Police Brutality An Anthology

Name: Police Brutality An Anthology
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ISBN: 9780393321630

ISBN-10: 0393321630

ISBN-13: 9780393321630

Edition: 2002

Authors: Jill Nelson

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Prompted by the shooting of Amadou Diallo by New York City police officers, journalist Jill Nelson assembles this anthology. It is a collection of twelve essays which places a centuries-old issue in context.

Book details

List price: $21.95
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, Incorporated
Publication date: 5/17/2001
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 266
Size: 0.55" wide x 0.83" long x 0.07" tall
Weight: 0.792

Jill Nelson is an associate professor of journalism at the City College of New York & has written for the "New York Times Book Review" among other publications.



Introduction



Historical Perspectives



"Slangin' Rocks ... Palestinian Style" Dispatches from the Occupied Zones of North America




Persecution of Negroes by Roughs and Policemen, in the City of New York, August 1900 Citizens' Protective League




Police Brutality Portent of Disaster and Discomforting Divergence




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




The Politics of Police Brutality



"What Did I Do to Be So Black and Blue?" Police Violence and the Black Community




Obstacle Illusions The Cult of Raciat Appearance




What's New? The Truth, As Usual




Policing the Police



From the Inside Looking Out Twenty-nine Years in the New York Police Department




Repression and Resistance



Another Day at the Front Encounters with the Fuzz on the American Battlefront




Under the Veil of Suspicion Organizing Resistance and Struggling for Liberation




Point No. 7: We Want an Immediate End to Police Brutality and the Murder of Black People Why I Joined the Black Panther Party




The Crisis of Police Brutality and Misconduct in America The Causes and the Cure



Biographical Notes


Acknowledgments