Extract: Hammerman by Mike Nicol
June 2018
“He’s known as AJ. Has been called AJ forever. The nickname his mother gave him. The A stands for André. The J for Jacobs, his surname. No one ever calls him André. Nor would he answer to it. Anyone calls him André over the phone, he disconnects. To his subordinates in the cops he’s Colonel AJ. ‘No-shit Jacobs’ behind his back. Because AJ’s not a man to mess with. He’s in the anti-gang unit.