Thomas Aiello, "The Routledge History of Police Brutality in America "
English | ISBN: 0367626101 | 2023 | 536 pages | PDF | 10 MB
This handbook offers a comprehensive historical overview and analysis of police brutality in US history and the variety of ways it has manifested itself.

Police brutality has been a defining controversy of the modern age, brought into focus most readily by the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis and the mass protests that occurred as a result in 2020. However, the problem of police brutality has been consistent throughout American history. This volume traces its history back to Antebellum slavery, through the Gilded Age, the Progressive Era, the two world wars and the twentieth century, to the present day. This handbook is designed to create a generally holistic picture of the phenomenon of police brutality in the United States in all of its major lived forms and confronts a wide range of topics including:
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