{"product_id":"2940169843583","title":"Convicted: A Crooked Cop, an Innocent Man, and an Unlikely Journey of Forgiveness and Friendship","description":"\u003cp\u003eJameel McGee: \"\u003ci\u003eFor the next three years not a day went by that I didn't think about my son who I had never seen and the cop who had kept me from him. And for most of those three years I promised myself that if I ever saw this cop again, I was going to kill him. I intended to keep that promise.\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAndrew Collins: \u003ci\u003e\"I watched this angry man march through a crowd, a little boy and another man struggling to keep up with him....The man walked straight up to me, stopped, and stuck out his hand. I took it. \"Remember me?\" he asked in a tone that sounded more like a threat than a question. Somehow, a name came to me. 'Jameel McGee,' I replied.\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIt reads like a gripping crime novel¿except this story really happened.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRacial tensions had long simmered in Benton Harbor, a small city on the eastern shore of Lake Michigan, before the day a white narcotics officeramp;mdash;more focused on arrests than justice-set his sights on an innocent black man. But when officer Andrew Collins framed Jameel McGee for possession of crack cocaine, the surprising result was not a race riot but a transformative journey for both men.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFalsely convicted, McGee spent four years in federal prison. Collins also went to prison a few years later for falsifying police reports. While behind bars, the faith of both men deepened. But the story took its most unexpected turn once they were released--when their lives collided again in a moment brimming with mistrust and anger. The two were on a collision course-not to violence-but forgiveness.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs current as today's headlines, this explosive, true story reveals how these radically conflicted men chose to let go of fear and a thirst for revenge to pursue reconciliation for themselves, their community, and our racially divided nation.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"DINE ALONE","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47114810425584,"sku":"2940169843583","price":14.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940169843583_p0.jpg?v=1763695632","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940169843583","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}