The Black and the Blue by Matthew Horace

Do you think the current media coverage about policing in the U.S. In his upcoming Hachette book, White, Black and Blue: A Cop Reveals What Happens Behind the Blue Line, he chronicles his career as a black law enforcement officer, the current state of policing in the digital age and his trademarked term, “Coptics.” You are a recognized expert and have also been on the front lines of law enforcement. He is frequently featured in live broadcast news segments related to homeland security and law enforcement matters on CNN, Headline News, MSNBC, FOX and local affiliates. Matt Horace is a 27-year veteran of local, state and federal law enforcement. We asked Matt Horace, a security and crisis management expert, how police agencies around the country can adapt to this new reality.

Timely and provocative, The Black and The Blue sheds light on what truly goes on behind the blue line.Social media has transformed America’s confidence in law enforcement and the reputations of law enforcement professionals. Horace provides fresh analysis on communities experiencing the high killing and imprisonment rates due to racist policing such as Ferguson, New Orleans, Baltimore, and Chicago from a law enforcement point of view and uncovers what has sown the seeds of violence. Horace dissects some of the nation's most highly publicized police shootings and communities highlighted in the Black Lives Matter movement and beyond to explain how these systems and tactics have had detrimental outcomes to the people they serve. Using gut-wrenching reportage, on-the-ground research, and personal accounts garnered by interviews with police and government officials around the country, Horace presents an insider's examination of police tactics, which he concludes is an archaic system built on toxic brotherhood. Yet it was after seven years of service when Horace found himself face-down on the ground with a gun pointed at his head by a white fellow officer, that he fully understood the racism seething within America's police departments. Matthew Horace was an officer at the federal, state, and local level for 28 years working in every state in the country.

Longlisted for the PEN/John Kenneth Galbraith Award for Nonfiction

The Black and the Blue by Matthew Horace