The Black and the Blue: A Cop Reveals the Crimes, Racism, and Injustice in America's Law Enforcement

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Synopsis
CNN contributor offers a searing indictment of America's law enforcement."This is a must-read.... Telling this story demonstrates nothing but raw courage for a black police officer who wants the truth to prevail." --John Lewis"[T]his [is a] hard-hitting, convincing indictment of the biases in today's law enforcement.... A must-read for anyone interested in understanding and solving these problems." --Booklist (starred review)Matthew Horace was an officer at the federal, state, and local level for 28 years working in every state in the country. Yet it was after seven years of service when Horace found himself face-down on the ground with a gun pointed at his head by a white fellow officer, that he fully understood the racism seething within America's police departments. Using gut-wrenching reportage, on-the-ground research, and personal accounts garnered by interviews with police and government officials around the country, Horace presents an insider's examination of police tactics, which he concludes is an "archaic system" built on "toxic brotherhood." Horace dissects some of the nation's most highly publicized police shootings and communities highlighted in the Black Lives Matter movement and beyond to explain how these systems and tactics have had detrimental outcomes to the people they serve. Horace provides fresh analysis on communities experiencing the high killing and imprisonment rates due to racist policing such as Ferguson, New Orleans, Baltimore, and Chicago from a law enforcement point of view and uncovers what has sown the seeds of violence.Timely and provocative, The Black and The Blue sheds light on what truly goes on behind the blue line.
Copyright:
2018

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Book Quality:
Publisher Quality
Book Size:
256 Pages
ISBN-13:
9780316440073
Related ISBNs:
9780316440080
Publisher:
Hachette Books Ireland
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Copyrighted By:
Matthew Horace
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No
Language:
English
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No
Categories:
Nonfiction, Biographies and Memoirs, Business and Finance, Social Studies, Law, Legal Issues and Ethics, Politics and Government
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Bookshare Staff
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