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kshertz's review
informative
sad
medium-paced
3.75
It’s a certain kind of book! I have been focusing my learning on abolition and a lot of what was in here I’ve learned but there was a lot of facts and statistics I was unaware of as well as some powerful stories I will take with me. I thought it was well thought out and well done
Content Warnings
Moderate: Blood, Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Murder, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Racism, and Violence
etosaurus's review
challenging
informative
4.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Ableism, Violence, Xenophobia, Slavery, Sexual assault, Racism, and Gun violence
Moderate: Child death and Drug use
I'm sure my tags are incomplete. This book covers a lot of horrible violence perpetuated by police officers in our society.talonsontypewriters's review
informative
inspiring
medium-paced
Content Warnings
Graphic: Police brutality, Violence, Gun violence, Death, Racism, Ableism, Drug use, and Xenophobia
Moderate: Misogyny, Homophobia, Transphobia, Rape, Sexual assault, Alcoholism, Addiction, Islamophobia, Child death, Trafficking, and Mental illness
Minor: Pedophilia, Animal death, and Torture
Police violence (especially against people of color, mentally ill people, homeless people, sex workers, and children) and abuse of power, on both a systemic and individual level, is covered in fairly explicit detail, with many specific cases described. Dated terminology ("transgendered") is used in passing.
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