Jimmy the King by Gus Garcia-Roberts

Jimmy the King by Gus Garcia-Roberts

An incredible four-decade account of murder, power, and corruption in one of the country's largest police departments

 

In 1979, the gruesome slaying of a thirteen-year-old boy riveted the suburbs of Suffolk County, New York. As the county hustled to bring the case to a dubious resolution, a wayward local teenager emerged with a convenient story to tell. For his cooperation, Jimmy Burke was rewarded with a job as a cop.

 

Thus began Burke's unlikely ascent to the top of one of the country's largest law enforcement jurisdictions. And while in power, Burke botched dire investigations like that of the famed Gilgo Beach serial killings and the county's MS-13 gang scourge.

 

Until a pilfered bag of sex toys brought his empire crashing down.

 

Jimmy the King is the story of the rise, reign, and paranoiac fall of a corrupt cop and his regime. This book will leave you questioning who modern policing serves, who it protects, and who it preys upon and abandons.

Gus Garcia-Roberts is a sports-focused investigative reporter for The Washington Post. He previously worked on investigative teams for Newsday, the Los Angeles Times and USA Today. He was a member of the Newsday team that was a finalist for the 2014 Pulitzer Prize for Public Service for its series on hidden police misconduct on the eastern end of Long Island. He is the co-author of Blood Sport: Alex Rodriguez, Biogenesis, and the Quest to End Baseball's Steroid Era. He lives in Los Angeles.

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ISBN 13	9781541730403
Title	Jimmy the King
Author	Gus Garcia-Roberts
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	PublicAffairs
Year published	2024-05-21
Number of pages	496
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