{"product_id":"let-us-alone-the-origins-of-baltimores-police-state-paperback-softback-9780252088889","title":"Let Us Alone; The Origins of Baltimore's Police State (Paperback \/ softback) 9780252088889","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eLet Us Alone\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eThe Origins of Baltimore's Police State\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eMichael Casiano (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780252088889\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 7 October 2025\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e288 pages, 9 black \u0026amp; white photographs, 7 charts\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.5 cm, 0.454 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e“Casiano not only scrutinizes the actions of the Baltimore Police Department, but also a constellation of other actors, public and private. In doing so, he demonstrates the many ways in which police power impinged on the lives of African Americans, the poor, and mentally unstable citizens.” - Dennis Halpin, author of \u003ci\u003eA Brotherhood of Liberty: Black Reconstruction and Its Legacies in Baltimore, 1865\u003c\/i\u003e–\u003ci\u003e1920\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe racist roots of modern policing in Baltimore\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e By the early twentieth century, postbellum assaults on civil rights and the advent of Jim Crow expanded Baltimore’s law enforcement into a vast network designed to oppress Black people. Michael Casiano’s history charts the institutional consolidation of the city’s post–Civil War police state.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Authorities in Baltimore organized and established municipal power in distinct but connected sites that included jails, areas of political and social activism, public schools, street corners, courtrooms, and homes. Casiano analyzes policing in light of two parallel and inextricable realities of the city’s governance. First, policing evolved from an inefficient and vigilante-driven system into a modern and paramilitary endeavor focused on suppressing citizens and maximizing the power, wealth, and reach of capitalists. Second, decades of racial antagonism shaped Baltimore policing into an apparatus primarily oriented around subduing Black freedom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e A compelling urban history, \u003ci\u003eLet Us Alone\u003c\/i\u003e uses voices from all levels of society to examine police power, incarceration, and the perils of being Black in post–Civil War Baltimore.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Illinois Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52716601606424,"sku":"9780252088889","price":18.55,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/let-us-alone-the-origins-of-baltimores-police-state-paperback-softback-9780252088889","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}