An edition of Vice
(2011)
Vice
one cop's story of patrolling America's most dangerous city
1st ed.
by John R. Baker
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A decorated Compton Police Department veteran describes how his career was marked by emerging gang activity, Mafia crimes and minimal resources, in a personal account that reveals his participation in some of the troubled city's most notorious cases.
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Vice: one cop's story of patrolling America's most dangerous city
2011, St. Martin's Press
in English
- 1st ed.
0312596871 9780312596873
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Table of Contents
A model community
White flight, black rage
Part of the uniform: the golden garter
Apartheid, de tente, and the great penile duel
Rut, Crosby, and the rise of the gangs
Panthers, Water Way, and the standoff in Victory Park
Bullets in the laundromat, Shondra, and the bomb
Rape, politics, and other crimes
The service center and the Devil's Disciples
Rapunzel, the election, and the pastry chef
Miami and the siege of city hall
Douglas Dollarhide's chief, Doris Davis's balls, and politics, Compton style
Tarzan, a severed head, and the shack
Lueders Park, the Olympics, and Mexico
The councilman's dilemma, the back door, and the giant
A gun to my head, casinos, and Mulberry Street
Rut returns, the Sentinel, and the Stinkers
The ballet, the hypnotist, and the task force
Boot Hill, the chief's mother, and Jack in the Box
Richard III, the Stardust, and Orchard Street
Gangstas, the Carnival, and the ritual
Aftermath
Compton Coda.
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