Protectors of privilege : red squads and police repression in urban America /

Protectors of privilege : red squads and police repression in urban America /

"This landmark expose of the dark history of repressive police operations in American cities offers a richly detailed account of police misconduct and violations of protected freedoms over the past century. In an incisive examination of undercover work in Chicago, Los Angeles, New York, and Phi...

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Main Author: Donner, Frank J
Corporate Author: Paul Avrich Collection (Library of Congress)
Other Authors: Donner, Frank J.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©1990
Subjects:
Police misconduct > United States > History > 20th century
Political crimes and offenses > Investigation > United States > History > 20th century
Political persecution > United States > History > 20th century
Police patrol > United States > Surveillance operations > History > 20th century
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Table of Contents:
  • Haymarket: prelude and aftermath
  • The growth of the red squads from the thirties to the sixties
  • The surge of the sixties: new targer, tactics, and technology
  • Chicago: the national capital of police repression
  • The New York City intelligence unit: the tarnished badge of professionalism
  • Rizzo's Philadelphia: police city
  • The Los Angeles Police Department: defenders of thefree enterprise faith
  • Political surveillance in second-tier cities: Detroit, Baltimore, Birmingham, New Haven, and Washington, D.C

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