Protectors of Privilege: Red Squads and Police Repression in Urban America - Paperback

by Frank Donner (Author)

This landmark exposé of the dark history of repressive police operations in American cities offers a richly detailed account of police misconduct and violations of protected freedoms over the past century. In an incisive examination of undercover work in Chicago, Los Angeles, New York, and Philadelphia as well as Washington, D.C., Detroit, New Haven, Baltimore, and Birmingham, Donner reveals the underside of American law enforcement.

Back Jacket

This book spotlights the repressive police tactics of the past thirty years, particularly the urban intelligence operations and abuses that burgeoned during the political unrest of the 1960s and 1970s.

Author Biography

Frank Donner is a prominent civil liberties attorney and the author of The Un-Americans and The Age of Surveillance.