Our Enemies in Blue: Police and Power in America - Paperback
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Language:EnglishPublisher:AK PressISBN-13:9781849352154ISBN-10:1849352151UPC:9781849352154Book Category:Political Science, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Law Enforcement, Violence in Society, Civil RightsSize:8.90 x 6.00 x 1.70 inchesWeight:2.0018Product ID:SCXYNQ0E9A
Our Enemies in Blue: Police and Power in America
Let's begin with the basics: violence is an inherent part of policing. The police represent the most direct means by which the state imposes its will on the citizenry. They are armed, trained, and authorized to use force. Like the possibility of arrest, the threat of violence is implicit in every police encounter. Violence, as well as the law, is what they represent.
Using media reports alone, the...
Language:EnglishPublisher:AK PressISBN-13:9781849352154ISBN-10:1849352151UPC:9781849352154Book Category:Political Science, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Law Enforcement, Violence in Society, Civil RightsSize:8.90 x 6.00 x 1.70 inchesWeight:2.0018Product ID:SCXYNQ0E9A
Kristian Williams is the author of American Methods: Torture and the Logic of Domination, Hurt: Notes on Torture in a Modern Democracy, and Fire the Cops! He was one of the editors of the collection Life During Wartime: Resisting Counterinsurgency, and is a contributing editor at the movement security web journal, DCSC.ws. He has written about policing and state violence for Clamor, Counterpunch,...
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