Protectors of Privilege: Red Squads and Police Repression in Urban America

Donner, Frank

ISBN 10: 0520080351 / ISBN 13: 9780520080355

Published by University of California Press, 1990

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PROTECTORS OF PRIVILEGE: RED SQUADS AND POLICE REPRESSION IN URBAN AMERICA, Frank Donner, softcover, first printing, 1990. BOOK CONDITION: near fine. The text block is in fine condition with no tears, marks, or dog-ears. There is no bookplate nor signature of a prior owner. This is not a library book nor a remainder. The wraps are in very good condition (some edge chipping and cover rubbing). 8 3/4 x 6, 503 pages, 24 ounces XX [From the back cover] If it were not for Frank Donner, an enormous amount of un-American activities by the FBI and city red squads would never have been known. Even more of this dangerous history is now available in Protectors of Privilege. And some of it is still going on (Nat Hentoff). An incisive and depressingly detailed account of the government's willingness to use police departments to quell dissent (Gerry O'Sullivan, The Philadelphia Inquirer). A well-documented history of police spy units across the country and a compilation of their most significant abuses (James Tuohy, Chicago Sun-Times). An excellently researched, thoughtful and well-detailed study of police spying. As Donner points out, the squads are not a recent invention. One of his most important contributions is tracing the history of the Red Squads, showing how deeply rooted they are in American political, social, and economic life (Bill Boyarsky, Los Angeles Times Book Review). A comprehensive and well-documented study of the political environment that spawned repression; police target selection and operations; the relationship of the squads to the power structure; the role of the press: the methods, assumptions, and career aspirations of ambitious police 'Big Men,' and the factors that effectively brought an end to the squads (Pamela D. Delaney, Political Science Quarterly). XX Frank Donner is a prominent civil liberties attorney and the author of The Un-Americans and The Age of Surveillance.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Protectors of Privilege: Red Squads and Police Repression in Urban America
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Publication Date: 1990
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0520080351
• ISBN 13: 9780520080355
• Binding: Soft cover
• Printing: 1st Printing
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
• Weight: 24 ounces
• Seller catalogs:
  • United States
  • Urban Studies
  • Police

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Synopsis

This landmark exposé of the dark history of repressive police operations in American cities offers a richly detailed account of police misconduct and violations of protected freedoms over the past century. In an incisive examination of undercover work in Chicago, Los Angeles, New York, and Philadelphia as well as Washington, D.C., Detroit, New Haven, Baltimore, and Birmingham, Donner reveals the underside of American law enforcement.

About the Author

Frank Donner is a prominent civil liberties attorney and the author of The Un-Americans and The Age of Surveillance.