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REFLECTIONS FROM THE PIT by Michael Berish
By Michael Berish
"That fellow (Berish) has a real talent for writing a story. That's excellent work." E. Howard Hunt (American author, C.I.A. spy, coordinated the Watergate break-in, and wrote 63 novels).
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Bad things happen in "the Pit," a notorious crime-infested ghetto in downtown Miami. Reflections from the Pit's approach to storytelling is unique in that all of these stories contain individual, quirky, off-center characters and focuses on their basic personality flaws while dealing with the social issues of the day. They are meant to be snapshots into the dark side of police work and deal with segregation, racism, sexism, prejudice, teenage prostitution, police brutality and its senseless violence, crazies who think they have been abducted by aliens, the murdering of transvestites, the lack of compassion and sympathy by the younger generation for their elders, the injustice and ineptitude of the legal system, the stupidity of criminals and the cowardice of police officers in the face of danger (the latter of which is rarely seen on TV), hangings from police cruisers, affirmative action, Cuban freedom fighters a.k.a. terrorists, the callousness of society towards the homeless, drug-dealing cops and corruption, bungled police stings, the “don’t get involved” syndrome and the raping of the elderly. If you are looking for politically or culturally correct stories, read no farther; these tales may not be to your liking; in fact, some stories are openly racist and sexist in nature, which is exactly what a police department is at times: a racist, sexist, prejudicial, homophobic, bureaucratic institution where brutality—of all forms and every description (physically and mentally)—and injustice abound. This book pulls no punches; it shows you the good, the bad and the ugly (warts and all); the dark side of police work, both the humor and the tragedy. These reflections, which cover more than one hundred years of history, give one pause for thought and a peek into the human swamp of life with Berish, using his intimate knowledge of the Pit, bringing these Miami cop stories alive. When you finish reading these stories, you'll be thinking: "I never knew people like this, much less cops, ever existed. WEBSITE: www.realmiamivice.com
