Black and blue Inside the divide between the police and Black America
Book - 2017
"The recent killings in Dallas, Baton Rouge, Ferguson, and elsewhere are just the latest examples of the longstanding rift between law enforcement and people of color. In this revealing journey to the heart of a growing crisis, CBS News Justice and Homeland Security Correspondent Jeff Pegues provides unbiased facts, statistics, and perspectives from both sides of the community-police divide. Pegues has rare access to top law enforcement officials throughout the country, including FBI Director James Comey and police chiefs in major cities. He has also interviewed police union leaders, community activists, and others at the heart of this crisis--people on both sides who are trying to push American law enforcement in a new direction. How ...do police officers perceive the people of color who live in high-crime areas? How are they viewed by the communities that they police? Pegues explores these questions and more through interviews not only with police chiefs, but also officers on the ground, both black and white. In addition, he goes to the front lines of the debate as crime spikes in some of the nation's major cities. What he found will surprise you as police give a candid look at how their jobs have changed and become more dangerous. Turning to possible solutions, the author summarizes the best recommendations from police chiefs, politicians, and activists. Readers will not only be informed but learn what they can do about tensions with police in their communities"--
- Subjects
- Published
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Amherst :
Prometheus Books
2017.
- Language
- English
- Main Author
- Item Description
- Includes index.
- Physical Description
- ii, 279 pages ; 24 cm
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-262) and index.
- ISBN
- 9781633882577
- Foreword
- Preface
- Chapter 1. Reform Is in the Air
- Chapter 2. Broken Windows
- Chapter 3. Three Days and Seven Dead
- Chapter 4. Thin Blue Line
- Chapter 5. "Something Is Happening in America"
- Chapter 6. Livestock
- Chapter 7. Ghost Skins
- Chapter 8. Sixteen Shots
- Chapter 9. Executive Order 13684
- Chapter 10. Truth and Reconciliation
- Chapter 11. Fear of the Badge
- Chapter 12. Policing System Is Broken
- Chapter 13. The Recruits
- Chapter 14. The Race Card
- Chapter 15. Dallas
- Chapter 16. Treat People as You Want to Be Treated
- Chapter 17. Code of Silence
- Chapter 18. Train to Kill
- Chapter 19. The Magic Wand
- Chapter 20. "Broken Windows Is Not Broken"
- Chapter 21. "Sixteen Shots and a Cover-up!"
- Chapter 22. Coming Clean
- Afterword
- Acknowledgments
- Notes
- Index
Review by Kirkus Book Review