Black Behind the Shield: A Collection of Stories the World Needs to Hear - 8726

With amazing honesty, retired Connecticut State Trooper Matthew Barnwell III brings you deep inside one of the most highly visible yet highly controversial professions in American life - that of law enforcement, in his gripping memoir Black Behind the Shield. Reading at times like a thriller, Black Behind the Shield takes the reader on an emotional roller coaster as Barnwell navigates through his personal and professional experiences with racism. As a Black man, Barnwell was seen and often treated like a suspect himself - in and out of uniform - by criminal suspects and by policing partners alike. At one point, he recounts the night he nearly lost his own life at point blank range, at the hands of a white officer from his own division. Black Behind the Shield is a fascinating and, at times, haunting journey through one man’s experiences – good and bad – while he put his life on the line daily trying to protect and serve some of the very people who viewed him as a second - class citizen because of the color of his skin.
ASIN: B0BBJWJK3B
VSKU: BVV.B0BBJWJK3B.VG
Condition: Very Good
Author/Artist:Barnwell III, Matthew|Ortega, Erin
Binding: Paperback