Protectors of Privilege - by Frank Donner (Paperback)

Book Synopsis

This landmark exposé of the dark history of repressive police operations in American cities offers a richly detailed account of police misconduct and violations of protected freedoms over the past century. In an incisive examination of undercover work in Chicago, Los Angeles, New York, and Philadelphia as well as Washington, D.C., Detroit, New Haven, Baltimore, and Birmingham, Donner reveals the underside of American law enforcement.

From the Back Cover

This book spotlights the repressive police tactics of the past thirty years, particularly the urban intelligence operations and abuses that burgeoned during the political unrest of the 1960s and 1970s.

Review Quotes

"A comprehensive and well-documented study of the political environment that spawned repression; police target selection and operations; the relationship of the squads to the power structure; the role of the press; the methods, assumptions, and career aspirations of ambitious police 'Big Men, ' and the factors that effectively brought an end to the squads."--Pamela D. Delaney, "Political Science Quarterly

About the Author

Frank Donner is a prominent civil liberties attorney and the author of The Un-Americans and The Age of Surveillance.