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Deadly Force - by Lawrence O'Donnell (Paperback)

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  • Featuring a new preface and afterword by the authorFrom the host of MSNBC's The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell, the riveting story of a 1975 police shooting of an unarmed black man in Boston--one of the first to draw national headlines--and the dramatic investigation and court case that followed.On a rainy winter night, James Bowden, Jr. left his mother's house in Roxbury after a visit.
  • Author(s): Lawrence O'Donnell
  • 496 Pages
  • True Crime, Murder

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Originally published in 1983 as Deadly force: the true story of how a badge can become a license to kill.



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Featuring a new preface and afterword by the author

From the host of MSNBC's The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell, the riveting story of a 1975 police shooting of an unarmed black man in Boston--one of the first to draw national headlines--and the dramatic investigation and court case that followed.

On a rainy winter night, James Bowden, Jr. left his mother's house in Roxbury after a visit. As he guided his Buick out of his parking spot, an unmarked police car suddenly blocked his path. Two undercover officers sprang out, running toward his car. Shots were fired, and Bowden slumped over the wheel. Moments later, he was pronounced dead on arrival at a nearby hospital. The police argued that they had fired in self-defense, claiming that Bowden was an armed robbery suspect and that after they had ordered him to stop, he had fired a shot at one of them. And multiple internal investigations by the Boston Police Department exonerated the officers involved.

But Patricia Bowden, James's widow, knew better. "The truth will come out," she said at her husband's funeral. She sought a lawyer willing to take on the Boston Police Department and finally found one in Lawrence F. O'Donnell, the author's father, a man whose past, unbeknownst to Patricia Bowden, made him the only man in town who could not refuse her case. O'Donnell embarked on a highly contentious three-year battle with the Boston Police Department to win justice for James Bowden.

More timely now than ever, Deadly Force is a powerful indictment of police misconduct, a reminder of this issue's long, tortured history and of how far we still have to go.



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FEATURING A NEW PREFACE AND AFTERWORD BY THE AUTHOR

From the host of MSNBC's The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell comes the riveting story of a 1975 police shooting of an unarmed black man in Boston--one of the first to draw national headlines--and the dramatic investigation and court case that followed.

On a rainy winter night, James Bowden, Jr., left his mother's house in Boston after a visit. As he guided his Buick out of his parking spot, an unmarked police car suddenly blocked his path. Two undercover officers sprang out, running toward his car. Shots were fired, and Bowden slumped over the wheel. Moments later, he was pronounced dead on arrival at a nearby hospital. The police argued that they had fired in self-defense, claiming that Bowden was an armed robbery suspect and that after they had ordered him to stop, he had fired a shot at one of them. And multiple internal investigations by the Boston Police Department exonerated the officers involved.

But Patricia Bowden, James's widow, knew better. "The truth will come out," she said at her husband's funeral. She sought a lawyer willing to take on the Boston Police Department and finally found one in Lawrence F. O'Donnell, the author's father, a man whose past, unbeknownst to Patricia Bowden, made him the only man in town who could not refuse her case. O'Donnell embarked on a highly contentious three-year battle with the Boston Police Department to win justice for James Bowden.

More timely now than ever, Deadly Force is a powerful indictment of police misconduct, a reminder of this issue's long, tortured history and of how far we still have to go.



Review Quotes




"A riveting chronicle. ... Painstakingly researched. ... It becomes apparent what must have happened on that sad, confused night in Boston." - Newsday

"An excellent case study of the Bowden killing. ... O'Donnell at times thinks like a lawyer, but fortunately does not write like one. ... A book that should fascinate sociologists, policemen and lawyers, along with the layman." - Boston Globe

"If Deadly Force were merely another story of justice delayed and denied, its appeal would be limited by politics and geography. But O'Donnell's thoughtful narrative transcends its arena." - Time


Dimensions (Overall): 7.8 Inches (H) x 5.1 Inches (W) x 1.3 Inches (D)
Weight: .8 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 496
Genre: True Crime
Sub-Genre: Murder
Publisher: William Morrow & Company
Format: Paperback
Author: Lawrence O'Donnell
Language: English
Street Date: June 26, 2018
TCIN: 53679903
UPC: 9780062870131
Item Number (DPCI): 248-20-6995
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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