The War on Cops: How the New Attack on Law and Order Makes Everyone Less Safe

The War on Cops exposes the truth about officer use of force and explodes the conceit of “mass incarceration.” A rigorous analysis of data shows that crime, not race, drives police actions and prison rates. It deconstructs the central narrative of the Black Lives Matter movement: that racist cops are the greatest threat to young black males. The growth of proactive policing in the 1990s, along with lengthened sentences for violent crime, saved thousands of minority lives. The reason is what Heather Mac Donald first identified nationally as the “Ferguson effect”: Since the 2014 p

Her essays helped to lay out the rationale that gave me and my police commissioners guidance during the largest continuous reduction in crime ever accomplished in our city and nation. Moreover, I am invariably edified. Unlike many in academia and journalism, Mac Donald understands that assertive policing protects law-abiding poorand often minoritycitizens trapped in ghettos where violence and crime are unfortunately making a comeback.”Sheriff David A. While I do not always agree with what I find, I often do. Time and again, I have found myself turning to her writings for guidance. Clarke Jr., Milwaukee County, WisconsinPRAISE FOR HEATHER MAC DONALD'No journalist now writing about urban problems has produced a body of work matching that of Heather Mac Donald.'George F. This is a book that can save lives.”Thomas Sowell, the

Tony :) said Amazing author. Heather explains beautifully about the war on cops. This is not a race war, it's about crimes and why they are occuring. It's about why cops are getting targeted more often than ever before. I love her sources. For those who want more, search for her "Imprimus" article!. Just the facts ma'am, just the facts Zackary D. Barron Ms.MacDonald doesn't dance around the ugly truth that solving America's crime problems seems to have taken second fiddle to exaggerating America's cop problems. For reasons I still don't understand, the left has decided that the annual deaths of as many as 6,000 black males is less important than the extremely rare unjustified police homicide of an innocent. Ms.Macadonalds reference to the destruction of the black family alludes to why; acknowledging their participation in that collapse indicts their entire agenda.. A 3A 34+ year cop and trainer's review Kevin R. Davis Heather Mac Donald nails it! At a time when police officers are being attacked by the mainstream media and the BLM crowd comes this well researched and well written treatise based on the facts and data! Heather makes no excuses for law enforcement officers but properly points out that there are no facts which support the notion that police officers are racist or that use of deadly or non-deadly force is used dis-proportionally against black males. As the author of Use of Force Investigations: A Manual for Law Enforcement I applaud Ms. Mac Donald's fact and research based tome. Sadly the attack on police o. + year cop and trainer's review Heather Mac Donald nails it! At a time when police officers are being attacked by the mainstream media and the BLM crowd comes this well researched and well written treatise based on the facts and data! Heather makes no excuses for law enforcement officers but properly points out that there are no facts which support the notion that police officers are racist or that use of deadly or non-deadly force is used dis-proportionally against black males. As the author of Use of Force Investigations: A Manual for Law Enforcement I applaud Ms. Mac Donald's fact and research based tome. Sadly the attack on police o