Boston Police Strike of 1919 - Politics, Riots, and the Fight for Unionization

At 5:45 p.m. on September 9, 1919, nearly every patrolman on the Boston Police Department abandoned their posts, leaving the city victim to four days of crime, looting and mob violence. This is the story of what led to the strike and the political ramifications of the greatest tragedy in American policing.

List of contents

Prologue: September 8-9, 1919
1 America's First Police Department
2 The Boston Police Department
3 Political Control of the BPD
4 The Great War's Impact on Boston
5 Boston's Leadership
6 Governor Calvin Coolidge
7 The Call for Unionization
8 The Road to Hell . . .
9 In the Absence of Police, September 9, 1919
10 The Boston Riots, September 10, 1919
11 Quelling the Violence, September 11, 1919
12 Coolidge Takes Charge, September 12, 1919
13 Firing and Hiring a Police Department, September 13, 1919
14. . . Is Paved with Good Intentions
Epilogue: August 3, 1981
Afterword
Bibliography
Index
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Summary

At 5:45 p.m. on September 9, 1919, nearly every patrolman on the Boston Police Department abandoned their posts, leaving the city victim to four days of crime, looting and mob violence. This is the story of what led to the strike and the political ramifications of the greatest tragedy in American policing.

Product details

• Authors: Willard M. Oliver, Oliver Willard M.
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.09.2023
• EAN: 9781538144114
• ISBN: 978-1-5381-4411-4
• No. of pages: 332
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; USA, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, LAW / Criminal Procedure, HISTORY / United States / State & Local / General, Local History, United States of America, USA, History of the Americas, Criminal procedure