Misguided Badges

MISGUIDED BADGES, a Memoir, reveals the boyhood experiences, career challenges, and policing philosophy of a retired Black deputy sheriff captain in Shelby County, Tennessee. It exposes systemic racism, racist attitudes, and abusive practices perpetuated within a broken American policing culture. As intended, the Memoir is eye-opening, informative, and easy to read. The symbolic title represents Misguided Police Officers who - implicitly or explicitly -- demonstrate racial bias and resistance to