Police brutality

"What causes police brutality? Why has opposition to it grown so suddenly intense? What does it tell us about racism in America at the turn of the century?" "The contributors - academics, fiction writers, and professionals - offer unique, incisive, and occasionally iconoclastic interpretations of police brutality.". "A work that is destined to see wide use in classrooms across the country - whether in history, African American studies, sociology, or law enforcement courses - Police Brutality refuses merely to inflame or outrage."--BOOK JACKET.