The Injustice of Justice

Donald Grady II

Description

The Injustice of Justice is a purposeful book designed to introduce the public as well as the profession to an alternate method of policing with a whole-community and responsibility-based approach. Don has written the book from the perspective of a businessman whose interest and subsequent involvement stems first from his employee, then a compassionate and compelling group of individuals in law enforcement and our justice system.

"Equal protection under the law is one of the basic premises of the American justice system. Yet many Americans feel this concept is not only elusive, but virtually impossible to attain. It's something we hope for and work to make real. Chief Grady has given us a practical approach to seeking justice while at the same time practicing reality. His book should be a must read for courses in community-police relations and for individuals and groups who want to better understand how our criminal justice system works, what good policing is, what changes are needed, and how we can all engage in making it happen. One of the great divides in our country is how different racial, ethnic, gender and age groups view law enforcement and the criminal justice system.

Donald Grady, Ph.D. has written an easy-to-read, easy-to-understand and easy-to-decipher book that becomes more intriguing with each page. I love it!"
—Danny K. Davis, Ph.D.; U.S. Representative; 7th Congressional District, Illinois

Sujets

• Civil Rights
• Droit et juridique
• Law

Informations

• Publié par: eBookIt.com
• Date de parution: 21 février 2013
• Nombre de lectures: 1
• EAN13: 9781936688296
• Langue: English

Extrait

Comments from the NIU Department of Police and Public Safety Command Staff:
 
The Injustice of Justice is the embodiment of the philosophies and methodologies that Donald Grady II, Ph.D. has developed and practiced during his more than thirty years of experience in national and international policing.
The Injustice of Justice is a must read for anyone living in a democratic society who desires to fully comprehend the American justice system for what it is. It will ignite the emotions of all readers and encourage them to take action individually and collaboratively to improve their lives and the lives of others. Through his unique perspective, the author has used a character-based narrative to make the reading of this book accessible and enjoyable for anyone.
Over the years, the American people have become increasingly more complacent regarding their role in policing and safeguarding their communities. They have abrogated their responsibilities and mistakenly placed all their faith and trust in the police to keep them safe. The Injustice of Justice is a roadmap back to personal responsibility, people working with the police to make their communities safe, improving the judicial system and providing fairness and justice for all people, not only those with power, influence and money. Donald Grady’s book is a prescription for a safer and more just community.
This book puts into focus how policing is currently done and exposes its pitfalls. The book provides a blunt and honest depiction of policing and the American criminal justice system, exposing the inconvenient truths of policing, the courts, and the prisons in the United States. The book is designed to educate and empower ALL people that live in a free society to take ownership of their police departments and take action toward correcting the ills of the criminal justice system.
Criminal justice insiders may have a difficult time digesting the author’s brutal honesty about the system they help perpetuate; however, throughout our nation’s history, we have seen several examples of the police exhibiting massive influence and suppressive tactics against those that criticize them. The tentacles of their influence have been far-reaching and intimidating. In 2009, we saw an example of significant police influence on the President of the United States after he criticized a municipal police officer’s judgment that led to an abuse of power and the arrest of a Harvard University professor.
As police administrators, we have been able to see firsthand successes attributed to the implementation of integrated policing. As a result, we reduced crime by nearly 60% within the first year, mostly eliminated citizen complaints of police abuses of power and racial profiling, and created an atmosphere of trust and communication within the community that led to a diverse department that is more reflective of the people we serve.
 
Deputy Chief Darren Mitchell
Lieutenant Curtis Young
Lieutenant Todd Henert
Lieutenant Kartik Ramakrishnan
Lieutenant Jason John
Program Administrative Assistant Judy White
 


Review by Wayne P. Anderson, Ph.D.
 
Donald Grady has presented a policing model that is way ahead of its time. This book is a telling look at the inadequacies of our criminal justice system from a criminal justice insider. To get his message across, he writes from the viewpoint of a layman who sets out to understand our present justice system by talking to insiders in police departments, the court system, probation and parole, and a maximum security prison.
What he reveals is a very expensive legal system that, by its outmoded operation, is making things worse for offenders by putting them into a system that not only increases the probability they will reoffend, but puts the rest of us in danger of having offenses committed against us. Why would we overlook something so costly and so dangerous to our welfare? Partly it’s because we turn our protection over to someone else, partly it is willful blindness, and partly it is lack of knowledge about any alternatives that would improve the system. The author is generous in detailing innovations that would cost us much less and make us all safer through our awareness and participation.
Working as I have with the criminal justice system, much of this was familiar to me. I hope in the next few years we can get the public to become aware of what he talks about in this book and make some significant changes. A lot fewer people will end up being wards of the state at an average cost of approximately 35,000 dollars a year.
 
