Shoot to Kill

<p><em>Shoot to Kill: Police and Power in South Africa </em><span>is a vivid and ambitious survey of the complex politics of security, crime and social control in South Africa.</span></p><p><span>Nearly three decades after the formal end of apartheid, policing in South Africa continues to be defined by brutality, incompetence and corruption.</span></p><p><span>Rather than protecting communities and ensuring justice for victims, the state and private security often enforce cruel wealth, racial and gender</span></p><p><span>inequities. As our society becomes less safe and more divided, </span><em>Shoot to Kill: Police and Power in South Africa </em><span>asks how did the South African Police</span></p><p><span>Service (SAPS) become this way and are they our best chance for safety?</span></p><p><span>From the slave-driver's whip in the 18th century Cape Colony to the dystopian armoured vehicles of our present, this book traces the secret</span></p><p><span>history of the police through colonial wars, apartheid atrocities and hypercapitalist state capture. Featuring unapologetic critiques of elite power and</span></p><p><span>the stifling politics of fear, while informed by global discussions on police abolition, </span><em>Shoot to Kill: Police and Power in South Africa </em><span>calls for a society</span></p><p><span>based on democracy and justice. Author Christopher McMichael speaks to the realities of our world increasingly defined by militarised injustice and</span></p><p><span>outlines ways we can escape from this rusty cage.</span></p>