Chicago ebook "An essential primer on the roots of police violence"

[boxofdelights]

The University of Chicago Press offers a free e-book every month. This month it is The Torture Letters: Reckoning with Police Violence by Laurence Ralph.

https://t.e2ma.net/click/0pq3ij/sv1hvzb/0h4sheb

Chicago has a long history of police violence. The starkest evidence is seen in the hundreds of recent cases of torture of suspects in custody—overwhelmingly African-American men. Our latest free e-book, available until noon on June 6, is The Torture Letters: Reckoning with Police Violence by Laurence Ralph. The book is based on ten years of interviews and archival research and takes the form of open letters to victims, witnesses, participants, activists, mayors, and police. With compassion and careful skill, Ralph traces institutional racism through law enforcement, the political machine, and the courts in Chicago, amplifying the voices of torture victims who are still with us and lending a voice to those deceased.
“A deeply caring work.… An essential primer on the roots of police violence.”—Publishers Weekly
Get this important work free for five days.
The paperback is available at 20% off with promo code AD1862.

Comments

[kore]

Oh, fantastic!

[amaebi]

Thanks!

[enemyofperfect]

Thank you! I will signal boost.

[bibliofile]

For the free ebook, I think you have to request it by noon? (6PM GMT) June 6th (by giving them your email address). The download link is good for a year, though.

[enemyofperfect]

Oh, thank you -- I knew about the deadline to request, but it's nice to know how long I'll have access for!