Police Violence in America, 1869-1920

Police Violence in America, 1869-1920

Author: Kerry Segrave

Publisher: McFarland

Published: 2016-08-04

Total Pages: 247

ISBN-13: 1476624488

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Police violence is not a new phenomenon. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, police officers in America assaulted or killed many ordinary citizens, often during improper detainments or arrests where no threat existed or no crime had been committed. Based on hundreds of newspaper accounts from 1869 through 1920, this history provides a chronological listing of interactions between police and unarmed citizens in which the citizens--some of them minors--were assaulted or killed. Police who committed such acts often lied to protect themselves, assisted by fellow officers and encouraging the media to demonize the victims. The author provides information on the prosecution and punishment of officers where available.


Force Reporting for Every Cop

Force Reporting for Every Cop

Author: Thomas Williams

Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Learning

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 138

ISBN-13: 9780763745523

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Every police officer faces the likely possibility of confronting a violent, resisting suspect that will require the officer to use force. The failure to accurately and comprehensively document such an incident could end an officers career. Force Reporting for Every Cop provides police officers with the tools they need to prepare comprehensive use-of-force reports that will stand up in court and internal investigations. This book includes detailed background information that will increase the level and quality of an officers reporting, as well as a thorough explanation of the documentation required to prove proper field conduct.


1920, Shots Fired, Officer Down

1920, Shots Fired, Officer Down

Author: Stan Cook

Publisher:

Published: 2013-01

Total Pages: 98

ISBN-13: 9780988812611

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Honolulu Motorcycle Police Officer Stan Cook, during a traffic stop, is confronted by a driver high on crystal meth and a AK-47 assault rifle. The outcome is a shootout where the drive fires 20 rounds from the AK-47 and Officer Cook fires 18 rounds from his Smith & Wesson 5906 9MM pistol. The driver is killed and Officer Cook suffers life threatening wounds. This book covers the lead up to the shooting, the incident, aftermath and lessons learned. It is a inspiring book, told in the first person, about what a police officer goes through during this kind of a traumatic situation. Law Enforcement Officers and civilians should read this book.


The Men Will Talk to Me: Clare Interviews

The Men Will Talk to Me: Clare Interviews

Author: Pádraig Óg Ó Ruairc

Publisher: Mercier Press Ltd

Published: 2016-06-27

Total Pages: 236

ISBN-13: 1781174199

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This book contains interviews with members of the IRA's Mid Clare and East Clare Brigades. It includes details of the Rineen Ambush, which was, at that time, the largest and most successful operation that the IRA had conducted against the RIC. It also includes an eyewitness account of the reprisals in Miltown Malbay carried out in revenge for the ambush and a fascinating account of IRA operations in Ennis during the War of Independence, including details of Republican sympathisers within the RIC garrison who provided the IRA with information, and the activities of local loyalists who assisted the British forces. There is also an account of the 'Scariff Martyrs', who were killed by members of the RIC Auxiliary Division on Killaloe Bridge. The Civil War also features prominently, with Paddy MacMahon discussing his capture during the 'Battle of the Four Courts' in Dublin.


Shooting Crows

Shooting Crows

Author: Trevor Birney

Publisher: Merrion Press

Published: 2024-10-17

Total Pages: 370

ISBN-13: 1785375377

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Everyone knows where they were when Ray Houghton outfoxed the Italian goalkeeper in the 1994 World Cup finals. Every television in the country was tuned in to the match, and The Heights Bar in Loughinisland, Co. Down was no exception. But two miles down the road, three men with no interest in Ireland’s footballing progress were planning a deadly massacre. Shortly after half-time they burst through the door of the bar and opened fire, spraying bullets indiscriminately. As they fled the scene, six innocent men lay dead or dying. In 2017 journalists Trevor Birney and Barry McCaffrey produced a groundbreaking documentary, No Stone Unturned, about Loughinisland and allegations of collusion between the RUC and the loyalist terrorists behind the attack. However, it was Birney and McCaffrey, not the perpetrators of violence who then found themselves the target of PSNI anger. Shooting Crows tells a shocking story of collusion and betrayal, and of a State still willing to corrupt justice and persecute the innocent to hide the sins of its past.


Forgotten Heroes

Forgotten Heroes

Author: William Wilbanks

Publisher:

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 232

ISBN-13: 5631140705

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The stories of 117 officers, from the years 1840 through 1925, who were killed in the line of duty.


American Voices of World War I

American Voices of World War I

Author: Martin Marix Evans

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 260

ISBN-13: 9781579583095

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First Published in 2001. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.