In it he focuses on events that took place am to the almost to the day almost ten years ago in new orleans. It was only days after Hurricane Katrina had wreaked havoc on the city and its residents, many of whom had lost their possessions, houses, loved ones and hopings. Police also were confronted about their own fears. These two realities collided on september 4, 2005, on the danziger bring and evolved into a decadelong narrative that still has yet to be fully resolved. And its a narrative that has become all too depressingly familiar across our country, from ferguson to Staten Island to baltimore and beyond, the shootings of unarmed black citizens by Police Officers whose actions and attitudes seem to represent a wholly different system of blue on black justice. I wish i could say, ronnie, that your book was neither so timely, nor so urgent, but alas, here we are in 2015 with those shots echoing more loudly than ever. So thank you for continuing to shed light on this really important
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