Beaten Black and Blue: Being a Black Cop in an America Under Siege

America's police officers have faced an unprecedented campaign of demonization. Defund the police is shouted in the streets, ACAB is spray-painted on precinct walls, and a movement has declared law enforcement systemically racist. Brandon Tatum knows this story from the inside. A former police officer, co-founder of BLEXIT, and founder of The Officer Tatum, Tatum offers a firsthand account of what it is actually like to be a Black cop in modern America. Beaten Black and Blue goes beyond the headlines to tell the real stories of officers who joined the force to serve their communities, what life is actually like on the streets, and how they keep fighting despite political attacks and public hostility. For anyone who has accepted the media's narrative about policing, Tatum's account is essential and long overdue. The truth is more complex - and more human - than any slogan.