It's the start of a new month and the start of a new group of books. Above the Law by Jerome H. Skolnick and James J. Fyfe is about police brutality. Not a pleasant topic no matter how you look at it. In the prologue, they explain that the country is split into two basic groups. The first is multicultural and enlightened, and the second is white and sheltered. They temper this argument in the end of the prologue by saying that it's not just a race issue.
The book will hit on three points.
1. What are the occasions for police brutality?
2. How can it be explained?
3. How can it be remedied?
The first few chapters discuss the Rodney King incident of 1991 in detail and pose the question: When and how much force should law enforcement officers use?
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