The Most Dangerous Gang in America: NYPD
by Richard Jeanty
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Author: Richard JeantyEdition: Perfect Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2007-05-30
ISBN: 0976927799
Number of pages: 269
Publisher: RJ Publications
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Book Review: Bringing Down The Blue Wall (4.5 Stars)
Summary: 5 Stars
To say that this story needed to be told is an understatement! As a NYC resident I knew that the names of victims like Sean Bell, Amadou Diallo and Abner Louima garnered national attention. But what about names like Alberta Spruill, Patrick Dorismond or Anthony Baez who also died at the hands of those who are sworn to serve and protect? Those victims of the NYPD's over zealousness have been seared into my brain and there stories will be seared into the brains of the readers of Richard Jeanty's non-fiction debut The Most Dangerous Gang in America: The NYPD.
Alberta Spruil was a 57 year old Harlem resident who was readying herself to go to her city job of over 27 years, when an unsubstantiated tip from a confidential informant caused NYC's finest to kick in her door while utilizing a concussion grenade. The loud noise and flash from which caused her to go into cardiac arrest and die.
Patrick Dorismond was a 26 year old security guard unwinding after work in a Manhattan bar. Upon exiting he was approached by an undercover officer who asked him to sell him some marijuana. Rightfully offended by the request the NYPD version is that Dorismond took at swing at the undercover officer who had yet to identify himself and for that he received a fatal bullet to his chest.
But what was more disturbing then Dorismond's untimely death is that then Mayor Rudolph Guiliani not only released a statement in defense of his overaggressive police department stating that Dorismond was "no altar boy" he also released Dorismond's sealed juvenile record. These are the actions that are rightfully highlighted in Richard Jeanty's book. It's not just the unjustified killings by NYPD of innocent people it is the extensive cover-ups or defamations of the victim's characters that take place. Sean Bell's friends were harassed while Patrick Dorismond's home was searched all with the hopes of finding information that would make their deaths' justifiable.
At times throughout the book Jeanty does becomes passionate and tends to ramble but with subject matter so harrowing and it's effects upon himself and any person of color his passion and rambling are understandable. An understanding that I'm sure readers will be rambling about at the end of their read.
Summary of The Most Dangerous Gang in America: NYPD
Black men are increasingly being victimized by the police in New York and other major cities around the country. The violence has escalated to deadly force, most of the time without justification. In this controversial book, noted author Richard Jeanty, tackles the problem of police brutality and the unfair treatment of Black men at the hands of police in New York City and the rest of the country. The conflict between the Police and Black men will continue on a downward spiral until the mayors of every city hold accountable the members of their police force who use unnecessary deadly force against unarmed victims. Jeanty is very persuasive in his depiction of the fear and hate that some members of the police force harbor in their hearts for Black men. The Most Dangerous Gang in America is the voice of the victims as well as the cry of every Black mother, father, husband and son in America.Law Enforcement Books
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