{"product_id":"standoff-jamie-thompson-9781250813848","title":"Standoff: Race, Policing, and a Deadly Assault That Gripped a Nation","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eStandoff\u003c\/i\u003e is award-winning journalist Jamie Thompson's gripping account of a deadly night in Dallas, told through the eyes of those at the center of the events, who offer a nuanced look at race and policing in America.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOn the evening of July 7, 2016, protesters gathered in cities across the nation after police shot two Black men, Philando Castile and Alton Sterling. As officers patrolled a march in Dallas, a young man stepped out of an SUV wearing a bulletproof vest and carrying a high-powered rifle. He killed five officers and wounded eleven others. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt fell to a small group of cops to corner the shooter inside a community college, where a fierce gun battle was followed by a stalemate. The crisis negotiator Larry Gordon, a twenty-one-year department veteran, spent hours bonding with the gunman--over childhood ghosts and death and shared experiences of racial injustice in America--while his colleagues devised an unprecedented plan to bring the night to its dramatic end. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThompson's minute-by-minute account includes intimate portrayals of the negotiator, a surgeon who operated on the fallen officers, a mother of four shot down in the street, and the SWAT officers tasked with stopping the gunman. This is a deeply affecting story of real people navigating a terrifying crisis and a city's attempts to heal its divisions.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jamie Thompson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1250813840\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781250813848\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Holt McDougal\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/29\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.98w x 0.94d","brand":"Jamie Thompson","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43991040557311,"sku":"9781250813848","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f950c182-0ab5-4962-952f-d3ca8e1f2911.jpg?v=1683308100","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/standoff-jamie-thompson-9781250813848","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}