Fight the Power: African Americans and the Long History of Police Brutality in New York City

by Clarence Taylor

Book Overview

A story of resistance, power and politics as revealed through New York City's complex history of police brutality

The 2014 killing of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri was the catalyst for a national conversation about race, policing, and injustice. The subsequent killings of other black (often unarmed) citizens led to a surge of media coverage which in turn led to protests and clashes between the police and local residents that...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1479811084
• ISBN13: 9781479811083
• Release Date: April 2021
• Publisher: New York University Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.9" x 8.9"