A review by bpkrutko
The Black and the Blue: A Cop Reveals the Crimes and Racism in America's Law Enforcement and the Search for Change by Matthew Horace

3.0

While the book offers detailed descriptions of the cases of Michael Brown and Ferguson and provides some nuanced analysis on the war on drugs - it falls short of presenting comprehensive steps towards police and justice reform. It isn't enough to describe the Ferguson ticket scheme without also addressing the federal and state tax policies that created it or address the ongoing civil forfeiture crisis.