The Badge of the Assassin

by Philip Rosenberg, Robert K. Tanenbaum, Robert Tanenbaum & Philip Rosenberg

Book Overview

A blood-chilling true-crime account from former district attorney and New York Times bestselling author Robert K. Tanenbaum BADGE OF THE ASSASSIN They were just doing their jobs -- serving and protecting -- when the unimaginable happened: Officers Waverly Jones and Joseph Piagentini became moving targets, ambushed from behind at a Manhattan housing project. Jones lay dead in a pool of his own blood, and Piagentini lived long enough to beg for his...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0525060707
• ISBN13: 9780525060703
• Release Date: May 1979
• Publisher: Dutton Books
• Length: 343 Pages
• Weight: 1.02 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Very good true crime story

the true story of one of the most intense manhunts in police history and of the young district attorney who brought a trio of cop killers to justice.

The BLA and the NYPD....Justice Served!!

This is an excellent account of what was simply the double murder of Police Officers Joseph A. Piagentini and Waverly Jones by the Black Liberation Army in 1971. It seems that many revisionists, for political (and parole) purposes challenge the contents of this well written account of this tragic date in the American law enforcement community. Former New York County ADA Tanenbaum and the NYPD detectives assigned conducted a spectacular investigation and subsequent prosecution of Anthony Bottom, Herman Bell, and Albert Washington. The prosecution of the "New York 3" dealt a lethal blow to the Black Liberation Army and this book provides an accurate account of that blow. Highly recommended.

The truth

A excellent novel about the war with police and the Black gangs/armies/movements of the 70's. A true story about the murder of two NYPD officers. The story tells of the offenders capture and subsequent trial. One of the few books that tells of hatred people have for police and how many people (witnesses)put their lives on the line to help them. A book all liberals should read before they complain about unfair courts and police brutality.

"A compelling drama about back-shooting cop-killers!

Two NYC Patrolmen, Waverly Jones and Joseph Piagentini, are visciously ambushed on the night of 21 May, 1971. Who killed them and why? This book delves into those questions and more as the prosecutor who handled the case tells, in vivid and amazing detail, of the assassination, investigation, capture, and trial of the accused cop-killers. A must-read for everybody who knows what justice is, and for those who have yet to find out.

Great law-mystery book.

A great book that follows the crime to the resolve