When Riot Cops Are Not Enough The Policing and Repression of Occupy Oakland

"Clear, concise, and compelling, When Riot Cops Are Not Enough is not only a deep and rich narrative, but an extremely valuable piece of ethnographic research." - Patrick Gillham (department of sociology, Western Washington University) "As a piece of public sociology, the book furthers understanding of the policies and the politics of repression and social control." (American Journal of Sociology) "Clear, concise, and compelling, When Riot Cops Are Not Enough is not only a deep and rich narrative, but an extremely valuable piece of ethnographic research." - Patrick Gillham (department of sociology, Western Washington University) "As a piece of public sociology, the book furthers understanding of the policies and the politics of repression and social control." (American Journal of Sociology) "By charting the tight interplay of resistance and repression that connects the murder of Oscar Grant to the Occupy Movement in Oakland and beyond, Mike King's book provides an essential weapon for our collective arsenal." - George Ciccariello-Maher (author of We Created Chávez) "By charting the tight interplay of resistance and repression that connects the murder of Oscar Grant to the Occupy Movement in Oakland and beyond, Mike King's book provides an essential weapon for our collective arsenal." - George Ciccariello-Maher (author of We Created Chávez) "Mike King has produced a fascinating study of the repression of Occupy Oakland. His groundbreaking analysis makes sense of one of the most significant political episodes in recent American history. This is a compelling demonstration of what theoretically informed activist research can achieve." - Andrej Grubacic (author of Living at the Edges of Capitalism) "Mike King has produced a fascinating study of the repression of Occupy Oakland. His groundbreaking analysis makes sense of one of the most significant political episodes in recent American history. This is a compelling demonstration of what theoretically informed activist research can achieve." - Andrej Grubacic (author of Living at the Edges of Capitalism)