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Blue: The LAPD and the Battle To Redeem American Policing

by Joe Domanick

S. & S. 2015. bibliog. index. ISBN 9781451641073. $28; ebk. ISBN 9781451641110.

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While focusing on the Los Angeles Police Department, the author takes a hard look at big-city policing in the years since the Rodney King riots in 1992. Domanick populates his tale of racism and renewal with perspectives from those present at the events.

Reviewed by Joan Pedzich , Jul 01, 2016

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