Overview

In Policing White Supremacy, former FBI agent Mike German, who worked undercover in white supremacist and militia groups, issues a wake-up call about law enforcement's dangerously lax approach to far-right violence. Despite over a hundred deadly acts by far-right militants since the 2017 Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, and the far right's attempts to obstruct transfer of power to a duly elected president on January 6, the FBI continues to deprioritize investigations into white supremacist violence, instead targeting marginalized groups. Noting that the FBI does not even compile accurate national data on white supremacist violence, German also exposes the continuing tolerance of overt racism in law enforcement, and police membership in white supremacist organizations. The threat these officers pose became clear when at least twenty-eight current and former law enforcement officials were alleged to have participated in the 2021 Capitol breach. Policing White Supremacy shows how the lack of transparency and accountability in federal, state, and local law enforcement has eroded public trust and undermined democracy. ""Law Enforcement's Role in Resisting White Supremacy"" points the way forward to a future where far-right violence is recognized and addressed as the true threat it presents to our country.

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""A former FBI agent examines what he says are the agency's failures to monitor and thwart the radical right...As a result, German holds, these groups have become emboldened. Serious systematic and institutional reforms are needed."" -- ""Kirkus Reviews"" ""German shows how the FBI has helped create an atmosphere in which law enforcement is infiltrated by and tolerates white supremacist police officers. A devastating critique."" -- ""Caroline Fredrickson, Senior Fellow at the Brennan Center for Justice and former president of the American Constitution Society"" ""German...bases this book on his extensive investigative work on white supremacist and militia groups and law enforcement's response to their reported violent acts...Highly recommended for readers concerned about public policy issues."" -- ""Library Journal"" ""German's perspective is as authoritative as it is eye-opening, making this a critical contribution to our understanding of systemic racism in America."" -- ""Chesa Boudin, former district attorney of San Francisco and founding executive director of Berkeley Law's Criminal Law & Justice Center"" ""Mike German utilizes firsthand experience and extensive research to expose the long-standing failures of law enforcement to address the terrifying collusion between the extreme right and American policing that threatens the very foundations of our democracy."" -- ""Alex S. Vitale, author of The End of Policing"" ""Mike German's brave undercover service informs this insightful view into the gathering danger posed by increasingly emboldened white supremacist and domestic militant groups."" -- ""Senator Sheldon Whitehouse""

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Mike German is a fellow with the Liberty and National Security program at the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU Law School. He has worked at the ACLU and served sixteen years as an FBI special agent. He is the author of Thinking Like a Terrorist as well as Disrupt, Discredit, and Divide: How the New FBI Damages Our Democracy and Policing White Supremacy (The New Press). From his home studio on the Jersey Shore, Brian P. Craig uses his voice in a number of contexts to help his clients make a lasting connection with their audiences. Audiobooks are his favorite type of project, and his work has included a novel about a father dealing with his son's severe autism, a commentary on dealing with China in the Xi Jinping era, and scholarship on the depiction of the state in the Bible. From his home studio on the Jersey Shore, Brian P. Craig uses his voice in a number of contexts to help his clients make a lasting connection with their audiences. Audiobooks are his favorite type of project, and his work has included a novel about a father dealing with his son's severe autism, a commentary on dealing with China in the Xi Jinping era, and scholarship on the depiction of the state in the Bible.

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