A Cop's Tale: NYPD: The Violent Years: A Detectives Firsthand Account of Murder and Mayhem
A Cop's Tale transports readers back in time to some of New York City's most violent and corrupt years, the 1960s through the early 1980s. The guide for this descent into the Big Apple's most hellish days is Jim O'Neil, a highly-decorated detective. His career spanned the NYPD's transformation from a corrupt, inefficient force floundering in a city full of murder and mayhem to one of the cleanest, most efficient police departments in existence. O'Neil - whether describing the thrill of...
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A Cop's Tale focuses on New York City's most violent and corrupt years, the 1960s to early 1980s. Jim O'Neil - a former NYPD cop - delivers a rare look at the brand of law enforcement that ended Frank Lucas's grip on the Harlem drug trade, his cracking open of the Black Liberation Army case, and his experience as the first cop on the scene at the Dog Day Afternoon bank robbery.
Acknowledgments and Note 9Ch. 1 This Ain't Russia, Baby 13Ch. 2 To the Academy 15Ch. 3 Feathers 23Ch. 4 Super Jew and Me 33Ch. 5 All Hell Breaks Loose 41Ch. 6 Wedding Bells and Malignant Melanomas 51Ch. 7 Plain Clothes - Hell No, I Won't Go 55Ch. 8 Fort Zinderneuf - 73rd Precinct 65Ch. 9 A Little R&R and the Bigot 81Ch. 10 A Bullet for Leroy - An Onion Sack for Frankie 87Ch. 11 Two Notes in the Coop 97Ch. 12 A & P Homicide 103Ch. 13 A Kinder, Gentler Police Force 117Ch. 14 Surprised at the 73rd 129Ch. 15 Good-bye 73rd Squad, Hello Dog Day Afternoon 141Ch. 16 War with the BLA 149Ch. 17 Internal Affairs Division 173Ch. 18 Dodge City - 32nd Precinct, Harlem 187Ch. 19 May the Force Be with Us 203Ch. 20 The End of Star Wars 225Ch. 21 Senior Citizen Robbery Unit - I Get SCRU'd 233Ch. 22 Return of the Rabbi 247Ch. 23 Civil Rights - What the Hell Are Those? 257Ch. 24 No More Easy Targets 265Ch. 25 Oh To Be A Kid Again 269Epilogue 273Index 275
