L.A. Justice
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| Rating | : | 4.72 (958 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1561791245 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 254 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 0000-00-00 |
| Language | : | English |
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Justice he provides the inside view of how the LAPD responded to those events. After the driver, Rodney King, was stopped, however, history-making events unfolded. Then he offers thought-provoking solutions for a nation of families in crisis.. Now, for the first time, those plans are described -- along with why most weren't carried out. When the tape was televised, cries of outrage rained down on the LAPD. State Highway Patrol and L.A. Fortunately, there is real hope. In the weeks and months that followed, many people, including Mayor Tom Bradley, portrayed the department as racist and demanded the resignation of Chief Daryl Gates. Why were the verdicts acquitting the officers followed by explosive violence that rocked the nation and left 58 people dead? What smoldering tensions ignited the powder keg and transformed the City of Angels into a raging inferno? And what caused the chaos to spread like wildfire from city to city? These questions are of vital concern to us all, because what happened in L.A. We must learn from these tragic events. They kicked him as well, and King had to be hospitalized for treatment of his injuries. police were chasing a suspected drunk driver in the early morning hours of Sunday, March 3, 1991. So plans were made and training
Bob Vernon started on the streets as a foot beat officer on Skid Row and worked his way up the ranks as a narcotic officer, field sergeant, detective and then through the leadership ranks. . He finished as Assistant Chief of Police and Director of operations over ten thousand officers and civilian support
Not bad for a old copper This book is something more like two books, rather than one. Vernon spends the first half of the book telling his view of the department and what his career was like and how it ended during the aftermath of the LA Riots of 1992. If you are intersted in police work and in the LAPD in particular. Deputy Chief of LAPD Tells His Compelling and Instructive Story ironman96 The author, Bob Vernon, rose up through the ranks of the LAPD and through a 37 year career, became Deputy Chief. This book gives important behind-the-scenes insight into the events surrounding the Rodney King incident and the riots that followed. It also lays out how Los Angeles politicians in. Disturbingly excellent record of a tragically serious event A Customer I live in a country where racialism was once institutionalised by law, where politicians and officials connived to conceal the tragic consequences of their laws, and where people were hopelessly divided from and mistrustful of one another. This book reminded me of my own country's failures and
About the Author Bob Vernon started on the streets as a foot beat officer on Skid Row and worked his way up the ranks as a narcotic officer, field sergeant, detective and then through the leadership ranks. . He finished as Assistant Chief of Police and Director of operations over ten thousand officers and civilian support personnel