Brotherhood of corruption : a cop breaks the silence on police abuse, brutality, and racial profiling / Juan Antonio Juarez.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Juarez, Juan Antonio, 1966-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Police corruption--Illinois--Chicago.

Police corruption.

Police brutality--Illinois--Chicago.

Police brutality.

Racial profiling in law enforcement--Illinois--Chicago.

Racial profiling in law enforcement.

Ex-police officers--Illinois--Chicago--Biography.

Ex-police officers.

Chicago (Ill.). Police Dept.

Chicago (Ill.).

Juarez, Juan Antonio, 1966-.

Juarez, Juan Antonio.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (322 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Police abuse, brutality, and racial profiling

Place of Publication:

Chicago, Ill. : Chicago Review Press, c2004.

Summary:

A former Chicago cop exposes shocking truths about the abuses of power within the city's police department in this memoir of violence, drugs, and men with badges. Juarez becomes a police officer because he wants to make a difference in gang-infested neighborhoods; but, as this book reveals, he ends up a corrupt member of the most powerful gang of all?the Chicago police force. Juarez shares the horrific indiscretions he witnessed during his seven years of service, from the sexually predatory officer, X, who routinely stops beautiful women for made-up traffic offenses and flirts with domest

Contents:

Cover; Copyright; Dedication; Author's Note; Contents; Back Cover

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 306-307).

ISBN:

1-61374-140-5

OCLC:

750236166