03144cam a2200421 i 4500 1030134669 TxGeo 20231027120000.0 230603s2023||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2023024764 9780306831133 hbk. 0306831139 hbk. (OCoLC)1382340999 TxGeo rda Dunn, Harry, author. Standing my ground : a Capitol police officer's fight for accountability and good trouble after January 6th / Harry Dunn ; with Ron Harris. First edition. New York, NY : Hachette Books, 2023. 256 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier sti rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Protecting democracy -- Growing into the job -- The insurrection: part I -- The insurrection : part II -- The day after -- Our Black lives didn't matter -- Racists, QAnon, criminals [do not equal] patriots -- My way back from their madness -- The fight never ends. "Walking the halls of democracy as a Capitol Police officer, Harry Dunn was a man slowly experiencing an awakening. It sparked after the election of our first Black president. It grew as his belief in the bravery and honor of law enforcement was shaken by Ferguson and countless other cases of police brutality towards Black people. It continued to burn brighter as he watched members of Congress, many of whom he had befriended, lose their way to partisanship, as political extremism intensified. And it exploded into a blaze when he fought side by side with his fellow officers on January 6th, when democracy and their lives were threatened. 'Standing My Ground' provides a crucial, definitive, and first-hand account of what happened that day our world was shocked to its core. But it also shares the story of a man who refused to stay quiet when he learned that some of the men and women he had risked his life protecting, who knew him by name, would deny the horrors they faced. That's when he chose to speak up and to seek out what his hero John Lewis once termed 'good trouble.' Dunn's ongoing story as a witness willing to meaningfully engage with the media, lawmakers, and the public provides a backdrop for examining the political and racial divide in this country-one that we must overcome in order to demand accountability and preserve our precious democracy"-- Provided by publisher. 20240524. Dunn, Harry Police officer. United States Capitol Police Biography. Capitol Riot, Washington, D.C., 2021 Personal narratives. Police Washington (D.C) Biography. Presidents United States Election 2020. United States Politics and government 2017-2021. Autobiographies. Harris, Ron, author. QS5