Norm Stamper : Breaking Rank: A Top Cop's Exposé of the Dark Side of American Policing

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Norm Stamper : Breaking Rank: A Top Cop's Exposé of the Dark Side of American Policing

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Aug 10, 2019 · 1h 5s

Opening with a powerful letter to former Tacoma police chief David Brame, who shot his estranged wife before turning the gun on himself, Norm Stamper introduces us to the violent,...

Opening with a powerful letter to former Tacoma police chief David Brame, who shot his estranged wife before turning the gun on himself, Norm Stamper introduces us to the violent, secret world of domestic abuse that cops must not only navigate, but which some also perpetrate. Former chief of the Seattle police force, Stamper goes on to expose a troubling culture of racism, sexism, and homophobia that is still pervasive within the twenty-first-century force; then he explores how such prejudices can be addressed. He reveals the dangers and temptations that cops face, describing in gripping detail the split-second life-and-death decisions. Stamper draws on lessons learned to make powerful arguments for drug decriminalization, abolition of the death penalty, and radically revised approaches to prostitution and gun control. He offers penetrating insights into the "blue wall of silence," police undercover work, and what it means to kill a man. And, Stamper gives his personal account of the World Trade organization debacle of 1999, when protests he was in charge of controlling turned violent in the streets of Seattle. Breaking Rank reveals Norm Stamper as a brave man, a pioneering public servant whose extraordinary life has been dedicated to the service of his community.

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D.K. Wilson

4 years ago

Not for love, though 😄

D.K. Wilson

4 years ago

I left in 98 as well, to take a break before grad school...

Tracy

4 years ago

Quonset Point, Electric Boat, a General Dynamics Co. that manufactures Submarines is one of the largest employers in the state. If RI has Republicans? They're there. My husband was a 40 year man but is NO REPUBLICAN for sure.

Mossyman789 News

4 years ago

What is the issue about or the topic about ?

Tracy

4 years ago

Yep I think Ed just added that! DK very cool you went to the UofM. I left Mpls. in l998 "for love" and have been in Rhode Island ever since

D.K. Wilson

4 years ago

Oh wow! I was just saying that... thanks Ed. Thought so. I think he was responsible for substantiating the quick suicide call on Cobain's death, yeah? But didn't he later question himself, or am I off base?

The Opperman Report

4 years ago

He said it should be reopened

D.K. Wilson

4 years ago

Waait. Wasn't Norm Stamper involved in the Kurt Cobain case?

Mossyman789 News

4 years ago

Corruption inside all people

Mossyman789 News

4 years ago

Blessings to all!

D.K. Wilson

4 years ago

Minneapolis, when I was at U of M was AWESOME (mid 90s). I hear it's very different today.

D.K. Wilson

4 years ago

They are sound Tracy. A note: San Diego is a huge navy city with a very pro-authority core. That there was citizen-police conjoining doesn't surprise me, as San Diego is an outlier when compared with the vast majority of the populace of cities.

Tracy

4 years ago

I really like his ideas though. They sound sound.

Tracy

4 years ago

My Grandpa was a cop in Minneapolis for MANY years. He retired as a Bailiff. So my opinions always have had that bias.

D.K. Wilson

4 years ago

Sadly, the FOP would NEVER allow for community citizens to sit in on ANY process, unless they were so severely limited they are rendered moot.

D.K. Wilson

4 years ago

Hi Tracy.