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According to the book description of Policing Ferguson, Policing
America: What Really Happened . . . and What the Country Can Learn from It,
"following the fatal shooting in broad daylight of unarmed African American
Michael Brown by a white cop in August 2014, Ferguson, Missouri became the scene
of protests that pitted law enforcement against locals and Black Lives matter
activists. The media firestorm has not waned, and, in fact, has grown stronger
in light of all the recent violence by and against police officers nationwide.
According to Fergusons former police chief Tom Jackson, the uninformed media
actually fans the flames of unrest and exploits the situation: infotainment
optics have become more important than truth, while social media spreads the
news without providing context. Policing Ferguson, Policing America is the book
that finally tells the inside story of what happened in Ferguson, and how good
guys became the bad guys through media and political distortion.
Pressure is at a boiling point. In 2016, America has been rocked by
heart-wrenching fatal shootings of African Americans by police officers in
Louisiana and in Minnesota, and by the shootings of police offers in Dallas,
Baton Rouge, and Kansas City that left eleven officers dead and a dozen more
wounded. To many Americans, the central theme of this continuing bloody story is
one of racial injustice and out-of-control policing. Policing Ferguson, Policing
America brings common sense and a keen insider's understanding to a complex
story.
Black Lives Matter, and so do the lives of cops. Citizens and law-enforcement
professionals alike feel the urgent need for our systems and procedures to
change for the better. Few people are in a better position to explore the issues
than Chief Jackson. In Policing Ferguson, Policing America, Jackson tells for
the first time the real Ferguson story while sharing his thoughts about the
steps we can take together to improve all Americans' lives, and restore the
vital trust between the police and the communities they serve. His well-informed
recommendations just may improve this dire situation."
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