Prelude: A violin case under the bed -- I. The Whalens move west to the City of Angels -- II. The gangster squad's Sergeant Jack O'Mara sets his trap for Mickey -- III. Sergeant Jerry Wooters and the deadly night at Rondelli's -- IV. Justice -- Afterword: Machine gun shoot-outs on the big screen -- Acknowledgments.
Summary:
Describes how the Los Angeles Police Department formed an eight-man special unit to go after LA's gangsters in 1946, and relates the efforts of two of the squad--Jack O'Mara and Jerry Wooters--to take down mob boss Mickey Cohen.
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