Radley Balko: Rise of the Warrior Cop

Cover: 9781541774537 | Rise of the Warrior Cop | Radley Balko | Taschenbuch | Englisch | 2021

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“A fascinating and at times wrenching” (New Yorker) history of how police forces have become militarized, both in equipment and mindset, and what that means for American democracy

The last days of colonialism taught America’s revolutionaries that soldiers in the streets bring conflict and tyranny. As a result, our country has generally worked to keep the military out of law enforcement. But over the last two centuries, America’s cops have increasingly come to resemble ground troops. The consequences have been dire: the home is no longer a place of sanctuary, the Fourth Amendment has been gutted, and police today have been conditioned to see the citizens they serve as enemies.

In Rise of the Warrior Cop, Balko shows how politicians’ ill-considered policies and relentless declarations of war against vague enemies like crime, drugs, and terror have blurred the distinction between cop and soldier. His fascinating, frightening narrative that spans from America’s earliest days through today shows how a creeping battlefield mentality has isolated and alienated American police officers and put them on a collision course with the values of a free society.

“A fascinating and at times wrenching” (New Yorker) history of how police forces have become militarized, both in equipment and mindset, and what that means for American democracy

Über den Autor

Radley Balko reports on criminal justice, the drug war and civil liberties forthe Washington Post. He was previously a writer and investigative reporter at the Huffington Post, and a reporter and editor for Reason magazine. He is also co-author of the acclaimed book The Cadaver King and the Country Dentist: A True Story of Injustice in the American South. His work has been cited twice by the U.S. Supreme Court, and by the Mississippi Supreme Court and two federal appeals courts. He has won the L.A. Press Club's Journalist of the Year award, the NACDL's Champion of Justice Award, the Innocence Project's Journalism Award, and the Bastiat Prize for Journalism. He lives in Nashville, where he also writes about the city's music and culture.

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2021
Genre:	Importe , Soziologie
Rubrik:	Wissenschaften
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Inhalt:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13:	9781541774537
ISBN-10:	1541774531
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Balko, Radley
Hersteller:	PublicAffairs
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße:	206 x 138 x 37 mm
Von/Mit:	Radley Balko
Erscheinungsdatum:	15.07.2021
Gewicht:	0,448 kg