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chapter 6: White Police Penetrating, Probing, and Playing in the Black Man's Ass.

A literary criticism of the book "Police Brutality: An Anthology" is presented. It discusses the torture of a black and Haitian immigrant man, Abner Louima by two white New York policemen. It describes the outrage of many people in New York City who protested on the City Hall in August 1997. Include...

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Published in:Eating the Black Body: Miscegenation as Sexual Consumption in African American Literature & Culture pp. 145 - 166
Main Author: Van Thompson, Carlyle
Format: Literary Criticism
Published: Peter Lang Group 2006
Subjects:
Criticism
Police Brutality: An Anthology (Book)
Louima, Abner
Torture victims
Police brutality
McAlary, Mike
Awards
New York (N.Y.)
New York (State)
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Summary:A literary criticism of the book "Police Brutality: An Anthology" is presented. It discusses the torture of a black and Haitian immigrant man, Abner Louima by two white New York policemen. It describes the outrage of many people in New York City who protested on the City Hall in August 1997. Included in the article is an account on "Daily News" by columnist Mike McAlary, who was awarded a Pulitzer Prize for writing about the Louima case.