"Kill the black one first" : a memoir / Michael Fuller.
By: Fuller, Michael [author.]
.Publisher: London : 535, 2019Description: 312 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781788700849; 9781788700856.Other title: Kill the black one first [Portion of title].Subject(s): Fuller, Michael, 1953- | Police, Black -- Great Britain -- Biography | Foster children -- Great Britain -- Biography | Great Britain -- Race relations | Great Britain -- Social conditions -- 20th centuryDDC classification: 920 Summary: "A story about race, identity, belonging and displacement, Kill the Black One First is the memoir from Michael Fuller - Britain's first ever black Chief Constable, whose life and career is not only a stark representation of race relations in the UK, but also a unique morality tale of how humanity deals with life's injustices.
Michael Fuller was born to Windrush-generation Jamaican immigrants in 1959, and experienced a meteoric career in policing, from the beat to the Brixton inferno, through cutting edge detective work to the frontline of drug-related crime and violence on London's most volatile estates. He took a pivotal role in the formation of Operation Trident, which tackled gun crime and gang warfare in the London community, and was later appointed as chief constable of Kent.
Kill the Black One First is a raw and unflinching account of a life in policing during a tumultuous period of race relations throughout the UK." Blink Publishing site. https://www.blinkpublishing.co.uk/kill-the-black-one-first-hb.html
| Item type | Current library | Class number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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| Book | House of Lords Library - Palace Dewey | 920 FUL (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 016522 |
"A story about race, identity, belonging and displacement, Kill the Black One First is the memoir from Michael Fuller - Britain's first ever black Chief Constable, whose life and career is not only a stark representation of race relations in the UK, but also a unique morality tale of how humanity deals with life's injustices.
Michael Fuller was born to Windrush-generation Jamaican immigrants in 1959, and experienced a meteoric career in policing, from the beat to the Brixton inferno, through cutting edge detective work to the frontline of drug-related crime and violence on London's most volatile estates. He took a pivotal role in the formation of Operation Trident, which tackled gun crime and gang warfare in the London community, and was later appointed as chief constable of Kent.
Kill the Black One First is a raw and unflinching account of a life in policing during a tumultuous period of race relations throughout the UK." Blink Publishing site.
https://www.blinkpublishing.co.uk/kill-the-black-one-first-hb.html