Mike Powell’s blood and guts stories go far beyond his days working as a plainclothes officer in one of LAPD’s Zebra Units—a unit tasked with tracking down violent criminals in South Central L.A. “Shootin’ Newton” was notorious for its many police shootings, including the Black Panther and Symbionese Liberation Army shootouts. Two of Mike’s four shootings occurred in Newton.
Mike and his partners tracked down murder suspects, bank robbers, and a serial killer: a killer of young boys. Mike’s police stories take us back to the days when cops were allowed to be cops and when police chiefs like LAPD’s Ed Davis and Daryl Gates sent former military “warrior cops” into the streets to hunt down violent criminals.
Mike also served as a key undercover operative for both the LAPD, undercover as a woman, and the federal government, undercover in the MAFIA, and he lived to write about it. If you’ve seen the movie Casino, then you have seen the mobsters he brushed shoulders with.
Mike ended his investigative and undercover career after he received several death threats, and his home was set ablaze while he and his first wife, Manette, were in it.
Host John Edmonds Kozma, with over 20 years of experience in the entertainment industry, is the founder and CEO of Bang Productions. This multifaceted company provides entertainment through tech via short and long-form content, manages talent, and produces live shows. As a Meta Media Partner and a TikTok LIVE Creator Network Agency, Bang Productions reaches over 100 million monthly viewers and 1.2 billion annually on social media platforms, making it one of the largest publishers in the industry.
John is also the host of the Unimpressed Podcast, where he interviews various personalities and creates micro-moments of education. He is the author of the upcoming book, “Finding A Perfect Audience,” a system for developing a pure source client for businesses. He is passionate about innovation and disruption, and has worked with many talented people such as Nick Cassavetes, Claudia Katz, Armin Van Buuren, and Travis Pastrana. He moved his business from NYC to Charleston, SC, bringing his assets to create the “Silicon of the South.” John’s mission is to change how a star is born without the backing of a Hollywood studio, using his expertise in new media, social networking, and video production.
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