Protectors of Privilege - Red Squads and Police Repression in Urban America

This landmark expose of the dark history of repressive police operations in American cities offers a richly detailed account of police misconduct and violations of protected freedoms over the past century. In an incisive examination of undercover work in Chicago, Los Angeles, New York, and Philadelphia as well as Washington, D.C., Detroit, New Haven, Baltimore, and Birmingham, Donner reveals the underside of American law enforcement.

About the author

Frank Donner is a prominent civil liberties attorney and the author of The Un-Americans and The Age of Surveillance.

Summary

A detailed account of police misconduct and violations of protected freedoms over the past century. In an examination of undercover work in cities such as Chicago, Los Angeles, New York and Philadephia, Donner reveals the underside of American law enforcement.

Product details

• Authors: Frank Donner, Donner Frank
• Publisher: University Of California Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.09.1992
• EAN: 9780520080355
• ISBN: 978-0-520-08035-5
• No. of pages: 496
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Social structure research; USA, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom, Human Rights, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Law Enforcement, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civil Rights, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Urban, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Services, United States of America, USA, Police & security services, Human rights, civil rights, Urban communities, Political oppression & persecution, Political oppression and persecution, Police and security services