The zebra murders
Subtitle: a season of killing, racial madness, and civil rights
By: by Prentice Earl Sanders and Bennett Cohen.
Contributors: Cohen, Bennett.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Arcade Pub.; Distributed by Hachette Book Group
Published: 2006
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 270
Subjects: Sanders, Prentice Earl; San Francisco (Calif.). Police Dept. -- Biography; Serial murder investigation -- California -- San Francisco -- Case studies; Serial murders -- California -- San Francisco; Hate crimes -- California -- San Francisco; Whites -- Violence against -- California -- San Francisco; African American detectives -- California -- San Francisco -- Biography; Discrimination in law enforcement -- California -- San Francisco; Racism -- California -- San Francisco; San Francisco (Calif.) -- Race relations
Genres: Case studies.; Biography.
Description: Examines the 1973 San Francisco murder spree of four African-American youths who attempted to incite a race war by killing fifteen white people, and the investigation by African-American detectives Prentice Earl Sanders and Rotea Gilford.
Table of contents: title: Prologue: A personal prologue; title: A motiveless murder; title: A deathbed promise; title: The real cops; title: The .32 caliber killings; title: The ghetto reward; title: When the streets turned red; title: Operation zebra; title: Patty; title: Another South Africa; title: Card-carrying Blacks; title: Special zebra squad; title: Real cops after all; title: Epilogue: Justice at last.