Mickey Cohen was born in Brooklyn in 1913, but his widowed mother brought him to Boyle Heights when he was still a baby.According to a 1972 article in Los Angeles, he first started hustling at age ...

Set in 1949 Los Angeles, boxer turned gangster Mickey Cohen has relocated his operation from Chicago.Cohen quickly makes his presence known, snuffing out the competition and bribing law officials ...

“Gangster Squad” is a heavily fictionalized account of longtime LAPD chief William H. Parker’s campaign to prevent Mickey Cohen and other mobsters with East Coast roots from gaining power in ...