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Cop in the Hood


Winner of the 2008 PROSE Award for Best Book in Sociology

Never mind "The Wire." Here is the real thing. --The Wall Street Journal

Cop in the Hood is an explosive insider’s story of what it is really like to be a police officer on the front lines of the war on drugs. Harvard-trained sociologist Peter Moskos became a cop in Baltimore’s roughest neighborhood, the location for the HBO drama The Wire. He provides an unforgettable window into a world outsiders never see. Those who read it will never view the badge the same way.

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July 4, 2009

Happy 4th of July

Especially thinking of everybody stuck working it. Here's to you!

2 comments:

dave h. said...

Thanks for thinking of us, Peter. I'll raise a glass to you...after work. Another day at the office for me. Rainy here in central Illinois, so maybe that will keep things a bit more subdued than than usual. Fireworks are still on in my community though, so that always means heavy traffic, fun with drunks and occasional fireworks-related burns and amputations.

Just as the founding fathers intended, of course! Enjoy.

July 4, 2009 8:39 PM
PCM said...

All in the pursuit of happiness, right?

You know, I worked most holiday from, say, my first job in 1986 to my last day as a cop in 2001.

I never really minded working holiday. Maybe time and a half. Plus I don't have kids.

Hell, to me, any day off is a holiday.

It's kind of been weird since then, not having to work holidays.

But my thoughts are with you.

July 5, 2009 3:19 AM

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