This book is about a topic I have never read about or knew much about which is why I read。 This book goes all the way back to the 1900，s in New Orleans which did have and I think still does have large groups of Black citizens。 It started with the police looking for Robert Charles， then there was a huge manhunt， and then in this working class neighborhood white mobs were on the street attacking Black residents and they had days of bloody rioting。 So the book starts with this and then catches up t This book is about a topic I have never read about or knew much about which is why I read。 This book goes all the way back to the 1900，s in New Orleans which did have and I think still does have large groups of Black citizens。 It started with the police looking for Robert Charles， then there was a huge manhunt， and then in this working class neighborhood white mobs were on the street attacking Black residents and they had days of bloody rioting。 So the book starts with this and then catches up through the years of white supremacy and police brutality that still exists today。 I had no idea that New Orleans was the home of the nations largest African American community。 Towards the end of the book it talks about the 1970's and the 1980's and the 1990，s。 During these years drug use was increasing， social welfare was decreasing， and New Orleans became the most dangerous city in America。 The police in New Orleans had more complaints about police brutality than any other police force in the country。 When Obama was President U。S Dept of Justice looked over the police and still found the police were still using racist pratices and brutality。 This much use of excessive force is against the Constitution。 Even with years of new leadership things were not changing very much。 I am not sure this problem will ever be fully solved。 What I felt very bad about is when New Orleans had that bad hurricane the government abandoned the people， some of which were very poor and elderly。 If that had very rich people living there they would have received help ASAP。 I do not live in New Orleans but there is a pattern of not wanting the best for its citizens which still exists and their problems have gone on for genearations。 This is a very informative book。 。。。more