"What causes police brutality? Why has opposition to it grown so suddenly intense? What does it tell us about racism in America at the turn of the century?" "The contributors - academics, fiction writers, and professionals - offer unique, incisive, and occasionally iconoclastic interpretations of police brutality.". "A work that is destined to see wide use in classrooms across the country - whether in history, African American studies, sociology, or law enforcement courses - Police Brutality refuses merely to inflame or outrage."--BOOK JACKET.