Black and Blue

Inside the Divide between the Police and Black America

Jeff Pegues

• Publisher: Prometheus
• Year: 2017
• Topic: Politics & International Relations
• eBook ISBN:
  9781633882584
• Subtopic: Criminology
• Index: Politics & International Relations

The recent killings in Dallas, Baton Rouge, Ferguson, and elsewhere are just the latest examples of the longstanding rift between law enforcement and people of color. In this revealing journey to the heart of a growing crisis, CBS News Justice and Homeland Security Correspondent Jeff Pegues provides unbiased facts, statistics, and perspectives from both sides of the community-police divide. Pegues has rare access to top law enforcement officials throughout the country, including former FBI Director James Comey and police chiefs in major cities. He has also interviewed police union leaders, community activists, and others at the heart of this crisis--people on both sides who are trying to push American law enforcement in a new direction. How do police officers perceive the people of color who live in high-crime areas? How are they viewed by the communities that they police? Pegues explores these questions and more through interviews not only with police chiefs, but also officers on the ground, both black and white. In addition, he goes to the front lines of the debate as crime spikes in some of the nation's major cities. What he found will surprise you as police give a candid look at how their jobs have changed and become more dangerous. Turning to possible solutions, the author summarizes the best recommendations from police chiefs, politicians, and activists. Readers will not only be informed but learn what they can do about tensions with police in their communities.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Dedication Page
• CONTENTS
• FOREWORD
• PREFACE
• CHAPTER ONE: Reform Is in the Air
• CHAPTER TWO: Broken Windows
• CHAPTER THREE: Three Days and Seven Dead
• CHAPTER FOUR: Thin Blue Line
• CHAPTER FIVE: “Something Is Happening in America”
• CHAPTER SIX: Livestock
• CHAPTER SEVEN: Ghost Skins
• CHAPTER EIGHT: Sixteen Shots
• CHAPTER NINE: Executive Order 13684
• CHAPTER TEN: Truth and Reconciliation
• CHAPTER ELEVEN: Fear of the Badge
• CHAPTER TWELVE: Policing System Is Broken
• CHAPTER THIRTEEN: The Recruits
• CHAPTER FOURTEEN: The Race Card
• CHAPTER FIFTEEN: Dallas
• CHAPTER SIXTEEN: Treat People as You Want to Be Treated
• CHAPTER SEVENTEEN: Code of Silence
• CHAPTER EIGHTEEN: Train to Kill
• CHAPTER NINETEEN: The Magic Wand
• CHAPTER TWENTY: “Broken Windows Is Not Broken”
• CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE: “Sixteen Shots and a Cover-up!”
• CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO: Coming Clean
• AFTERWORD
• ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
• NOTES
• INDEX