In her forties, with a family, a mortgage, and a full-time job at Georgetown University, Rosa Brooks decided to become a cop. A liberal academic and journalist, Brooks wanted to understand the world of policing - and whether that world can be changed. In 2015, against the advice of everyone she knew, she applied to become a sworn, armed reserve police officer with the Washington, DC, Metropolitan Police Department. Amidst the Black Lives Matter movement and a rising awareness of racial disparities marring our criminal justice system, lines were being drawn, and people were taking sides. But as Brooks made her way through the police academy and began patrol work, she found a reality far more complex than the headlines suggested. In Tangled Up in Blue, Brooks presents a revelatory look inside the "blue wall of silence," arguing that a truly transformative approach to policing requires us to moved beyond slogans and stereotypes. Explosive and groundbreaking, Tangled Up in Blue gives pause both to those who think police can do no wrong - and those who think they can do no right.
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