The black and the blue : a cop reveals the crimes, racism, and injustice in America's law enforcement / Matthew Horace and Ron Harris

Author: Horace, Matthew
Published: New York : Hachette Books, 2018.
Copyright Date: ©2018
Edition: First edition.
Physical Description: xvi, 238 pages ; 24 cm
Additional Creators: Harris, Ron

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Contents

The boogeyman -- Being black in blue -- Who matters most? -- The system -- The conspiracy -- We can't be made whole -- A culture of criminality -- Culture versus strategy -- A murder in Chicago -- The cover-up -- Damage control -- The journey forward -- At the end of failing systems -- Epilogue.

Summary

"Matthew Horace was a law enforcement officer at the federal and local levels for twenty-eight years, working in nearly every state in the country. Yet it was after seven years of service, when Horace found himself 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, government officials, and law experts around the country, Horace presents an insider's examination of America's police culture and policies, which he concludes is an "archaic system" built on "a toxic brotherhood." In this deeply revelatory book, Horace dissects some of the nation's most highly publicized police shootings and provides fresh analysis of issues that drive disproportionate numbers of black men to be killed by police and incarcerated in cities such as Ferguson, Baltimore, Cleveland, New York City, Tulsa, and Chicago. Horace uncovers what has sown the seeds of rage and violence. Timely and provocative, [this book] sheds light on what truly goes on behind the blue line."--Dust jacket.

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ISBN

9780316440080 (hardcover)
0316440086 (hardcover)

Bibliography Note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-236).

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