A review by kstookley
Who Do You Serve, Who Do You Protect?: Police Violence and Resistance in the United States by Maya Schenwar

3.0

An anthology serving as an introduction to how the police harm black bodies in the United States. Compiled in the wake of the death of Michael Brown, many of its assertions feel like common knowledge after six years and thousands of deaths of black and brown bodies. Still, parts of the book had content that was new to me, like the practice of bribing informants in prisons to help produce guilty verdicts, or burgeoning organizations coming up with alternatives to the American police state which also seek to address the genocide of black and brown bodies it perpetuates. Solid in its discussion of intersectional oppression related to gender and shared oppression between races. Got it for free on Verso's website as an ebook, so it was definitely worth the investment in time and money.