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Policing Ferguson, Policing America: What Really Happened―and What the Country Can Learn from It

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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, actually, has grown stronger in light of all of the recent violence by and against police officers nationwide. According to Ferguson’s former police chief Tom Jackson, the uninformed media in fact fans the flames of unrest and exploits the situation: infotainment optics have turn into more important than truth, at the same time as social media spreads the news without providing context. Policing Ferguson, Policing America is the book that in spite of everything 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-keep watch over 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 at the same time as sharing his thoughts about the steps we will be able to take together to support all Americans’ lives, and restore the vital believe between the police and the communities they serve. His well-informed recommendations just may support this dire situation.

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