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Lying Eyes: The Truth Behind the Corruption and Brutality of the Lapd and the Beating of Rodney King

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I was generally glued to this book, although the technicalities of the workings of the LAPD left me lost or vacant, at times. I had the rare occasion to work with the author for six weeks during an Army public relations tour in Nicaragua, and his insights into life in the LAPD and life, as a cop, in general, furthered to set the stage for the book. Tom Owens is a well-read, knowledgeable man in workings of life as a private dectective and cop. I wouldn't want him investigating me!

This book doesn't pull any punches in reporting the facts surrounding the Rodney King case, the incident that led to it, and what happened afterward. As a former LAPD officer and a private investigator, the book's author, Tom Owens gives an objective look at one of the most contraversial cases in our nation's history, reporting the facts that he collected.

A Taste of reality, set in the days of Mississippi, and for the southern states. Man's Inhumanity to Man kind.

I read this book some years ago. I thought I had also already sent in a review. In short, I recall that Owens said that King was just like anyone else. Bit of a stretch. While filled with facts, the way that Owens perceives many of them left me with the thought that he must have had some private axe to grind with the LAPD management. I might have met Owens at some point in my own 30 years on the LAPD, but have no recollection of him. It does appear though that his own view and participation in questionable officer conduct leaves him with little credibility except into that acquiesence. It's an interesting story he wove, but in my experience not a pervasive one. But read it. If you're naive and not experienced inside the LAPD, it sounds reveiling.