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The #1 New York Times bestselling author recounts riding along with street cops in California's most dangerous city: Compton (Los Angeles Times).
In 1974, Compton, California, had the highest per capita crime rate in the nation. And Bruce Henderson, then a young, idealistic newspaper reporter, was determined to spend the summer riding with the Compton police. His journalistic accounts of the day-to-day activities he witnessed is a vivid narrative dramatic, violent, and at times humorous incidents.
Featuring illuminating pictures from award-winning photographer Phil Nelson, Ghetto Cops unmasks the city and its cops to reveal a side of street crime most of us never see.
"They bust a lot of ass in Compton. It's a tough city that is a virtual powder keg…For the police, the streets are a battlefield and working on any shift is like going to war." â€"Los Angeles Free Press
"You don't put down Ghetto Copsonce you pick it up." â€"Livermore (CA) Independent
In 1974, Compton, California, had the highest per capita crime rate in the nation. And Bruce Henderson, then a young, idealistic newspaper reporter, was determined to spend the summer riding with the Compton police. His journalistic accounts of the day-to-day activities he witnessed is a vivid narrative dramatic, violent, and at times humorous incidents.
Featuring illuminating pictures from award-winning photographer Phil Nelson, Ghetto Cops unmasks the city and its cops to reveal a side of street crime most of us never see.
"They bust a lot of ass in Compton. It's a tough city that is a virtual powder keg…For the police, the streets are a battlefield and working on any shift is like going to war." â€"Los Angeles Free Press
"You don't put down Ghetto Copsonce you pick it up." â€"Livermore (CA) Independent
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