tales from the gangster squad

The L.A. Times is presently running a weeklong series of articles on the LAPD's unit used to combat organized crime in the 1940s and 1950s. Granted, I am intrigued by both the Mob and the history of Los Angeles so I may be biased, but I have found this series to be extremely interesting. I thought I would share.

This is the fifth of seven articles, but there are links to the previous articles included here, as well.

Fatal advice to The Enforcer, 'Don’t take any firearms'

Have fun reading!