Ghettoside : a true story of murder in America /

On a warm spring evening in South Los Angeles, a young man was shot and killed on a sidewalk minutes away from his home, one of hundreds of young men slain in Los Angeles every year. His assailant ran down the street, jumped into an SUV, and vanished, hoping to join the vast majority of killers in A...

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Main Author: Leovy, Jill (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Spiegel & Grau, [2015]
Edition:First edition.
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Table of Contents:
  • pt. I. The plague : A circle of grief ; A killing ; Ghettoside ; School of catastrophe ; Clearance ; The circumstantial case ; Good people and knuckleheads ; Witnesses and the shadow system ; The notification
  • pt. II. The case of Bryant Tennelle : Son of the city ; "It's my son" ; The killing of Dovon Harris ; Nothing worse ; The assignment ; "Everybody know" ; The witness ; Baby man ; Mutual combat ; Witness welfare ; Lost souls ; The victims' side ; The opening ; "We have to pray for peace" ; The missing.