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001 2015017828
003 DLC
005 20150911163739.0
008 150511s2015 nyu b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2015017828
020 $a9781250073457 (hardback)
020 $z9781466885202 (e-book)
040 $aDLC$beng$erda$cDLC
042 $apcc
043 $an-us---
050 00 $aHV8141$b.S64 2015
082 00 $a363.20973$223
084 $aPOL035010$aPOL014000$aLAW014000$2bisacsh
100 1 $aSpence, Gerry,$eauthor.
245 10 $aPolice state :$bhow America's cops get away with murder /$cGerry Spence.
250 $aFirst Edition.
264 1 $aNew York :$bSt. Martin's Press,$c2015.
300 $a338 pages ;$c25 cm
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
520 $a"We all want to feel safe. But safe from what, and from whom? In his 60-plus years as a trial lawyer, Gerry Spence has never represented a person accused of a crime in which the police hadn't themselves violated the law. Whether by covering up their own corrupt dealings, by the falsification or manufacture of evidence, or by the outright murder of innocent civilians, those individuals charged with upholding the law break it every day, in ways more scandalous than the courts have dared admit. The police and prosecutors won't charge or convict themselves, and so the crimes of the criminal justice system are swept under the rug. Nothing changes. Too many police officers are killers on the loose, and every uninformed American is a potential next victim. Police culture is mired in the dead weight of precedent and ruled by trigger-happy tyrants. Power will march our nation over the police state precipice unless We the People take action. The FBI's massacre of the Weaver family at Ruby Ridge; the killing of mortally-wounded Fouad Kaady by a group of police officers; the torture of teenaged Dennis Williams by cops seeking a murder confession-again and again, the question arises: When the very men and women we pay to protect us instead persecute us every day, how can we be safe? In Police State, Spence slaps a stinging indictment upon the American justice system and puts forth a plan to restore liberty and justice for all"--$cProvided by publisher.
520 $a"We all want to feel safe. But safe from what, and from whom? In his 60-plus years as a trial lawyer, Gerry Spence has never represented a person accused of a crime in which the police hadn't themselves violated the law. Whether by covering up their own corrupt dealings, by the falsification or manufacture of evidence, or by the outright murder of innocent civilians, those individuals charged with upholding the law break it every day, in ways more scandalous than the courts have dared admit. The police and prosecutors won't charge or convict themselves, and so the crimes of the criminal justice system are swept under the rug. Nothing changes. Too many police officers are killers on the loose, and every uninformed American is a potential next victim. Police culture is mired in the dead weight of precedent and ruled by trigger-happy tyrants. Power will march our nation over the police state precipice unless We the People take action. The FBI's massacre of the Weaver family at Ruby Ridge; the killing of mortally-wounded Fouad Kaady by a group of police officers; the torture of teenaged Dennis Williams by cops seeking a murder confession--again and again, the question arises: When the very men and women we pay to protect us instead persecute us every day, how can we be safe? In Police State, Spence slaps a stinging indictment upon the American justice system and puts forth a plan to restore liberty and justice for all"--$cProvided by publisher.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
650 0 $aPolice misconduct$zUnited States.
650 0 $aPolice brutality$zUnited States.
650 0 $aPolice administration$zUnited States.
650 0 $aCriminal justice, Administration of$zUnited States.
650 0 $aCivil rights$zUnited States.
650 7 $aPOLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom & Security / Human Rights.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aPOLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom & Security / Law Enforcement.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aLAW / Commercial / General.$2bisacsh
856 42 $3Cover image$uhttp://www.netread.com/jcusers2/bk1388/457/9781250073457/image/lgcover.9781250073457.jpg