{"product_id":"2940014648974","title":"Cop Out","description":"On the morning of my 21st birthday I became the youngest man to have ever pinned on the badge of an Oakland police officer.  On that date, I could vote, I could legally drink, and I was armed.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe feel and cut of a police uniform, the smell and weight of leather belts, a holstered gun, highly polished black boots, the silver star over my left tit, and the requisite metal-rimmed dark glasses, assaulted my senses like an opiate each night in the police locker room.  Overnight, I was inducted into a frenzied life of violence, risk, sexual exploration, and deception.  I bonded with a group of men who fed a similar appetite.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI physically transformed myself by gaining forty pounds of lean hard muscle in the first year.  The mental transformation was just as dramatic.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the subterranean caverns of the Oakland YMCA I stood naked and dripping wet at the edge of the swimming pool.  A man who recognized the growing hungers within me offered more than friendship.  He was an Oakland Police lieutenant.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor the next three years, I literally stood shoulder to shoulder in uniform with other cops.  I drank with other cops.  I worked out in the gym with other cops.  I attended college classes with other cops.  I vacationed with other cops. I loved other cops.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe language isn’t flowery, the subject matter may be coarse, and the images may assault your sensibilities.  Sometimes life hands us more than we could have imagined.  I reveled in it.","brand":"Wilbur Damron","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47152899621104,"sku":"2940014648974","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940014648974_p0.jpg?v=1763613384","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940014648974","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}