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1) The black and the blue: a cop reveals the crimes, racism, and injustice in America's law enforcement
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"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...
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The legendary FBI criminal profiler and inspiration for the hit Netflix show Mindhunter offers a personal look into the workings of the justice system.
"At the top of his form." —James Patterson
For the first time since his retirement, the #1 New York Times–bestselling author of The Killer Across the Table and The Killer's Shadow teams up with award-winning author Mark Olshaker to
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In 2015, The Washington Post launched an unprecedented effort to account for every fatal shooting by an officer of the law. Their study has motivated the FBI to action, and changed the way we think of those who serve and protect. After a police officer shot and killed a black teenager in Ferguson, Missouri, the media began to pay greater attention to deadly interactions between black men and the law. But when reporters tried to get to the bottom of...
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For over 400 hundred years, black people have always been, the survivors of brutality, victimization, persecutions, inhumanity and slavery from other races and ethnic groups globally. White people from Europe and the Americas scrambled for and stole treasures and young people from the motherland Africa to enable them survive and enrich their nations while Africa and Africans have been left to die of starvation and communal clashes incited by their...
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In three taut essays, Kristian Williams examines our society's understanding of social and political violence, what gets romanticized, misunderstood, or muddled. He explores the complex intersections between "gangs" of all sorts-cops and criminals, Proud Boys and antifa, Panthers and skinheads-arguing that government and criminality are intimately related, often sharing critical features. As society becomes more polarized and the conviction that things...
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How should a law enforcement officer manage an encounter with someone who might be mentally unstable or in crisis-but does not appear to pose an immediate threat? How might a platoon commander engage with a foreign civilian who has key information for an intelligence-gathering mission, but is wary of sharing- maybe even being seen- with a stranger? In both cases, how does that officer remain prepared for something going terribly wrong at any moment,...
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Anarchist [an/er-kist] n. 1. A person who opposes the authority of the state. 2. A person who causes disorder or upheaval. 3. Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright David Mamet's new play about one woman who is put away for life, and another who is committed to her rehabilitation. David Mamet is a playwright, essayist and screenwriter who directs for both the stage and film. He was awarded the Pulitzer Prize and New York Drama Critics' Circle Award for...
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Let's begin with the basics: violence is an inherent part of policing. The police represent the most direct means by which the state imposes its will on the citizenry. They are armed, trained, and authorized to use force. Like the possibility of arrest, the threat of violence is implicit in every police encounter. Violence, as well as the law, is what they represent. Using media reports alone, the Cato Institute's last annual study listed nearly seven...
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The question is no longer if we should end the war on drugs but how do we do it. This latest addition to the NoNonsense series counts the human and financial cost of fifty years drug war-and proceeds to outline a better way, looking at where drug law reform is already working, how to overcome the obstacles to reform and what a post drug war world looks like. Steve Rolles is a writer and policy analyst at drug reform organization, Transform. He was...
12) Force Decisions: A Citizen's Guide to Understanding How Police Determine Appropriate Use of Force
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Cooperation, Compliance, Control.
In a free and peaceful society where so many have been taught that all violence is wrong, citizens are often confused and dismayed when officers use force, even when the force is perfectly lawful and justified.
This book allows you to 'take' a basic USE OF FORCE class just as if you were a rookie at the police academy. Below are some highlights of what is included in 'your' basic use of force class:
SECTION 1....
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Whether you are a law enforcement officer seeking to improve your edge or a martial artist wanting to expand your knowledge of street-proven techniques, you will find Defensive Tactics: Street-Proven Arrest and Control Techniques is filled with invaluable information to prepare you for even the most difficult scenarios.
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Joint manipulation that works.
Leverage control vs. pain control.
Striking with the hands, feet, forearms,...
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Pulitzer Prize—winning journalist Wesley Lowery confronts the sickness at the heart of American society: the cyclical pattern of violence that has marred every moment of racial progress in this country, and whose bloodshed began anew following Obama's 2008 election.
In 2008, Barack Obama's historic victory was heralded as a turning point for the country. And so it would be-just not in the way that most Americans hoped. The election of the nation's...
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