A City Divided: Race, Fear and the Law in Police Confrontations

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A City Divided: Race, Fear and the Law in Police Confrontations is written by David A. Harris and published by Anthem Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1785271156 (ISBN 10) and 9781785271151 (ISBN 13).

A City Divided tells the story of the case involving 18-year-old Jordan Miles and three Pittsburgh police officers. David Harris, a resident of Pittsburgh and the Sally Ann Semenko Chair at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law, describes what happened, explaining how a case that began with a young black man walking around the block in his own neighborhood turned Pittsburgh inside out, resulted in two investigations of the police officers and two federal trials. Harris, who has written, published and conducted research at the intersection of race, criminal justice and the law for almost thirty years, explains not just what happened but why, what the stakes are and, most importantly, what we must do differently to avoid these public safety catastrophes.