack â€œThe Enforcerâ€ Whalen. ,Two cops -- two hoodlums.Â  Their fates collided in the closing days of the 1950s, when late one night â€œThe Enforcerâ€ confronted Mickey and his crew. The aftermath would shake both LAâ€™s mob and police department, and signal the end of a defining era in the cityâ€™s history. Â Â Â 
Nonfiction,Crime,True Crime,History,Historical,Biography,Mystery,Crime,Thriller,Mystery Thriller,Mystery,Social Science,Mystery,Noir
Gangster Squad: Covert Cops, the Mob, and the Battle for Los Angeles