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David Klinger is a former police officer who teaches criminology and criminal justice at the University of Missouri -- St. Louis. He is a highly regarded trainer and lecturer to police organizations across the country. He has appeared on the Today show, Chris Matthews' Hard Ball, Geraldo Rivera, mehr anzeigen and the History Channel weniger anzeigen

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Book is about police shootings--the oral histories chosen by author do little to explore how police feel after killing civilians, although they do explicitly describe how it feels in the moment of the shooting.

The author has very racist views--he believes that "Blacks committ more crime" than whites, therefore that explains easily why more blacks are shot by police than whites. He devotes an entire paragraph to this, then dismisses it.

If the author's comments are ignored, and only the oral histories are read, and if the fact that the oral histories chosen for the book are slanted towards "police are always right/criminals are always wrong" is ignored, then the book is an interesting read on how police feel when shooting at civilians and being shot at.… (mehr)
 
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veracruzlynn | Jul 3, 2010 |

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