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Jake Halpern here.

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Previously on Deep Cover.

I had a couple lawyers, but I would always say Bob Cooley was the best.

I mean, he was good at kicks and cases and they knew how good he was.

And he was the picture, he was the guy.

By the early 1980s, Bob Cooley had established himself as Mr. Fixit.

A guy the mob called if one of their own was in trouble.

And Bob was also learning that working for the mob came with rules.

But sometimes, Bob broke them.

I said, if anybody thinks for one second I'm going to even take a beating.

I said, you know, they're thinking wrong.

I said, if I think I got a problem with you, I said you're going to have the fucking problem.

And eventually, they would have a problem with Bob.

A very big one.

But for the time being, Bob was still their guy.

In the 1980s, Chicago was Corruption City, USA.

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