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Title: Official Negligence : How Rodney King and the Riots Changed Los Angeles and the LAPD by Lou Cannon ISBN: 0-8133-3725-9 Publisher: Westview Press Pub. Date: 01 October, 1999 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $20.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.64 (11 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: A Full History of the LAPD and how one incident changed it
Comment: This is the most engrossing book that I have read in a while.. It is gripping and unbiased. Lou Cannon states the history behind the Los Angeles Police Department, with straight forward, objective proof. Cannon describes the transformation from the beginnings of the LAPD and how it was molded into the elite law enforcement agency in the world. It then goes into great deal behind the whole Rodney King incident and the riots, giving indepth thought to what happened and why. An unbelievable book!!!
Rating: 4
Summary: CNN Headline News + Film Every Five Minutes = Injustice
Comment: Echoing sentiments expressed by other reviewers, I wholly concur after reading "Official Negligence" that negligent, inflammatory US media reporting, abetted by the jump-to-conclusion negligence of the Los Angeles Police Department, significantly and overwhelmingly warped public perception of the Rodney King affair and propagated the worst riots in recent history.
Taken in the context of the entire story, as reported in "Official Negligence," the police officers were racially railroaded and politically double-jeopardized by a media/legal system that -- once it had seen the film excerpt -- truly never wanted to make any further effort to learn the facts of the case.
This is an important book to read, if for no other reason than to keep you alert from now forward when watching television news. They're going to show you what SELLS, and not necessarily what TELLS.
Rating: 5
Summary: Great Reporting
Comment: A great book. There was obviously tremendous research done for this book. Without taking sides the author was able to explain frfom all sides what led up to the King arrest, riots and trials. It is one of the most objective books I have ever read. The author treated the cops, victims and citizens of LA all with respect. I was tremendously impressed with the writing style. It gave all the facts without being dry. A must read!
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Title: To Protect and to Serve: The Lapd's Century of War in the City of Dreams by Joe Domanick ISBN: 0671751115 Publisher: Pocket Star Pub. Date: November, 1994 List Price(USD): $23.00 |
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Title: Danger, Duty & Disillusion: The Worldview of Los Angeles Police Officers by Joan C. Barker ISBN: 1577660412 Publisher: Waveland Press Pub. Date: November, 1998 List Price(USD): $15.50 |
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Title: Policing Space: Territoriality and the Los Angeles Police Department by Steve Herbert ISBN: 0816628653 Publisher: Univ of Minnesota Pr (Txt) Pub. Date: January, 1997 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: The Turnaround : How America's Top Cop Reversed the Crime Epidemic by Peter Knobler ISBN: 0679452516 Publisher: Random House Pub. Date: 20 January, 1998 List Price(USD): $25.95 |
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Title: Chief : My Life In The L.A.P.D. by Daryl Gates ISBN: 055307301X Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 01 May, 1992 List Price(USD): $22.50 |
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