Ghetto Cops : On the Streets of the Most Dangerous City in America

The #1New York Timesbestselling author recounts riding along with street cops in California's most dangerous city: Compton(Los Angeles Times).In 1974, Compton, California, had the highest per capita crime rate in the nation. And Bruce Henderson, then a young, idealistic newspaper reporter, was determined to spend the summer riding with the Compton police. His journalistic accounts of the day-to-day activities he witnessed is a vivid narrative dramatic, violent, and at times humorous incidents.Featuring illuminating pictures from award-winning photographer Phil Nelson,Ghetto Copsunmasks the city and its cops to reveal a side of street crime most of us never see.';They bust a lot of ass in Compton. It's a tough city that is a virtual powder kegFor the police, the streets are a battlefield and working on any shift is like going to war.'Los Angeles Free Press';You don't put downGhetto Copsonce you pick it up.'Livermore (CA) Independent