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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 6, 2009

Marion Barry: set up again?

Mr. Marrion "that-goddamn-bitch-set-me-up" Barry has been arrested... yet again. Except for the crack, the not filing his tax returns thing, and the alleged stalking, he sure is a great elected representative for his people.

Here's the story about his latest arrest. It's complicated, of course. Who knows what really happened? Who cares?

But does anybody out there have the AUDIO from the famous video of his arrest for crack? I can find the video, but not with sound. I want to show it in my class as an example of entrapment. Make fun of hizonnor all you want, but in that case that g*dd*mn b*tch really did set him up!

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