{"product_id":"the-ferguson-report-theodore-m-shaw-9781620971604","title":"The Ferguson Report: Department of Justice Investigation of the Ferguson Police Department","description":"On August 9, 2014, Michael Brown, an unarmed African American high school senior, was shot by Officer Darren Wilson in Ferguson, Missouri. For months afterward, protestors took to the streets demanding justice, testifying to the racist and exploitative police department and court system, and connecting the shooting of Brown with the deaths of Trayvon Martin, Eric Garner, and other young black men at the hands of police across the country. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the wake of these protests, the Department of Justice launched a six-month investigation, resulting in a report that \u003ci\u003eColorlines\u003c\/i\u003e characterizes as \"so caustic it reads like an \u003ci\u003eOnion\u003c\/i\u003e article\" and laying bare what the \u003ci\u003eHuffington Post\u003c\/i\u003e calls \"a totalizing police regime beyond any of Kafka's ghastliest nightmares.\" Among the report's findings are that the Ferguson Police Department \"Engages in a Pattern of Unconstitutional Stops and Arrests in Violation of the Fourth Amendment,\" \"Detain[s] People Without Reasonable Suspicion and Arrest[s] People Without Probable Cause,\" \"Engages in a Pattern of First Amendment Violations,\" \"Engages in a Pattern of Excessive Force,\" and \"Erode[s] Community Trust, Especially Among Ferguson's African-American Residents.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eContextualized here in a substantial introduction by renowned legal scholar and former NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund president Theodore M. Shaw, \u003ci\u003eThe Ferguson Report\u003c\/i\u003e is a sad, sobering, and important document, providing a snapshot of American law enforcement at the start of the twenty-first century, with resonance far beyond one small town in Missouri.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Theodore M. Shaw, United States Dep Civil Rights Division\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1620971607\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781620971604\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/23\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.40w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/0001\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2016","brand":"Theodore M. Shaw","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46372430741759,"sku":"9781620971604","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_1d848fce-cbe7-4e39-8233-64c20390439d.jpg?v=1732725922","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-ferguson-report-theodore-m-shaw-9781620971604","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}