This was a fantastic book, well written. As for the one star review...
First, not shocking? If you have already read the articles and listened to the podcast, why would you expect to be shocked this time around? And, if you weren't shocked the first time hearing the story, you should seriously write a book, or at least a series of articles on all of these completely sane cops who are blowing the whistle on corruption within their department and in retaliation they are forcibly committed to psyche hospitals. The rest of us would really love to hear about all of these cases that have tempered your shock to this. Also, make sure you have a section in there about how part of the crime the officers were blowing the whistle on was allowing rapists to continue their crime sprees. I'll be the first person to read this book, albeit with a modicum less shock than I read this one.
Also, how on Earth is the author self-serving or pompous in ANY way? Literally, the only thing he says about himself throughout the entire book is that he a journalist for The Village. How is he in any way pompous? I really would like some examples of this self-serving and pomp.
Next, how on Earth is Schoolcraft not the "bastion of integrity they make him out to be"? The only way he is portrayed badly in the book is when he used the word "n****r", but the explanation given by his father, that parodying other people in his unit makes perfect sense. I have known white AND black people to use the word as a parody of bigots several times. If someone is racist, you have a lot more than "one time a guy said a thing" as evidence. If a 7-year veteran cop is racist, there will be a trail of complaints to at least suggest it. Other than this one thing, the only way you could see him as any sort of bad or nefarious character is if you have the blue wall of silence mentality and see him as a rat.
Finally, sure, just listen to the podcast and read the articles, better yet, why not wait until the movie comes out? People read through a couple/few hundred pages because they want the complete story. Yes, those articles are a good, SHORTENED version of the book, but they are HIGHLY informative, and make a much more well-rounded case that this is a systematic problem that involves every level of the NYPD, and even beyond, from the patrolman to the mayor. Now, I may be wrong, I read the articles several years before reading the book, but I don't remember the articles talking about Adhyl Polanco, who made his own recordings regarding stat manipulation and unconstitutional arrests, and was himself labeled an EDP and forcibly hospitalized after a disagreement with a superior. Further, I just looked when those articles were written. They came out in 2010. This book covers at least three years after when TONS of other NYPD officers came forward with their own claims.
Bottom line: READ THE BOOK.
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