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Blue: The LAPD and the Battle to Redeem American Policing

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Blue: The LAPD and the Battle to Redeem American Policing

Vividly drawn and character-driven, Blue is simultaneously a gripping drama of cops, crime, and politics, and a primer on police policy and reform.

Beginning with the 1992 Los Angeles Riots and ending with the tumultuous police controversies swirling around both Ferguson, MO and New York City in 2014, Domanickâ€™s fast-paced book is filled with political intrigue, cultural and racial conflict, hard-boiled characters like intransient, warrior minded cops like LAPD chief Daryl Gates and Americaâ€™s most famous police reformer, William J. Bratton. As the Los Angeles Times put it, Blue â€œweaves a compelling, fact-filled tale of a turbulent city in transition and a police department that often seems impervious to civilian control.â€

As the story unfolds, Domanick seamlessly injects and analyzes police policies and actions, while discussing police accountability and legitimacy, effective crime-reduction based on real, long-term community policing, and what is necessary for a new stage of progressive police reform to take place. As Kirkus Reviews summed up in a starred review: â€œThis is a well-executed, large-scale urban narrative, sprawling, engrossing, and highly relevant to the ongoing controversies about policing post-Ferguson.â€

Country	USA
Author	Joe Domanick
Binding	Kindle Edition
Edition	Reprint
EISBN	9781451641110
Format	Kindle eBook
Label	Simon & Schuster
Manufacturer	Simon & Schuster
NumberOfPages	464
PublicationDate	2015-08-11
Publisher	Simon & Schuster
ReleaseDate	2015-08-11
Studio	Simon & Schuster

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