Police violence in America, 1869-1920 : 256 incidents involving death or injury / Kerry Segrave.

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"Police violence is not a new phenomenon. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, police officers in America assaulted or killed many ordinary citizens. Based on newspaper accounts from 1869 through 1920, this history provides a chronological listing of interactions between police and unarmed cit...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Segrave, Kerry, 1944- (Author)
Language:English
Published: Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2016]
Subjects:
Police brutality > United States > History.
Murder > United States > History.
Physical Description:v, 240 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Format: Book
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Summary:
"Police violence is not a new phenomenon. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, police officers in America assaulted or killed many ordinary citizens. Based on newspaper accounts from 1869 through 1920, this history provides a chronological listing of interactions between police and unarmed citizens in which the citizens--some of them minors--were assaulted or killed"-- Provided by publisher.
Call Number:HV8141 .S385 2016
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781476664835 (softcover : alk. paper)
1476664838 (softcover : alk. paper)