{"product_id":"9781451641110","title":"Blue: The LAPD and the Battle to Redeem American Policing","description":"Vividly drawn and character-driven\u003ci\u003e, Blue\u003c\/i\u003e is simultaneously a gripping drama of cops, crime, and politics, and a primer on police policy and reform.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBeginning with the 1992 Los Angeles Riots and ending with the tumultuous police controversies swirling around both Ferguson, MO and New York City in 2014, Domanick’s fast-paced book is filled with political intrigue, cultural and racial conflict, hard-boiled characters like intransient, warrior minded cops like LAPD chief Daryl Gates and America’s most famous police reformer, William J. Bratton. As the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e put it, \u003ci\u003eBlue\u003c\/i\u003e “weaves a compelling, fact-filled tale of a turbulent city in transition and a police department that often seems impervious to civilian control.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eAs the story unfolds, Domanick seamlessly injects and analyzes police policies and actions, while discussing police accountability and legitimacy, effective crime-reduction based on real, long-term community policing, and what is necessary for a new stage of progressive police reform to take place. As \u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e summed up in a starred review: “This is a well-executed, large-scale urban narrative, sprawling, engrossing, and highly relevant to the ongoing controversies about policing post-Ferguson.”","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47140519346416,"sku":"9781451641110","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781451641110_p0.jpg?v=1763837776","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781451641110","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}