Wayne P. Anderson, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus of Psychology, University of Missouri-Columbia;
Adjunct Professor of Criminal Justice, Columbia College;
Co-Author, Stress Management for Law Enforcement Officers.
 


 
 
THE
IN JUST ICE OF
J US TICE
 
 
The Police and the American Criminal Justice System:
How You Can Protect Your Family and Your Property
While Helping to Create a Safer Community
 
Donald Grady II, Ph.D.
 


© 2012 Donald Grady II
 
All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical
or by any information or storage and retrieval system withou t permission in writing from the author or publisher.
 
Edited by Janet Musick
 
Cover Concept by Donald Grady II
Cover Photography by Yolanda Ciolli
Cover Creative design and layout collaboration
by Yolanda Ciolli and Donald Grady II
 
 
AKA-Publishing
Columbia, Missouri
www.akayola.com
www.aka-publishing.com
 
 
ISBN: 978-1-936688-29-6
 
Published in eBook format by AKA-Publishing
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Acknowledgements
 
Ch eri Ortega, I greatly appreciate the help you provided with transcriptions and the early manuscript preparations. You were a wonderful assistant but, more than that, you were and continue to be a friend I’ll cherish forever.
John Sanders Rogers III, I owe you a debt of gratitude for graciously giving of your time and for your continuous unwavering support. Thanks for putting up with my antics and never losing faith. You’re one of a kind and “I love you, man.”
Karen Edwards, you’re one of the most loving and caring people I know. I keep you and the memory of Bob close and I miss you both. T hanks for putting some of that love into this wor k.
Janet Musick, I appreciate all your efforts in editing the manuscript for this book. I’ve enjoyed working with you immensely. Although we didn’t actually meet until late in life, it seems our sprits have long been friends. You are a very special person. I admire your ability to see what others seem to miss and pray you never lose that gift.
I also want to thank Yolanda Ciolli and those who took the time to read this work. I am thankful to all of you for your thoughtful and inspiring insights and perspectives. Inclusion is a central theme in The Injustice of Justice, and it would have been much more difficult to accomplish this writing without your willingness to be involved and your commitment to community. Your analyses and critiques contained the honesty needed to make this work better.
And to you, Christine, I give not only my thanks, but my heart. You’re my best friend, my love, and my wife, through this life and beyond.
 


 
In Memory of:
 
Donald Grady, Sr.
Mary Lou Grady
Patricia Joline Grady-Lee
Donald Lenard Grady III
 
Preface
 
G eo rge Bernard Shaw once said, “The reasonable man adapts himsel f t o the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the w orld to himself. Therefore, all progress depends on the unreasonable man.”
Injustice is an affliction of the reasonable. Most of us would admit our criminal justice system doesn’t work exactly the way we want it to or think it should. However, we’re willing to tolerate the system’s shortcomings because it’s comfortable and familiar.
Our current system is based on an old system whose modifications have been driven predominantly by fear. American prisons are full of non-violent people who pose no significant threat to the rest of us, but we lock them away as if they do. After all, it’s entirely “reasonable” to “get the bastards off the streets,” and it’s a whole lot easier than some of the alternatives. So do we continue to warehouse non-violent, less-serious offenders with the dangerous and insidious, or do we alter our position to ensure they learn how to act and interact more appropriately so they become useful, productive members of our communities? Our safety cannot be secured through repression and incarceration, but only through the efforts of ordinary citizens with hearts of heroes. It takes an aggregate of committed people with tremendous faith, love, and wisdom. It takes people willing to accept the errant and disenfranchised, and provide them with the guidance and opportunity to make a difference in their own lives and the lives of others. It takes people who are willing to give… forgive… and be forgiven.
This story is told from the perspective of a middle-aged businessman named Alan Pearson. Alan is a somewhat idealistic baby boomer w hose life is centered around his family, his business, and a tight ci rcle of friends. He hasn’t for a moment considered how completely his existence is enmeshed with the lives of those he cares about, let alone how he matters to the rest of humanity. But that’s about to change.
Alan finds himself unexpectedly caught up in the criminal justice arena and begins a quest for knowledge that, for him, turns into a drama of unimaginable consequence. He attends a presentation to better a cquaint himself with the police and law enforceme nt. That experien ce starts him on a life-altering journey that changes him forever. Alan c omes face to face with the American criminal justice system and t he realities of contemporary policing in America.
He finds a mentor who guides him through the criminal justice laby