Most men and women who aspire to be police officers begin their careers with a noble dream of community service, upholding the law, and helping those in need. A few become corrupted and slip into criminal behaviour, directly contradicting their oath to guard the public. This book tells eighteen stories about cops who kill.
Angelina Jaramillo, the eighteen-year-old daughter of a prominent New Mexico family, was raped, bludgeoned, and stabbed to death in her bedroom on 16 November 1931. Thomas Johnson, an African American labourer with a prison record in four states was convicted of the crime and executed. Now more than seventy years later this meticulously researched ......
An Oral History of the Assassination of President Kennedy
A history of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, from eyewitness accounts through to the police reactions, investigations, and aftermath. Based on in-depth interviews conducted in Dallas, it features forty-nine key eye-witnesses, police officers, deputy sheriffs, and government officials. Here, participants speak without ......
A century before Jack the Ripper haunted the streets of London, another predator held sway. In the late eighteenth century, the city was gripped by fear, outrage, and Monster Mania. A psychopath who had lashed out violently at over fifty women during a two-year crime spree roamed the city. After stalking and verbally harassing his unsuspecting ......
Master storyteller A. C. Greene re-creates one of America's most bizarre holdups--one that began as a lark. On Christmas Eve 1927, four men set off to rob the First National Bank of Cisco, Texas. Soon the lark turned into a tragedy--and at times a comedy--of errors. The robbers did not realize the car they had stolen for their getaway was running ......
Written by a renowned forensic pathologist, this book leads you into the heart of nine investigations, focusing each chapter on a single drama. It reveals the evidence that shows why JonBenet Ramsey's killer most likely came from within her home, why OJ Simpson probably had an accomplice in the murder of Nicole Simpson and Ron Goldman, and more.
On August 1, 1966, Charles Whitman ascended the University of Texas Tower and committed what was then the largest simultaneous mass murder in American history. He gunned down forty-five people inside and around the Tower before he was killed by two Austin police officers. In addition to promoting the rise of S.W.A.T. teams to respond to future ......
What's Wrong With Federal Law Enforcement and How to Fix It
Waco and Ruby Ridge were neither conspiracies nor flukes. They represent the worst-case scenario of problems that plague federal law enforcement. This book outlines the evidence in such cases to explain how and why such tragedies occur. It analyses different sides of this subject such as flawed search warrants, and intra-governmental deception.
For over 25 years, charismatic Pentecostal evangelist Brother Tony Leyva used Christianity, the Bible, and his status as an "annointed prophet of God" to gain access to, seduce, and sexually assault the young sons of his enthralled followers in 23 states. This title looks at the multiple layers of this twisted evangelist's double life.
