The Black and the Blue

A Cop Reveals the Crimes, Racism, and Injustice in America's Law Enforcement

Nonfiction, Reference & Language, Law, Discrimination, Social & Cultural Studies, Political Science, Politics, Law Enforcement, Social Science
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Author: Matthew Horace, Ron Harris ISBN: 9780316440073
Publisher: Hachette Books Publication: August 7, 2018
Imprint: Hachette Books Language: English
Author: Matthew Horace, Ron Harris
ISBN: 9780316440073
Publisher: Hachette Books
Publication: August 7, 2018
Imprint: Hachette Books
Language: English

Longlisted for the PEN/John Kenneth Galbraith Award for Nonfiction

"A MUST-READ FOR ANYONE WHO WANTS TO UNDERSTAND THE INTERSECTION OF RACE AND POLICE BRUTALITY IN AMERICA."

-CONGRESSMAN JOHN LEWIS

During his 28-year career, Matthew Horace rose through the ranks from a police officer working the beat to a federal agent working criminal cases in some of the toughest communities in America to a highly decorated federal law enforcement executive managing high-profile investigations nationwide. Yet it was not until seven years into his service- when Horace found himself face down on the ground with a gun pointed at his head by a white fellow officer-that he fully understood the racism seething within America's police departments.

Through gut-wrenching reportage, on-the-ground research, and personal accounts from interviews with police and government officials around the country, Horace presents an insider's examination of archaic police tactics. He dissects some of the nation's most highly publicized police shootings and communities to explain how these systems and tactics have hurt the people they serve, revealing the mistakes that have stoked racist policing, sky-high incarceration rates, and an epidemic of violence.

"Horace's authority as an experienced officer, as well as his obvious integrity and courage, provides the book with a gravitas."

-THE WASHINGTON POST

"The Black and the Blue is an affirmation of the critical need for criminal justice reform, all the more urgent because it

comes from an insider who respects his profession yet is willing to reveal its flaws."

-USA TODAY

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Longlisted for the PEN/John Kenneth Galbraith Award for Nonfiction

"A MUST-READ FOR ANYONE WHO WANTS TO UNDERSTAND THE INTERSECTION OF RACE AND POLICE BRUTALITY IN AMERICA."

-CONGRESSMAN JOHN LEWIS

During his 28-year career, Matthew Horace rose through the ranks from a police officer working the beat to a federal agent working criminal cases in some of the toughest communities in America to a highly decorated federal law enforcement executive managing high-profile investigations nationwide. Yet it was not until seven years into his service- when Horace found himself face down on the ground with a gun pointed at his head by a white fellow officer-that he fully understood the racism seething within America's police departments.

Through gut-wrenching reportage, on-the-ground research, and personal accounts from interviews with police and government officials around the country, Horace presents an insider's examination of archaic police tactics. He dissects some of the nation's most highly publicized police shootings and communities to explain how these systems and tactics have hurt the people they serve, revealing the mistakes that have stoked racist policing, sky-high incarceration rates, and an epidemic of violence.

"Horace's authority as an experienced officer, as well as his obvious integrity and courage, provides the book with a gravitas."

-THE WASHINGTON POST

"The Black and the Blue is an affirmation of the critical need for criminal justice reform, all the more urgent because it

comes from an insider who respects his profession yet is willing to reveal its flaws."

-USA TODAY

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