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The War on Cops
- How the New Attack on Law and Order Makes Everyone Less Safe
- Narrated by: Pam Ward
- Length: 9 hrs and 21 mins
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Summary
Violent crime has been rising sharply in many American cities after two decades of decline. Homicides jumped nearly 17 percent in 2015 in the largest 50 cities, the biggest one-year increase since 1993. The reason is what Heather Mac Donald first identified nationally as the "Ferguson effect": Since the 2014 police shooting death of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, officers have been backing off of proactive policing, and criminals are becoming emboldened. This book expands on Mac Donald's groundbreaking reporting on the Ferguson effect. It deconstructs the central narrative of the Black Lives Matter movement: that racist cops are the greatest threat to young black males.
The War on Cops exposes the truth about officer use of force and explodes the conceit of "mass incarceration". A rigorous analysis of data shows that crime, not race, drives police actions and prison rates. The growth of proactive policing in the 1990s, along with lengthened sentences for violent crime, saved thousands of minority lives. In fact, Mac Donald argues, no government agency is more dedicated to the proposition that "black lives matter" than today's data-driven, accountable police department.
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- Mark S. Murphy
- 10-08-20
The truth, minus the hysteria
Plenty of cold, hard truths to counter the emotional hysteria and lies that are currently being peddled via social media and the media in general. A must-read for anyone interested the realities of police brutality in the United States.
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- Edward Jennings
- 30-10-20
Fascinating
Once again I am awed by HM's grasp of the facts and the underlying issues and politics. Her fearless examination of this taboo issue should be applauded
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