Promise unfulfilled: A critical look back at the death of Marcus Smith via 'I Ain't Resisting'
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I found it quite impossible to review Ian McDowell’s book, I Ain’t Resisting, at the time of its release. Although I received an advanced copy, and promised to review it, I failed utterly to live up to the promise. The simple reason was that I could not envision a way to write about the book without absolutely ripping apart the people involved in the circumstances described. Not the police who were as considerate to Marcus Deon Smith as I’ve ever seen from law enforcement officers up until the time they murdered him. Not the lowly communications officer who wrote the superficial press release in the hours after Smith died
Promise unfulfilled: A critical look back at the death of Marcus Smith via 'I Ain't Resisting'
Promise unfulfilled: A critical look back at…
Promise unfulfilled: A critical look back at the death of Marcus Smith via 'I Ain't Resisting'
I found it quite impossible to review Ian McDowell’s book, I Ain’t Resisting, at the time of its release. Although I received an advanced copy, and promised to review it, I failed utterly to live up to the promise. The simple reason was that I could not envision a way to write about the book without absolutely ripping apart the people involved in the circumstances described. Not the police who were as considerate to Marcus Deon Smith as I’ve ever seen from law enforcement officers up until the time they murdered him. Not the lowly communications officer who wrote the superficial press release in the hours after Smith died