Police Brutality An Anthology 1st Edition by Jill Nelson ISBN 978-0393321630 0393321630

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ISBN 10: 0393321630

ISBN 13: 978-0393321630

Author: Jill Nelson

A landmark work by twelve leading critics and community leaders―essential reading for anyone interested in the history of American race relations.

Ignited by the infamous shooting of Amadou Diallo, unarmed and innocent, at the hands of New York City police officers, journalist Jill Nelson was moved to assemble this landmark anthology on the topic of police violence and brutality: an indispensable collection of twelve “groundbreaking” (Ebony) essays by a range of contributors―among them academics, historians, social critics, a congressman, and an ex-New York City police detective. This “important and valuable book” (Emerge) places a centuries-old issue in much-needed historical and intellectual context, and underscores the profound influence police brutality has had in shaping the American identity. “[S]hould be read by anyone concerned about ending brutality, and should be required reading in police academies throughout America!”―Charles J. Ogletree, Jr., Harvard Law School “Without hysteria or hyperbole, [Nelson] examines the issue of police abuse in literary form.”―Emerge “A memorable and useful contribution to an increasingly volatile national dialogue.”―Publishers Weekly “[N]ot only timely, but explores and exposes the sickness of this unbalanced, uncivilized Western pastime thoroughly.”―Chuck D of Public Enemy, author of Fight the Power: Rap, Race, and Reality

Table of contents: 

Introduction

Part I: Historical Perspectives

1. “Slangin’ Rocks … Palestinian Style”: Dispatches from the Occupied Zones of North America

2. Persecution of Negroes by Roughs and Policemen in the City of New York, August 1900: Citizens’ Protective League

3. Police Brutality: Portent of Disaster and Discomforting Divergence

4. Nation under Siege: Elijah Muhammad, the FBI, and Police-State Culture in Chicago

Part II: The Politics of Police Brutality
5. “What Did I Do to Be So Black and Blue?”: Police Violence and the Black Community
6. Obstacle Illusions: The Cult of Racial Appearance
7. What’s New? The Truth, As Usual

Part III: Policing the Police
8. From the Inside Looking Out: Twenty-nine Years in the New York Police Department

Part IV: Repression and Resistance
9. Another Day at the Front: Encounters with the Fuzz on the American Battlefront
10. Under the Veil of Suspicion: Organizing Resistance and Struggling for Liberation
11. Point No. 7: We Want an Immediate End to Police Brutality and the Murder of Black People: Why I Joined the Black Panther Party
12. The Crisis of Police Brutality and Misconduct in America: The Causes and the Cure

Biographical Notes
Acknowledgments

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