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

"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."--Jacket.

About the author

Matthew Horace spent three decades working in law enforcement and is a nationally recognized security expert. He has also served as a contributor to CNN and The Wall Street Journal.

Ron Harris is a former reporter and editor for the Los Angeles Times and the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Currently, he is a professor at Howard University.

Summary

Career police officer turned CNN contributor offers a searing indictment of America's law enforcement.

Foreword

Career police officer turned CNN contributor offers a searing indictment of America's law enforcement.

Product details

• Authors: Ron Harris, Harris Ron, Matthe Horace, Matthew Horace
• Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2020
• EAN: 9780316440097
• ISBN: 978-0-316-44009-7
• No. of pages: 256
• Dimensions: 138 mm x 208 mm x 18 mm
• Weight: 230 g
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Society; Social sciences, law, business > Law > General, dictionaries; Biography: general, LAW / Labor & Employment, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Law Enforcement, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Violence in Society, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Services, LAW / Discrimination, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Fire & Emergency Services, Police & security services, Violence in society, Violence and abuse in society, Police and security services, Discrimination in employment and harassment law, Discrimination in employment law