The gangs of Zion : a Black cop's crusade in Mormon country / Ron Stallworth, with Sofia Quintero.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stallworth, Ron, author.

Quintero, Sofia, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Stallworth, Ron.

Gangs--Utah--Case studies.

Gangs.

African American police--Utah--Case studies.

African American police.

Police--Utah--Case studies.

Police.

Racism--Utah--Case studies.

Racism.

Genre:

Personal narratives.

Case studies.

Physical Description:

xiv, 270 pages ; 22 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Other Title:

Black cop's crusade in Mormon country

Place of Publication:

New York : Legacy Lit, 2024.

Summary:

"New York Times bestselling author of Black Klansman, Ron Stallworth, returns with another firsthand account of trailblazing police work in the most unlikely place for a Black cop in the '90s. Determined to pursue his passion for undercover work wherever it leads, Ron Stallworth finally lands in Salt Lake City, Utah. Once again, he's an outsider-not only as a Black man on a mostly white police force but also as an unapologetic nonbeliever in a state dominated by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. But soon after his first drug bust in the Beehive, Stallworth makes a startling discovery-Bloods and Crips are infiltrating Mormon Country, threatening to turn the deeply conservative community into a hotbed of crime. Kids are bombing homes while carrying pocket versions of the Book of Mormon, yet his fellow cops are in denial that gangs are wreaking havoc in their Christian town. Now Stallworth has a new mission. Whether facing off with skinheads at a downtown bar or schooling white Crips blasting "F*ck tha Police," he is intent on stemming the tide of gangs into the state. But those he expected to be his allies either have their heads in the sand or their own agendas-from the racist Mormon legislator to the community activist exploiting a fatal gang incident to spread paranoia over an imaginary race war. As he butts heads with these so-called leaders, Stallworth also realizes that gangsta rap has the key to the g-code. He becomes obsessed with-even defensive of-the music he once loathed and puts himself on the front lines of America's culture war. Now he's spitting uncensored lyrics before Congress and taking the stand in the 1993 murder case that puts hip-hop on trial. But the more Stallworth speaks truth to power, the more determined the gatekeepers in Utah are to silence him, and not even twenty-three years of police work could prepare him for how low they would stoop"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

The Accidental Policeman

We Ain't Brothers

Straight Outta Colorado

Canyons and Cowboys

Arriving in the Beehive

You're Not in Disneyland

Gangsta's Paradise

Heads in the Sand

"Turn Up the Volume!"

"Real" Niggas and One Crazy Motherfucker

Skinheads

Denial is Not a Lake in Utah

Chasing Miles

One-Time Pass

Cop Killer

Letter from an OG

"Gangster Rap Made Me Do It"

Testifyin'

Hammer Didn't Hurt 'Em

Gangsta Rap on Trial

Mr. Stallworth Goes to Washington Again

You Don't Have To Agree...

Straight-Edgers and Race-Baiters

Blindsided

Endings Foreseen and Unwanted

Jemijo

When One Door Closes...

Back to Booty

The Challenge.

ISBN:

9781538765944

1538765942

OCLC:

1434114374