Chicago's Reckoning: Racism, Politics, and the Deep History of Policing in an American City

by John Hagan, Bill McCarthy, Daniel Herda

Book Overview

A searing examination of the long history of police misconduct and political corruption in Chicago that produced the city's current racial reckoning

Chicago faces a racial reckoning. For over 50 years, Chicago Mayors Richard J. and Richard M. Daley were at the helm of a law-and-order dynasty that disadvantaged predominantly Black and Brown neighborhoods and covered up heinous crimes against Black men. During his 1980-2012...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0197627862
• ISBN13: 9780197627860
• Release Date: February 2022
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.5" x 9.9"