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March 23, 2015

Crime

The Unauthorized Biography of a Black Cop

“When I was a child, Dad told me that he chose to become a cop because a cop was the most respected man on the block. When I took a seat at the grown folks table, he told me that he wanted control.”

W. Chris Johnson Gawker Mar 2015 20min Permalink