'The Zebra Murders: A Season of Killing, Racial Madness, and Civil Rights' by Prentice Earl Sanders and Bennett Cohen.
Sanders is a former Police Chief of San Francisco. He was one of two black homicide detectives when the Zebra murders began.
Sanders:
"As hateful as the killers were, it was racism that lit the fire that burned inside them. And it was racism that kept the department so white we didn't have enough black officers to infiltrate a group like the one we were after."
(Racism: The all purpose excuse.
It's doubtful even black officers could have infiltrated the Nation of Islam. As it was there was at least one black police officer who attempted to assist the NOI in obstructing justice. Sanders makes a point of lamenting the fact the SFPD was heavily Irish at the time. Which in translation means the Irish, and the Italians, and the Spaniards on the force, couldn't be intimidated.)
Cohen:
"It wasn't just whites who were frozen by fear. Nonwhites felt it, too."
(Blacks were indifferent to the white victims. The NAACP, along with the ACLU, worked very hard to hamper the SFPD's efforts to find the killers. One has to think that blacks in San Francisco (a close-knit group), and elsewhere in California, knew more than they were willing to tell police. After all, only whites were the victims. And believe me, there are no more hate-filled blacks than in Northern California. Which tends to support the idea the more you love 'em the more they hates you.)
"Sanders distinguished, nearly 40 year career..."
He resigned in 2002 after suffering a heart attack due to the stress of dealing with 'fajitagate'. Off-duty cops got into a fight over fast food. Sanders tried to cover it up, was indicted for the coverup, but was acquited.
The book lists 15 murders. The actual number was closer to 240, and that doesn't include offshoots of the Death Angels which popped up in Florida, New Jersey and elsewhere.
Book: "...May 1, 1974...100 officers descended on the suspects homes...arrested them...killings stopped..."
(Well, no.)
It's interesting Cohen is listed as co-author. The ultimate 'seal of approval' having a tribe member by your side? Wouldn't Sander's rep as a super intelligent man of color be enhanced if he were listed as sole author?
The local newspaper headlined the book review as, 'Racism, guns a deadly mix.'
(Oh, the guns were at fault as well. Should have known.)
Sanders is a former Police Chief of San Francisco. He was one of two black homicide detectives when the Zebra murders began.
Sanders:
"As hateful as the killers were, it was racism that lit the fire that burned inside them. And it was racism that kept the department so white we didn't have enough black officers to infiltrate a group like the one we were after."
(Racism: The all purpose excuse.
It's doubtful even black officers could have infiltrated the Nation of Islam. As it was there was at least one black police officer who attempted to assist the NOI in obstructing justice. Sanders makes a point of lamenting the fact the SFPD was heavily Irish at the time. Which in translation means the Irish, and the Italians, and the Spaniards on the force, couldn't be intimidated.)
Cohen:
"It wasn't just whites who were frozen by fear. Nonwhites felt it, too."
(Blacks were indifferent to the white victims. The NAACP, along with the ACLU, worked very hard to hamper the SFPD's efforts to find the killers. One has to think that blacks in San Francisco (a close-knit group), and elsewhere in California, knew more than they were willing to tell police. After all, only whites were the victims. And believe me, there are no more hate-filled blacks than in Northern California. Which tends to support the idea the more you love 'em the more they hates you.)
"Sanders distinguished, nearly 40 year career..."
He resigned in 2002 after suffering a heart attack due to the stress of dealing with 'fajitagate'. Off-duty cops got into a fight over fast food. Sanders tried to cover it up, was indicted for the coverup, but was acquited.
The book lists 15 murders. The actual number was closer to 240, and that doesn't include offshoots of the Death Angels which popped up in Florida, New Jersey and elsewhere.
Book: "...May 1, 1974...100 officers descended on the suspects homes...arrested them...killings stopped..."
(Well, no.)
It's interesting Cohen is listed as co-author. The ultimate 'seal of approval' having a tribe member by your side? Wouldn't Sander's rep as a super intelligent man of color be enhanced if he were listed as sole author?
The local newspaper headlined the book review as, 'Racism, guns a deadly mix.'
(Oh, the guns were at fault as well. Should have known.)