Justine Barron
Justine Barron's HDWR spotlight for They Killed Freddie Gray: The Anatomy of a Police Brutality Cover-Up.
The book, and why we chose it
Justine Barron is an investigative journalist whose reporting reconstructs the death of Freddie Gray in Baltimore police custody in April 2015, tracing how officials, medical findings, and the courts produced an account the evidence does not support.
Members read it as a case study in how an official narrative is assembled, and in what the record shows about the moments before the van began moving.
Quotes and source notes
Members read it as a case study in how an official narrative is assembled, and in what the record shows about the moments before the van began moving.
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HDWR lists the book under Investigative Non-Fiction.
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Spotlight reading list
- They Killed Freddie Gray: The Anatomy of a Police Brutality Cover-Up
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- What does They Killed Freddie Gray: The Anatomy of a Police Brutality Cover-Up ask readers to notice that they might otherwise miss?
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- What question would you ask the author after finishing the book?