Lustige Hörbücher und Hörspiele für Erwachsene und Kinder mit Lach-Garantie. He describes himself as a “cultural Catholic” and his tone throughout Forced Out is that of a supplicant on his knees in a confessional booth, hoping for absolution. The publicity could have put me in danger and jeopardised any future operations I was involved in. That sounds very strong, so I don’t think I’m as far away from you as you think I am, I just don’t know the alternative. I spoke to the black officer in confidence about our situation. I was stunned. He had suppressed his grievances about being sidelined, and subjected to racial discrimination and homophobia. I do not trust the police, I have no faith in them. I mentioned that Trident was looking for experienced detectives to join its command. In this chilling extract from his book Forced Out, Kevin Maxwell describes the abuse he suffered while serving as a black, gay officer, Sun 3 May 2020 12.30 BST The sergeant who brutally kicks and stamps on an already cuffed black suspect is later made a diversity champion. You want to recruit people to think different. To get the free app, enter your mobile phone number. Wahre Verbrechen. “Enough,” she snapped. Nearly four decades after the riots, Kevin Maxwell acknowledges those conflicts felt by black officers, but he writes that nothing would have deterred him from realising his boyhood dream. A beautifully-written and powerful book. For more than ten years, Kevin strove against the odds, until he took the force to an employment tribunal – with devastating results. After our impromptu meeting, I returned to the bar. En route, I saw my white class trainer. His experiences, detailed in Forced Out, range from being called a ​“poof” and targeted by his sergeant after coming out to another officer, to a night shift in June 2003 where a group of officers found Black male suspect Deblo King, pepper-sprayed him, dragged him, kicked him repeatedly while handcuffed and laughed at him despite his bruised genitals and broken teeth. It happened as soon as I joined at 23, and it ended 11 years later, and I was still fighting them in the courts even after that. Like many institutions challenged by an employee, the police management default to attack mode. I was a mess. Kevin Maxwell didn’t think being Black and gay would hold him back in his dream career with the UK police. I quickly realised homophobic attitudes were standard. Behave! Last modified on Tue 5 May 2020 15.39 BST. Kevin Maxwell. Henry Ford - Auto Tycoon: Insight and Analysis into the Man Behind the American Aut... John D. Rockefeller - The Original Titan: Insight and Analysis into the Life of the... Business Biographies and Memoirs - Titans of Industry: Andrew Carnegie, J.P. Morgan... Be Pure! They repeatedly warned me about racism and homophobia still being rife. I did not want to make enemies. From the beginning to the end it was just consistent. The inspector said that he would deal with my colleague, but I didn’t have much hope; he hadn’t, after all, said anything during the standup act. The inevitable progress towards an employment tribunal exerts further emotional strain, even breaking up Maxwell’s marriage. aj_zone = 'litbreaker'; aj_adspot = '517985'; aj_page = '0'; aj_ch = ''; aj_kw = ''; #BlackLivesMatter, Senior corruption within the police exposed by a courageous man, Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 15 July 2020. }; A detailed and informative account of how when a police force is challenged from within, money is no object when it comes to defending the indefensible. In diesen Hörbüchern dreht sich alles um das schönste Thema der Welt, die Liebe. This shopping feature will continue to load items when the Enter key is pressed. Kevin Maxwell says that when he joined the force his ‘policeman’s badge wasn’t just a shield, but a family crest’. Was I supposed to hit him? I never in my life thought I would write a book on how awful the police is. Not the sweat of panic, but tears. It’s not even trauma, I just don’t want to be around them. I really believed that it was going to be different, and it wasn’t. Entdecken Sie genau das, was Sie hören wollen, aus 200.000 Titeln und Audible Original Podcasts. This book tells the story of a black, gay man from Liverpool who just wanted to be a police officer, and how the institutionalised racism and homophobia he encountered stopped his career in its tracks. Please try again. lack people’s antipathy towards the police in the UK starts at a young age, from the moment officers transform themselves from protectors to oppressors. “You want to recruit people to think different. I was obsessed with the police force; I was a little boy who wanted nothing so much as to “protect and serve”. I suppose ​“real reform”, but what does ​“real reform” even mean? I knew I couldn’t be protected from this behaviour that was seen as normal, but felt I shouldn’t have to subject myself to it for the rest of my career. In your recent interview for The Guardian you said that the force needs to do more to recruit Black, brown and gay officers for it to improve. I asked some colleagues for advice. One thing you’re told from school is that if ever you have a problem, you pick up the phone and call the police. It should be required reading for all Chief Constables and police officers. How strongly do you stand by that statement? Hello. This man's injustice is a necessary story to make the mainstream news, Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 19 August 2020. It wasn’t really what I was hoping for in a mentor. No one’s ever asked me that. Kevin Maxwell didn’t think being Black and gay would hold him back in his dream career with the UK police. In the second week of my initial police training, a memo was posted around the classes, asking for all the “ethnics” to report at the school chapel the next morning before class. Joining just after the 9/11 attacks, Kevin entered policing determined to keep communities safe in the face of a changing world. “Move. I was asked to see the inspector in his office. And for me, I wasn’t just black, I wasn’t just gay, I’m a Black, gay man. Warum nicht mit einem Hörbuch oder einem schlauen Podcast – flexibel, von überall aus und genau dann, wenn Sie es wollen? Alle Preise inklusive der gesetzlichen Mehrwertsteuer. But the most important thing I said to The Guardian, what I do stand by 100%, is you don’t want to recruit people just to look different. My favourites were Cagney & Lacey, TJ Hooker and Hill Street Blues. When he joined the force in 2001, Maxwell writes, his “policeman’s badge wasn’t just a shield, but a family crest”. Instead of focusing on reform, should we not be making clear where policing is unnecessary? This courageous book pushes us to demand equality, fairness and accountability. By targeting marginalised people whose “interactions with the state teach them that they are intrinsically suspicious and not worthy of society”, the police would not catch terrorists so much as help to create them. His book is full of dismaying revelations. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 16 May 2020. First came the white straight male, then the white straight female, then white (male) gay officers, then white lesbian officers, then straight officers of colour. My white classmates were agitated about the predicament of the two officers who had been sent back to their forces and I knew that if I wanted to survive as an officer of colour in the police and complete the residential training, I had to keep my mouth shut and head down. Kevin Maxwell. Kevin Maxwell was signed off work with depression by his doctor but the police’s medical and welfare officers contested the diagnosis. Der Podcast: Staffel 1 (Original Podcast). They told me not to apply, as I would be dealing with “shit’” all day – meaning the predominantly black victims and witnesses. Growing up on a working-class estate in Toxteth, Liverpool in the 80s, he was fascinated by ​“the iconic blue uniform”, requesting toys and Lego which were police-themed, and reporting an obsession with American cop shows and long running British drama The Bill. There was a hierarchy in the police. A brave story that needed to be told. After Salford University, I applied to join Greater Manchester police and when I was accepted I felt like I had won the lottery. Welche exklusiven Inhalte bietet Audible an? For my fifth birthday, my mum bought me my first bike, decorated in police stickers.

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