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Michael Armstrong

They Wished They Were Honest

The Knapp Commission and New York City Police Corruption

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In fifty years of prosecuting and defending criminal cases in New York City and elsewhere,Michael F. Armstrong has often dealt with cops. For a single two-year span, as chief counsel to the Knapp Commission, he was charged with investigating them. Based on Armstrong's vivid recollections of this watershed moment in law enforcement accountability-prompted by the New York Times's report on whistleblower cop Frank Serpico-They Wished They Were Honest recreates the dramatic struggles and significance of the Commission and explores the factors that led to its success and the restoration of the NYPD's public image.Serpico's charges against the NYPD… Mehr

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  • ISBN: 978-0-231-52698-2
  • EAN: 9780231526982
  • Produktnummer: 22650965
  • Verlag: Columbia University Press
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • Erscheinungsjahr: 2012
  • Plattform: EPUB
  • Masse: 5'113 KB
  • Abbildungen: 20 photos

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