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The riders come out at night : brutality, corruption, and cover up in Oakland / Ali Winston and Darwin BondGraham.

Winston, Ali, (author.). BondGraham, Darwin, (author.).

Summary:

Over the last 60 years, more has been done in Oakland to reform policing than any other American city-and yet, Oakland has failed to reign in the tendencies of its police to prey upon, rather than protect, its communities. This is the account of the Oakland Police Department's troubling history of violence, secrecy, and mismanagement, and the city's unfulfilled promise to implement constitutional policing. By examining cases of police violence and corruption in one of America's most iconic cities, the authors illustrate why criminal justice reform has proven an elusive goal for the entire nation. Their investigation will introduce readers to "The Riders," a band of corrupt cops running riot through the city, and to Keith Batt, a "fresh out of the academy" rookie assigned to patrol with the Riders. Winston and BondGraham deftly maneuver between the worlds of intransigent police culture to City Hall, where a lack of political will to see through reforms (and local prosecutors who failed to hold officers accountable) conspire to keep these cycles of brutality in place.

Record details

ISBN: 1982168595
ISBN: 1982168609
ISBN: 9781982168599
ISBN: 9781982168605
Physical Description: 467 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color), map ; 24 cm
Edition: First Atria Books hardcover edition.
Publisher: New York : Atria Books, 2023.