Fight the Power: African Americans and the Long History of Police Brutality in New York City

by Clarence Taylor

Book Overview

A story of resistance, power and politics as revealed through New York City's complex history of police brutality

The 2014 killing of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri was the catalyst for a national conversation about race, policing, and injustice. The subsequent killings of other black (often unarmed) citizens led to a surge of media coverage which in turn led to protests and clashes between the police and local residents that...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1479862452
• ISBN13: 9781479862450
• Release Date: December 2018
• Publisher: New York University Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.0" x 9.1"