The Badge of the Assassin (Signet) [Paperback]

Robert K. Tanenbaum (Author), Philip Rosenberg (Author)

Book Description

Series: Signet | Publication Date: November 6, 1990

A blood-chilling true-crime account from former district attorney and New York Times bestselling author Robert K. Tanenbaum

BADGE OF THE ASSASSIN

They were just doing their jobs -- serving and protecting -- when the unimaginable happened: Officers Waverly Jones and Joseph Piagentini became moving targets, ambushed from behind at a Manhattan housing project. Jones lay dead in a pool of his own blood, and Piagentini lived long enough to beg for his life -- before he was riddled with twenty-two bullet holes by members of a deadly hit squad hell-bent on taking out the men and women of law enforcement.

Masterfully building suspense on every page, Robert K. Tanenbaum reconstructs the vicious murders of Jones and Piagentini and the manhunt for the suspects, and brings to life his courtroom prosecution of the killers -- revealing the triumphs and failures of America's legal system.

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San Francisco Chronicle A thriller of a book! -- Review --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

About the Author

Robert K. Tanenbaum has been homicide bureau chief of the New York criminal courts where 250 new cases arrive daily and ran the homicide bureau for the New York District Attorney’s Office and served as deputy chief counsel to the Congressional committee investigations into the assassinations of President John F. Kennedy and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Most recently, he has taught Advanced Criminal Procedure at the University of California at Berkeley, Boalt Hall School of Law. His previous works include the novels Outrage, Betrayed, Capture, Escape, Malice, Fury, Hoax, Resolved, Enemy Within, and Absolute Rage and true-crime books The Piano Teacher: The True Story of a Psychotic Killer and Badge of the Assassin. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 320 pages
• Publisher: Signet (November 6, 1990)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0451167988
• ISBN-13: 978-0451167989
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 4.1 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,871,591 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The BLA and the NYPD....Justice Served!!, December 19, 2006

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Ret NYPD - See all my reviews

This review is from: Badge of the Assassin (Mass Market Paperback)

This is an excellent account of what was simply the double murder of Police Officers Joseph A. Piagentini and Waverly Jones by the Black Liberation Army in 1971. It seems that many revisionists, for political (and parole) purposes challenge the contents of this well written account of this tragic date in the American law enforcement community. Former New York County ADA Tanenbaum and the NYPD detectives assigned conducted a spectacular investigation and subsequent prosecution of Anthony Bottom, Herman Bell, and Albert Washington. The prosecution of the "New York 3" dealt a lethal blow to the Black Liberation Army and this book provides an accurate account of that blow. Highly recommended.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The truth, May 21, 2006

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Diamond Dave (Chicago) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Badge of the Assassin (Mass Market Paperback)

A excellent novel about the war with police and the Black gangs/armies/movements of the 70's. A true story about the murder of two NYPD officers. The story tells of the offenders capture and subsequent trial. One of the few books that tells of hatred people have for police and how many people (witnesses)put their lives on the line to help them. A book all liberals should read before they complain about unfair courts and police brutality.

8 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars "A compelling drama about back-shooting cop-killers!, October 19, 1997

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This review is from: The Badge of the Assassin (Signet) (Paperback)

Two NYC Patrolmen, Waverly Jones and Joseph Piagentini, are visciously ambushed on the night of 21 May, 1971. Who killed them and why? This book delves into those questions and more as the prosecutor who handled the case tells, in vivid and amazing detail, of the assassination, investigation, capture, and trial of the accused cop-killers. A must-read for everybody who knows what justice is, and for those who have yet to find out.