{"product_id":"police-state-remaindered","title":"Police State: How America's Cops Get Away with Murder (REMAINDERED)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e*** This book is remaindered. Remaindered books normally are marked on the edge to show they have been discounted. ***\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn his 60-plus years as a trial lawyer, Gerry Spence has never represented a person accused of a crime in which the police hadn’t themselves violated the law. Whether by covering up their corrupt dealings, by the falsification or manufacture of evidence, or by the outright murder of civilians, those individuals charged with upholding the law too often break it. The police and prosecutors won’t charge or convict themselves, so the crimes of the criminal justice system are swept under the rug. Nothing changes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePolice State\u003c\/em\u003e narrates the shocking account of the Madrid train bombings: how the FBI accused an innocent man of treasonous acts they knew he hadn’t committed. It details the rampant racism within Chicago’s police department, which landed a teenager, Dennis Williams, on death row. It unveils the coercive efforts of two cops to extract a false murder confession from frightened, fragile Albert Hancock, along with other appalling evidence from eight of Spence’s most famous cases. And it raises the question: when the people we pay to protect us instead persecute us, how can we be safe?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003ePolice State,\u003c\/em\u003e Spence issues a stinging indictment of the American justice system. Demonstrating that the way we select and train our officers guarantees fatal abuses of justice, he prescribes a challenging cure that stands to restore the promise of liberty and justice for all.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat People Are Saying\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-section a-spacing-small a-padding-small\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \"We at Southern Poverty Law Center always knew the truth about which Spence writes. Too often the poor and middle class are brutalized and killed by the police in this 'land of the free, ' and Spence offers solutions America must listen to.\" Morris Dees, President, Southern Poverty Law Center\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \"In his celebrated career Gerry Spence has not met a criminal that he didn't like or who was not the victim of police or judicial malfeasance. This book revisits his most celebrated cases, some of which represented law enforcement at its worst. It is written with passion, some literary license, and from the fascinating perspective of his interviews with his clients. While I disagree that we are marching towards a police state, Mr. Spence reminds us that no system is perfect. It demands vigilance and people like him to test it.\" Judge Judy\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \"A riveting account from the front lines of Gerry Spence's lifelong battle against injustice. He defines the thin line between the policeman and the criminal from his own experience, and it's disturbing and convincing.\" William Friedkin, Academy Award-winning director\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \"Obama said, 'This has been going on for a long time.' So, too, says Spence. Spence both exposes the old and proposes the new in ways that may well surprise and satisfy.\" Harrison Ford\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \"Gerry Spence's shocking experiences with rogue, killer police in his own cases prove his point, and he offers insightful new solutions that could assure a better tomorrow in the tragic struggle between law enforcement and the people they are sworn to protect.\" Alan K. Simpson, U.S. Senator, Wyoming (1979-1997)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \"Those of us who have been in the hard world of defending against police who kill, lie, and cover it up know what Spence says is true. And his solutions are original and thought-provoking, Milton Grimes, Attorney to Rodney King\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-section a-spacing-small a-padding-small\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eGerry Spence\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e has been a trial attorney for more than five decades and proudly represents \"the little people.\" He has fought and won for the family of Karen Silkwood, defended Randy Weaver at Ruby Ridge, and represented hundreds of others in some of the most notable trials of our time. He is the founder of Trial Lawyer's College, a nonprofit school where, pro bono, he teaches attorneys for the people how to present their cases and win against powerful corporate and government interests. He is the author more than a dozen books, including \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e bestseller\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003e How to Argue and Win Every Time, From Freedom to Slavery, Give Me Liberty\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Making of a Country Lawyer\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, and is a nationally known television commentator on the famous trials of our time. He lives in Jackson Hole, Wyoming.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"St. Martin's Griffin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44154840055901,"sku":"9781250106537R","price":15.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0562\/0826\/1213\/files\/policestate.jpg?v=1771815390","url":"https:\/\/leftwingbooks.net\/products\/police-state-remaindered","provider":"Leftwingbooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}