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Kill The Black One First Michael Fuller

Kill The Black One First By Michael Fuller

Kill The Black One First by Michael Fuller


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Summary

A hard-hitting and honest memoir from Michael Fuller, Britain's first black Chief Constable, who reflects on his astonishing life growing up in care and his extraordinary experience of the race and cultural barriers in his career.

Kill The Black One First Summary

Kill The Black One First: A memoir of hope and justice by Michael Fuller

'Absorbing... revealing and affecting. There are pleasures here, and lessons to be learnt, whatever colour you are' - The Sunday Times

'Michael Fuller is an extraordinary man with a remarkable and interesting story' - Helen Mirren

A story about race, identity, belonging and displacement, Kill the Black One First is the memoir from Michael Fuller - Britain's first ever black Chief Constable, whose life and career is not only a stark representation of race relations in the UK, but also a unique morality tale of how humanity deals with life's injustices.

Michael Fuller was born to Windrush-generation Jamaican immigrants in 1959, and experienced a meteoric career in policing, from the beat to the Brixton inferno, through cutting edge detective work to the frontline of drug-related crime and violence on London's most volatile estates. He took a pivotal role in the formation of Operation Trident, which tackled gun crime and gang warfare in the London community, and was later appointed as chief constable of Kent.

Kill the Black One First is a raw and unflinching account of a life in policing during a tumultuous period of race relations throughout the UK.

Kill The Black One First Reviews

This provocatively titled memoir is one of a kind and offers up a perspective that is currently lacking in the discourse surrounding race in Britain. -- (Derek Owusu, author of SAFE)
An excellent memoir * Hugh Muir, The Guardian *
Absorbing... revealing and affecting. There are pleasures here, and lessons to be learnt, whatever colour you are. * (The Sunday Times) *
This is the story of a diligent, bright and sensitive individual who cares passionately about justice [but] at the heart of Fuller's journey is a quest to belong... His journey is utterly inspiring and it powerfully illuminates the dynamics of racial conflict in England over the past fifty years from someone who was in a very unique position. -- (Eric Karl Anderson, Lonesome Reader)
Michael Fuller is an extraordinary man with a remarkable and interesting story. -- (Helen Mirren)
Kill The Black One First by Michael Fuller is an incendiary and moving account of the experience of being a black policeman in London. I literally could not put it down once I started reading it. Michael was my model for Prime Suspect 2 and he continues to enlighten and inspire. This is a book everyone should read. -- (Colin Salmon)

About Michael Fuller

Michael Fuller was the first ever ethnic minority chief constable in the UK. He joined the Metropolitan Police Service in 1975 as a cadet and served in uniformed and CID positions throughout London. Michael has helped set up the Racial and Violent Crime Task Force and Operation Trident.

Additional information

GOR009700913
9781788700849
1788700848
Kill The Black One First: A memoir of hope and justice by Michael Fuller
Used - Very Good
Hardback
Bonnier Books Ltd
20190207
320
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