Our Enemies in Blue: Police and Power in America (Third Edition)

Williams, Kirista

ISBN 10: 0896087719 / ISBN 13: 9780896087712

Published by South End Pr, 2007

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Our Enemies in Blue: Police and Power in America (Third Edition)
• Publisher: South End Pr
• Publication Date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0896087719
• ISBN 13: 9780896087712
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

“Should become mandatory reading for all police academy students.”—Damon Woodcock (Ret.), Portland, Oregon, Police Bureau

“A well-researched, historically grounded, and mordant critique of American policing past and present.”—Christian Parenti

Even critics have a difficult time imagining a world without police. But just what is the role of police in a democracy: to serve the public or to protect the powerful? Tracing the evolution of the modern police force back to the slave patrols, this controversial study observes the police as the armed defender of a violent status quo.

Kristian Williams is the author of American Methods: Torture and the Logic of Domination.

About the Author

Kristian Williams's writings have appeared in CounterPunch, Columbia Journalism Review, and We Are Everywhere: The Irresistible Rise of Global Anti-Capitalism. A member of Rose City Copwatch in Portland, Oregon, Williams also authored Our Enemies in Blue (2004).