{"product_id":"ferguson-report-an-erasure-book-nicole-sealey-9780593535998","title":"The Ferguson Report: An Erasure","description":"\u003cb\u003eA\u0026gt;\u003ci\u003eNEW YORKER\u0026gt;\u003c\/i\u003eBEST BOK OF THE YEAR - A meditation on our times, cast through a reconsideration of the Justice Department's investigation of the Ferguson Police Department\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn August 2014, Michael Brown--a young, unarmed Black man--was shot to death by a police officer in Ferguson, Missouri. What followed was a period of protests and turmoil, culminating in an extensive report that was filed by the Department of Justice detailing biased policing and court practices in the city. It is a document that exposes the racist policies and procedures that have become commonplace--from disproportionate arrest rates, to flagrant violence directed at the Black community. It is a report that remains as disheartening as it is damning. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNow, award-winning poet Nicole Sealey revisits the investigation in a book that redacts the report, an act of erasure that reimagines the original text as it strips it away. While the full document is visible in the background--weighing heavily on the language Sealey has preserved--it gives shape and disturbing context to what remains. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIlluminating what it means to live in this frightening age, and what it means to bear witness, \u003ci\u003eThe Ferguson Report: An Erasure\u003c\/i\u003e is an engrossing meditation on one of the most important texts of our time.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50211593126161,"sku":"CIN0593535995G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51004341682449,"sku":"NIN9780593535998","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":51783744061713,"sku":"CIN0593535995VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/B0BN57J4BJ.jpg?v=1750815667","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/en-gb\/products\/ferguson-report-an-erasure-book-nicole-sealey-9780593535998","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}