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
Contents:
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • One 1869-1879
  • Two 1880-1889
  • Three 1890-1899
  • Four 1900-1909
  • Five 1910-1920.