The Atlanta Red Dogs A Necessary Evil

By Moses Anthony Perdue and Anthony Clark

This is a memoir is about Moses Anthony Perdue

The Atlanta Red Dogs: A Necessary Evil

Some stories aren't told to glorify the badge-they're told to reveal the man behind it.

Raised in Atlanta's Red Oak community near Carver Homes, Chief Moses Anthony Purdue learned early what it meant to survive. Those same streets that helped shape him would one day become the streets he swore to protect. Fueled by an unwavering love for the city of Atlanta, he answered the call to serve as an Atlanta police officer and later as a member of the elite Red Dog Unit-a role that demanded courage, sacrifice, and the willingness to walk into danger when others ran away.

But behind the uniform was a husband, a son, and a father carrying the unseen weight of trauma, loss, and the emotional cost of protecting his community. The Red Dogs: A Necessary Evil is an honest and deeply personal memoir about duty, resilience, family, and redemption. It is a tribute to the city he loves, to the men and women who serve beside him, and, above all, to the two women who helped carry him through it all-his mother and his wife.

This is more than the story of a police officer. It is the story of a man determined to protect the place that raised him without ever losing the heart that made him who he is.

Because sometimes, to protect the good, someone must be willing to become a necessary evil.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0HG3ZM85F
• ISBN13: 9798193585770
• Release Date: August 2026
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 145 Pages
• Weight: 0.39 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.5" x 0.3" x 5.5"