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Radley Balko

Born

in Greenfield, Indiana, The United States

April 19, 1975

Genre

Nonfiction, Sociology, Politics

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Radley Balko is an opinion blogger at the Washington Post, where he writes the popular blog on civil liberties and the criminal justice system, The Watch., Balko’s work on paramilitary raids and the overuse of SWAT teams was featured in the New York Times, has been praised by outlets ranging from Human Events to the Daily Kos, and was cited by Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer in his dissent in the case Hudson v. Michigan.

Balko is also credited with bringing national attention to the case of Cory Maye, a black man who prior to Balko’s work was on death row in Mississippi for shooting and killing a white police officer during a raid on Maye’s home. Balko’s Reason feature on Maye was also cited in an opinion by the Mississippi State Suprem ...more

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Average rating: 4.15 · 9,329 ratings · 1,261 reviews · 8 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Cadaver King and the Country Dentist: A True Story of Injustice in the American South by Radley Balko, Tucker Carrington, John Grisham (Goodreads Author) (Foreword) 4.02 avg rating — 5,176 ratings — published 2018 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Rise of the Warrior Cop: The Militarization of America's Police Forces 4.31 avg rating — 4,026 ratings — published 2013 — 19 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Best Sex Writing 2012: The State of Today's Sexual Culture by Rachel Kramer Bussel (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Susie Bright (Goodreads Author), Joan Price (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.77 avg rating — 103 ratings — published 2012 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	OverKill / The Rise of Paramilitary Police Raids in America 4.33 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 2006 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Humane and Pro-Growth: A Reason Guide to Immigration Reform by Brian Doherty, Radley Balko, Katherine Mangu-Ward really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2013	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The subversive vending machine: the liberatory history of automated commerce.(Christopher D. Salyers' Vending Machines: Coined Consumerism ): An article from: Reason 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Who killed PayPal? "Consumer advocates" can make life miserable for consumers.(The PayPal Wars: Battles With eBay, the Media, the Mafia, and the Rest ... Earth)(Book Review): An article from: Reason 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Getting beyond Roe: why returning abortion to the states is a good idea.(Jane Roe)(Critical essay): An article from: Reason 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“No one made a decision to militarize the police in America. The change has come slowly, the result of a generation of politicians and public officials fanning and exploiting public fears by declaring war on abstractions like crime, drug use, and terrorism. The resulting policies have made those war metaphors increasingly real.”
― Radley Balko, Rise of the Warrior Cop: The Militarization of America's Police Forces

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“have my own army in the NYPD—the seventh largest army in the world. —NEW YORK CITY MAYOR MICHAEL BLOOMBERG”
― Radley Balko, Rise of the Warrior Cop: The Militarization of America's Police Forces

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“Turner [Reagan's "drug czar'] was especially determined to purge psychiatrists from federal drug agencies. "They're trained to treat," he said, "and treatment isn't what we do." Methadone was out, so Turner blocked advocates of the treatment who were still in the federal government from speaking about it publicly.”
― Radley Balko, Rise of the Warrior Cop: The Militarization of America's Police Forces

tags: drug-treatment, drug-war, federal-government, policy-decisions, war-on-drugs

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Ok Ladies - time for the Nov/Dec nonfiction book poll. We have an abundance of choices this month. We bypassed our mandatory 10 books almost overnight. So be sure to get in there and vote for your choice.

This poll will stay open until the end of the day on October 23rd.

Good luck to all the nominators...

(PS if you haven't already and it is still open be sure to vote for the Members Choice tie breaker too! Thanks )

If You Tell: A True Story of Murder, Family Secrets, and the Unbreakable Bond of Sisterhood

by Gregg Olsen

9 votes, 19.6%

Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls

by David Sedaris

9 votes, 19.6%

Know My Name

by Chanel Miller

6 votes, 13.0%

Between Two Kingdoms: A Memoir of a Life Interrupted

by Suleika Jaouad

5 votes, 10.9%

The Man Who Loved Books Too Much: The True Story of a Thief, a Detective, and a World of Literary Obsession

by Allison Hoover Bartlett

4 votes, 8.7%

The Cadaver King and the Country Dentist: A True Story of Injustice in the American South

by Radley Balko

3 votes, 6.5%

Hidden Valley Road: Inside the Mind of an American Family

by Robert Kolker

3 votes, 6.5%

Rock Me on the Water: 1974—The Year Los Angeles Transformed Movies, Music, Television and Politics

by Ronald Brownstein

2 votes, 4.3%

The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together

by Heather McGhee

2 votes, 4.3%

Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography

by Mark Mathabane

1 vote, 2.2%

Noise: A Flaw in Human Judgment

by Daniel Kahneman

1 vote, 2.2%

A Deadly Secret: The Bizarre and Chilling Story of Robert Durst

by Matt Birkbeck

1 vote, 2.2%

46 total votes

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