Shots Fired: The Misunderstandings, Misconceptions, and Myths, About Police Shootings, by Joseph K. Loughlin and Kate Clark Flora, New York: Skyhorse Publishing, 2017, 344 pages, hardcover.

Many of us are not strangers to the misconceptions of police perpetuated by social media and the news, such as the false “hands up, don’t shoot” narrative. And many have undoubtedly debated with friends and colleagues about what an officer “coulda, woulda, shoulda” done in a situation involving lethal force. But even for those of us who know that we should make sure of our facts before critiquing police officers’ deadly encounters, the book Shots Fired is an eye-opening look into the real world of law enforcement.

Shots Fired is written by Joseph Loughlin, a police veteran of 30 years who held every sworn rank in the Portland, Maryland, Police Department. In the introduction, he writes that he was inspired to write the book after the events in Ferguson, Missouri, in 2014. 

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