The Black and the Blue: A Cop Reveals the Crimes, Racism, and Injustice in America's Law Enforcement

The Black and the Blue: A Cop Reveals the Crimes, Racism, and Injustice in America's Law Enforcement

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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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Ein spannendes Buch über Rassismus und Polizeigewalt in den USA. Der Autor Matthew Horace, war 28 Jahre lang selber als schwarzer Polizeibeamter auf Lokal- und Bundesebene im Dienst und berichtet in seinem Buch über Ursachen und Wirkungen von Rassismus und Polizeigewalt. Dabei zeigt sich der Autor selbstreflektierend und durchaus mit Tiefgang bezüglich der Ursachen für rassistisches Verhalten innerhalb der Ordnungsbehörden. Spannend ist hierbei vor allem die Beleuchtung sowohl der Polizist*innen-Seite, als auch der Seite der Community of Color. Horace schafft es in dem kurzweiligen, fast biografischen Buch die Systemfrage zu stellen und vor allem auch Lösungen zu bieten.

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