Quote by Mickey Cohen

I killed nobody that didn't deserve killing. In all of these here killings there was no alternative. You couldn't call them cold-blooded killings.... It was either my life or theirs.

I killed nobody that didn't deserve killing. In all of these

Summary

This quote highlights the speaker's belief that they only killed individuals who deserved it, claiming that there was no alternative. They argue that these actions were not carried out in a calculated and premeditated manner but rather as a means of self-defense. The speaker justifies their killings by stating that it was a matter of survival, asserting that it was a case of "kill or be killed."

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By Mickey Cohen

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