Great history of law and order in Los Angeles as told through the lives of two men; William Parker who became Chief of Police and Mickey Cohen, notrious gangster. Well written and full of fascinating characters from Hollywood to Washington who played a part in the story of LA. The book gives re...
Noir: The Struggle for the Soul of America’s Most Seductive City 21 The Electrician “[W]hat’s the meaning in the underworld or the racket world when somebody’s ‘lights are to be put out?’” —Robert Kennedy to Mickey Cohen, 1959 BY LATE 1958, Mickey Cohen was back in the rackets. His target was Los...