
13 Days in Ferguson
A Memoir
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Ronald Johnson
On August 14, 2014, five days after the fatal shooting of Michael Brown ignited race riots throughout the city of Ferguson, Missouri, the nation found an unlikely hero in Captain Ron Johnson of the Missouri Highway Patrol. Charged with the Herculean task of restoring peace between a hostile African American community and the local police, Johnson, a 30-year law enforcement veteran and an African American, did the unthinkable: He took off his bulletproof vest and joined the protesters.
The 13 days and nights that followed were the most trying of Johnson’s life - professionally, emotionally, and spiritually. Officers in his own command called him a traitor. Lifelong friends stopped speaking to him. The media questioned and criticized his every decision. Alone at the center of the firestorm, with only his family and his faith to cling to, Johnson persevered in his belief that the only way to effectively bridge the divide between Black and blue is to - literally - walk across it.
In 13 Days in Ferguson, Johnson shares, for the first time, his view of what happened during the 13 turbulent days he spent stabilizing the city of Ferguson, and the extraordinary impact those two historic weeks had on his faith, his approach to leadership, and what he perceives to be the most viable solution to the issues of racism and prejudice in America.
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He had to earn the trust of the citizens, law enforcement, and the very officials that placed him in that office.
Ron Johnson reads this book in a near monotone. Clearly, he is not a professional actor or reader. That being said, the powerful emotions of this highly compelling story come through. I appreciate knowing that my feelings while listening to this book were not manipulated by an actor,
Raw, Honest, Real.
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more informative than national media
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the truth
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Informative and Engaging
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